NIH Library Classes April - June 2011 

Let the NIH Library help you improve your searching and reference management skills. Classes are free, hands-on, open to NIH/HHS staff, and held in the Training Room on the first floor of the NIH Library. The Library is located near the South Entrance of Building 10. Registration is required for all classes. To register, click the links under "Class List by Name/Register." If you are unable to attend a class, consider an individual tutorial. Sign up through the Request a Tutorial Web page. We look forward to seeing you! CLASS LIST BY NAME/REGISTER | CLASS LIST BY DATE | CLASS DESCRIPTIONS CLASS LIST BY NAME/REGISTER Endnote: Managing Your Search Results Thursday April 14, 2011 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Thursday April 28, 2011 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Thursday May 12, 2011 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Thursday May 26, 2011 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Thursday June 9, 2011 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Thursday June 23, 2011 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Microbial Genome Analysis Wednesday May 11, 2011 1:30PM - 3:30 PM Protein Structural Analysis: Binding Sites to Distant Homologs Thursday June 16, 2011 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM PubMed: Understanding the Basics Thursday April 14, 2011 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Thursday May 12, 2011 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Thursday June 9, 2011 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Scopus & Web of Science: Rich with Citations Thursday May 5, 2011 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Sequence Similarity Search: BLAST Wednesday April 20, 2011 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Web Search: Thinking Beyond Google Thursday May 5, 2011 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM CLASS LIST BY DATE Thursday, April 14, 2011 PubMed: Understanding the Basics 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Endnote: Managing Your Search Results 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Sequence Similarity Search: BLAST 1:30PM - 3:30 PM Thursday, April 28, 2011 Endnote: Managing Your Search Results 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Thursday, May 5, 2011 Scopus & Web of Science: Rich with Citations 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Web Search: Thinking Beyond Google 1:30PM - 3:30 PM Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Microbial Genome Analysis 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Thursday, May 12, 2011 Endnote: Managing Your Search Results 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PubMed: Understanding the Basics 1:30PM - 3:30PM Thursday, May 26, 2011 Endnote: Managing Your Search Results 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Thursday, June 9, 2011 Endnote: Managing Your Search Results 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PubMed: Understanding the Basics 1:30PM - 3:30PM Thursday, June 16, 2011 Protein Structural Analysis: Binding Sites to Distant Homologs 1:30PM - 3:30PM Thursday, June 23, 2011 Endnote: Managing Your Search Results 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM CLASS DESCRIPTIONS EndNote: Managing Your Search Results Use EndNote© to import and organize references, insert references in manuscripts, and create bibliographies. Microbial Genome Analysis Learn how to access the microbial genome sequences and annotations, how to navigate and download the gene and protein datasets, and get information about genomic and comparative genomic analysis tools from NCBI, IMG and EcoCyc. The course will address practical discovery questions such as "Are there identifiable genes in microbial genomes that may be horizontally transferred?' and 'What are the differences between closely-related pathogenic and non-pathogenic bacteria?" Protein Structural Analysis: Binding Sites to Distant Homologs Learn how to visualize and annotate 3D protein structures using NCBI's Cn3D program, identify conserved domains(s) and ligand binding sites in a protein, search for other proteins containing similar domain(s), explore a 3D modeling template for the query and find distant sequence homologs that may not be identified in BLAST. PubMed: Understanding the Basics Use PubMed to find articles on your research topic in biomedical and scientific journals. PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine and preclinical sciences, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine and the health care system. It includes journal article citations and abstracts from MEDLINE and other sources. Many of the citations lead to full-text articles available online through NIH Library subscription agreements. Scopus & Web of Science: Rich with Citations Learn how to use both Scopus and Web of Science to search for articles and augment your retrieval. Both databases can track citation counts and analyze research in a variety of ways. Sequence Similarity Search: BLAST Learn nucleotide and protein sequence similarity searching using NCBI's BLAST family of programs. Exercises range from simple searches to creative uses of the BLAST programs. Web Search: Thinking Beyond Google Go beyond the standard web search tools and learn to search more efficiently; access the invisible web; evaluate websites; use image and non-text search engines; search for scholarly information, news, people, and blogs; and customize your search results. Questions? Email nihlibrary@nih.gov or call Reference & Information Services at 301-496-1080. The page was last updated on June 23, 2011