National Library Week (April 19-25) is the perfect time to celebrate NIH Librarians and take advantage of the expertise they bring to advancing your research.
Library and Information Sciences
Access Research Tools and Services through the CMS Virtual Library
This one-hour online training will provide an overview of the CMS Virtual Library, an online resource designed specifically to support the information needs of CMS staff. This training will discuss CMS Virtual Library services and information resources. If you are unable to attend this training and would like an individual or small group orientation on CMS Virtual Library resources and services, please contact [email protected].
Advanced PubMed
This one-hour online training will cover some advanced features of using the PubMed interface. This training will demonstrate how to use special, customizable features of PubMed to improve their searches and save and manipulate search results.
By the end of this training, attendees will be able to:
Audition CC
Audition is a toolset that includes multitrack, waveform, and spectral display for creating, mixing, editing, and restoring audio content. This audio workstation is designed to accelerate video production workflows and audio finishing.
Bibliometric Services
As part of our Research Analytics services, the NIH Library’s Bibliometric Service provides publication analysis to NIH staff. The service uses analytics to understand and evaluate the publications produced by intramural NIH scientists and institutions at NIH.
Data Sources and Tools
In week 3, we provide an overview of the data sources and analytical tools available for performing bibliometric analysis.
Course Materials
None.
Data Sources and Tools
Grant and funding information sources
NIH RePORTER: (Freely available) Grant information, associated publications, and associated patents (if available) for grants funded by NIH.
Publication data sources
PubMed: (Freely available) Extensive database of publications about or related to biomedicine. Especially useful for biomedical topic searching and for identifying publications funded by NIH Institutes and Centers.
Document Delivery
The NIH Library provides access to a premier collection of scholarly resources to support research at NIH and HHS, including thousands of journals and books in print and electronic format. The NIH Library’s Document Delivery service helps get items not held by the NIH Library through the free ILLiad online request system.
Document Delivery
The Library has an extensive collection of research materials, searchable via the online catalog. Start with the main search box on the NIH Library website.
Events
The NIH Library presents events of interest to the NIH research community.
Evidence Synthesis Classes and Services
The NIH Library’s Evidence Synthesis Service: expert-led classes and personalized, one-to-one consultations.
Exploring the Cochrane Library: Systematic Reviews, Clinical Trials, and More
This 75-minute online training will provide information about Cochrane Library, a collection of databases with high-quality systematic reviews, randomized controlled trials and clinical answers. The training will cover the key features of the search platform, the variety of resources and how to search them.
By the end of this training, attendees will be able to:
Finding Relevant Results in PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science
This one-hour online session is intended to provide an overview, an in-depth description and comparison of three databases available to NIH researchers: Web of Science, PubMed, and Scopus. The instructors
HHS Digital Library
The NIH Library has partnered with segments of HHS to offer the HHS Digital Library, an online portal with a wide range of library resources and services. The HHS Digital Library is for staff from participating HHS agencies: ACF, ACL, AHRQ, HRSA, IHS, IOS, OS, PSC/FOH, SAMHSA. Staff from those agencies must log in to the HHS Digital Library for access to the resources listed on this page.
How can I renew books I've checked out?
NIH Library books can be renewed for an additional four weeks, if there are no holds for the books. Checked out books may be renewed three times before the material must be returned to the NIH Library Information Desk. Renew NIH Library books online or call the Information Desk 301-496-1080. In the event you are forwarded to voicemail please leave your first and last names, telephone number, and the personal identifier number from the back of your NIH ID badge. The books will be renewed. If there are any problems, you will be notified.
Visit the Online Catalog. Use the "NIH Staff Sign in" link in the top right to log in to your account. Then click on your name to use the "MY LIBRARY ACCOUNT" link to view your items to renew.
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 Scopus
This one-hour online training will cover the essentials of searching the Scopus database. The database covers the health sciences, physical sciences, life sciences, and social sciences. The types of documents include articles, patents, conferences, preprints, and many others. Each record has citation data. This introductory training is designed for attendees to learn how to search the database and to retrieve cited references.
Introduction to Web of Science
This one-hour online training will cover the essentials of searching the Web of Science database. The database covers the health sciences, physical sciences, life sciences, and social sciences. The types of documents include articles, patents, dissertations, conferences, preprints, and many others. Each record has citation data. This introductory training is designed for participants to learn how to search the database and to retrieve cited references.
Learn More About Bibliometrics
Here is a brief list of training resources to learn more about bibliometrics tools, data sources, and limitations:
Library Email News Signup
Subscribe/Unsubscribe to the Library's Email News
Register for the NIH Library news via email to receive messages about Library services and products that may benefit you in your research or clinical care, including new databases and journals, advanced research services, events, and a wide variety of online training classes.
Literature Search
Comprehensive searches conducted by NIH Librarians, including specialty databases.
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
NIH Library Collection (Journals, Books, Databases)
The NIH Library is a leading biomedical research library dedicated to supporting the National Institutes of Health and select U.S. Department of Health and Human Services agencies. We provide access to a premier collection of resources to help you with your biomedical information and research needs:
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: