Tutorials

...for databases available through Miner Library

Developed by Miner librarians, tutorials are available ranging from CINAHL searching basics to more advanced features.(Currently, these tutorials have no audio.)
ImagesMD
Reference Manager Basics
RefWorks
UpToDate
Each link leads to a tutorial designed by the maker of the database. (Keep in mind, almost all databases have useful "help" sections, usually right on the front page, designed to assist you with search strategies. We encourage you to try them!)


...for databases available through National Library of Medicine (NLM)

A thoroughly detailed tutorial on the PubMed interface to Medline.
Entrez
 
PubMed is actually one of several NLM databases accessible through the Entrez interface. This tutorial helps you understand the interconnections between these databases produced by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), a subdivision of NLM.
NCBI: A Science Primer
A brief introduction to the science disciplines served by the NCBI Entrez databases.
MedlinePlus tour
A tour of NLM's consumer health web site.
MedlinePlus Interactive Health Tutorials
These tutorials, which exist within MedlinePlus, provide introductions to hundreds of diseases and conditions. They are written in English and Spanish at the sixth grade reading level.
Toxicology Tutor
An introduction to the major concepts of toxicology, aimed at the under-graduate.
Health Economics Information Resources: A Self-Study Course
This online course covers the broad issues of health economics and finance.

 

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