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The Taubman Medical Library is hosting the following National Training 
Center and Clearinghouse classes at the University of Michigan in Ann 
Arbor.  Classes are free, but advance registration is required; please 
register at this website:  http://nnlm.gov/mar/online/request.html
Questions may be directed to Terry Arndt ([log in to unmask]).

PubMed
Mon., February 27, 2005; repeated on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2006; 8:30 am to 5 
pm.
This one-day class is designed to teach students how to use PubMed which
includes MEDLINE citations. The class also includes an overview of the 
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and its importance as a tool to both 
searchers and indexers.  PubMed is a free class and is awarded 7.5 MLA 
continuing education credits.

Introduction to Molecular Biology Information Resources
INTENDED AUDIENCE: Medical/Scientific Librarians
Wed. - Fri., Mar 1-3, 2006; 9 am to 5 pm Wed. & Thurs; 9 am to 5 pm Fri.
This three-day course provides an introduction to four domains of 
information generated by the field of molecular biology:   nucleotide 
sequences, protein sequences, three-dimensional structures, complete 
genomes and maps.  An overview of search systems available at the National 
Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), with particular focus on 
Entrez, emphasizes how your current search skills apply to molecular 
biology databases. The course also introduces more technical search 
systems, including BLAST and Map Viewer, as well as the Cn3D viewer for 
three-dimensional protein structures. The course format combines lecture, 
demonstration, and hands-on experience, and concludes with a discussion of 
various levels of molecular biology information services provided by 
librarians.  Introduction to Molecular Biology Information Resources is a 
free class and is awarded 20 MLA continuing education credits.

(NOTE:  A separate Field Guide Course is specifically designed for 
Principal Investigators, Postdoctoral Fellows, Graduate and Advanced 
Undergraduate Students and others in the life sciences who work with 
biological sequence data.  Classes for this audience will be hosted at the 
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in September 2006.  For information 
contact Merle Rosenzweig, [log in to unmask])

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Theresa Arndt, MLS
Taubman Medical Library, University of Michigan
1135 East Catherine St 0726, Ann Arbor, MI  48109-2038
voice: 734-936-1397    fax:   734-763-1473
email: [log in to unmask]