This one-hour training will cover the key steps on how to successfully create an ORCiD profile. Attendees will learn the steps on how to easily add and update information to their profile including importing publications, reports, grants, and peer review scholarly work. The session will review resources and best practices for creating an ORCiD profile that can be included in your CV, grant applications and bio to increase the visibility of your scholarly activities.
Training Program
NIH Library Training Program.
How to Write a Research Paper: Part 1
This one-hour online training is the first session in a two-part series that aims to assist researchers in writing a research paper. This training introduces the preliminary steps in the publishing process including generating an idea, choosing a journal, understanding journal criteria and format requirements, and writing a paper within the research manuscript framework. The training also provides best practices and tips for writing each section of the paper.
How to Write a Research Paper: Part 2
This one-hour online training is the second session in a two-part series that aims to assist researchers in writing a research paper. This training will cover what happens after a manuscript is submitted to a journal including the peer review process, responding to journal editor and peer reviewer comments, and understanding open access and data sharing requirements. This training also provides best practices and tips to make the manuscript writing and submission process easier.
Introduction to Bibliometrics
This one-hour online training will cover bibliometric theories and concepts, provide an overview of bibliometric indicators, and explore limitations and potential misuses of bibliometrics. Bibliometrics uses quantitative analysis of scientific publications to measure productivity, collaboration, research topics, and impacts of authors, groups, institutions, and grant portfolios.
By the end of this training, attendees will be able to:
Introduction to EndNote Desktop
This one-hour online training will cover importing records into EndNote Desktop, creating, managing, and sharing EndNote libraries, and inserting formatted citations into a Word document using the “Cite While You Write” feature.
By the end of this training, attendees will be able to:
Introduction to the Systematic Review Process
This one-hour online introductory training in the NIH Library Evidence Synthesis Review Series provides a high-level overview of the complete process for conducting a Systematic Review. This training will cover each step for conducting a systematic review and introduce resources for conducting and reporting a systematic review.
By the end of this training, attendees will be able to:
Less Code More Science: Low Code Data Analysis
This hour and a half online training covers how to analyze and model data using interactive tools in MATLAB. Through live demonstrations and examples, attendees will learn to solve many steps in a data analysis workflow without writing any code. The interactive tools can generate the MATLAB code needed to reproduce the work programmatically.
By the end of this training, attendees will be able to:
Managing Data in Excel
This one-hour online training will provide detailed information and demonstrations on how to manage data in Excel.
By the end of this training, attendees will be able to:
Filter data by text, numbers, and date
Sort data alphabetically and by color
Remove duplicates
Modeling of Biological Systems with MATLAB: Introduction to Simbiology and Biopipeline Designer
This one-hour online training introduces attendees to modeling and simulation of biological systems using MATLAB’s SimBiology and BioPipeline Designer toolboxes. SimBiology is a versatile toolbox for modeling, simulating, and analyzing dynamic biological systems such as metabolic pathways, signaling cascades, and pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) models. BioPipeline Designer complements this by streamlining workflows for integrating biological data and automating computational analyses.
NIH Library Introduction for HHS Staff
This one-hour online training will provide an overview of NIH Library services and information resources provided for HHS staff via the HHS Virtual Library.
By the end of this training, attendees will be able to:
Demonstrate how to remotely access and login to the HHS Virtual Library online
Identify the NIH Librarian assigned to their agency
NIH Library Resources for HHS Staff
This one-hour online training will provide an overview of NIH Library services and information resources provided for HHS staff via the HHS Virtual Library.
By the end of this training, attendees will be able to:
Demonstrate how to remotely access and login to the HHS Virtual Library online
Identify the NIH Librarian assigned to their agency
NIH Library Resources for NIH Staff
This one-hour online training is an introduction to the collection of NIH Library resources and services available to NIH staff. The NIH Library serves as the staff library for NIH. This training is designed to instruct attendees on the range of information support and how to navigate the Library’s website to access the information required to support their work.
By the end of this training, attendees will be able to:
NIH Library Training Classes Now Available: August and September
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NIH Library Training Classes Now Available: September and October
September and October NIH Library training classes are now available for registration.
NIH Library Training: May and June Classes Now Available
May and June NIH Library training classes are now available for registration.
NIH Library Training: July and August
July and August NIH Library training classes are now available for registration.
Overview of Statistical Concepts
In partnership with the NIH Clinical Center's Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology Service (BCES), the NIH Library is offering several trainings that cover general concepts behind statistics and epidemiology. These trainings will help participants better understand and prepare data, interpret results and findings, design and prepare studies, and understand the results in published literature.
Overview of Study Design
In partnership with the NIH Clinical Center's Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology Service (BCES), the NIH Library is offering several trainings that cover general concepts behind statistics and epidemiology. These trainings will help participants better understand and prepare data, interpret results and findings, design and prepare studies, and understand the results in published literature.
Patent Search and Analysis Tools
This one-hour online training will cover an overview of patent search tools, with a focus on search and analysis options in a variety of patent databases: Espacenet, Google Patents, PATENTSCOPE, Derwent Innovations Index, and Lens.org. During this training, the instructor will review patent search concepts including patent families, patent classification systems, and kind codes. Chemical structure and genetic sequence search options will also be covered.
Resources for Identifying Experts in a Field
This one hour and fifteen-minute online training will provide an overview of databases and author profile websites to help locate experts in a research field. During this training, the instructor will review how to use tools to locate authors related to a specific topic, find algorithmically generated author profiles, and how to find author-maintained profiles.
SciFinder and BioFinder: Advanced Strategies for Researchers
This one hour and a half online training introduces advanced strategies in CAS SciFinder and BioFinder, two powerful research platforms for exploring chemical and biological information. Attendees will learn how to apply sophisticated search techniques, interpret complex datasets, and investigate reaction mechanisms in detail. The session will emphasize how BioFinder’s unique features integrate biological insights with chemical data, enabling researchers to connect structures, reactions, and experimental findings with broader biological contexts.