Free Online Continuing Education: Discovering TOXNET. NLM Technical Bulletin. 2017 Sep–Oct

Free Online Continuing Education: Discovering TOXNET. NLM Technical Bulletin. 2017 Sep–Oct

NLM Technical Bulletin, Sep-Oct 2017, Removing General Material Designations from NLM cataloging Records

10/06/2017 03:23 PM EDT

Beginning with the implementation of Resource Description & Access (RDA) in April 2013 as the NLM cataloging guidelines, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) ceased adding the "General Material Designation" (GMD) to titles in our catalog. The GMD was a bracketed addition to the title that indicated the format for non-textual material.

NLM Technical Bulletin, Sep-Oct 2017, Tox-App: An App to Search for Potential Environmental Health Hazards in your Community

10/06/2017 12:02 PM EDT

Use Tox-App (see Figure 1), a free mobile app for iOS users from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), to search for industrial facilities that reported releasing certain chemicals into the environment (based on data from the US EPA TRI program).

NLM Technical Bulletin, Sep-Oct 2017, Free Online Continuing Education: Discovering TOXNET

10/06/2017 12:02 PM EDT

Join the NNLM Training Office (NTO) for a free online class to discover TOXNET and other National Library of Medicine (NLM) environmental health databases through videos, guided tutorials, and discovery exercises.