Tutorials, Guides & Workshops

Tutorials for the efficient use of databases

• PubMed Tutorial
  A Web-based learning program that will show you how to search PubMed, the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) journal literature search system.
  • My NCBI Quick Tours
    These 4-7 minute tutorials created by the National Library of Medicine include links to Getting Started with My NCBI, Saving Searches, Filters, Collections, E-mail Alerts for Articles from Your Favorite Journals, etc.
  • Interdisciplinary Course: Finding Reliable Information
    This tutorial reviews the processes for searching PubMed to find the evidence to support clinical decision making. It was developed using Captivate and was produced by an interdisciplinary team of faculty from the Eccles Health Sciences Library, College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy and School of Medicine.
    Authors: Jeanne Le Ber, MLIS; Mollie Poynton, PhD, APRN, BC; Nancy Staggers, PhD, RN, FAAN; Frederick Albright, PhD; and Denise Beaudoin, MD, MSPH, MS
• Cochrane Library:
  • User Guides and Demos
  • ACC Guide to the Cochrane Library
• EBSCOhost& Database Tutorials (from UALC)
• EBSCOhost Online Tutorials
• EBSCOhost User Guides
• Health Statistics: Finding and Using Health Statistics
  
  • An online self-study course from NLM and NICHSR.
• Lexis-Nexis: Academic Universe tutorials.
• MICROMEDEX tutorial
  "introduces you to all of the databases included in the product... practical real-life situations presented allow you to tie in the use of these databases with your daily work flow."
• netLibrary provides a Help page to learn about accessing and using ebooks.
• OCLC FirstSearch Guided Tour
  is a "powerful yet easy-to-use reference tool that helps you easily find, get and manage information."
• SciFinder Scholar Support & Training.
• STAT!Ref tutorials :
  • STAT!Ref Tutorial (Flash)
  • How to Use STAT!Ref (PDF)
  • How to Use STAT!Ref (PPT)
  • ACP PIER EBM Tutorial (Flash)
  • ACP PIER© User Guide (PDF)
  • MedCalc3000 Tutorial (Flash)

Tutorials for Molecular Biology Resources

• BLAST Search Guide
  to assist users with different backgrounds in employing NCBI tools such as BLAST and PSI-BLAST.
• User Manuals for ExPASy Resources
  A complete table of available documents for the use of the ExPASy resources.
• 2D- Electrophoresis Tutorial
  from the Institute of Biological Sciences in Aberystwyth, Wales, UK.
• User Guide to High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
• Phylogeny and Reconstructing Phylogenetic Trees
  These few pages describe the problem of reconstructing phylogenetic trees.

Tutorials for Internet and Webdesign

• Evaluating Internet Information
  Guidelines for evaluating information found on the Internet. Developed by Nancy Lombardo, Eccles Health Sciences Library.
• Internet Navigator (For Credit)
  Utah's first online Internet course for credit! Developed by Nancy Lombardo, Eccles Health Sciences Library.
• Internet Medic
  A free "teach yourself" tutorial on Internet information skills.

Software - Tutorials

• EndNote
  Guides, Tip Sheets, and Information Pages.