Katherine Majewski

Librarian, OET

Katherine (Kate) Majewski, MLS, is a librarian from the National Library of Medicine (NLM). She is a trainer, instructional designer and technical writer for NLM's Office of Engagement and Training.

Classes I Teach

Event Title Summary
Bioinformatics and Biology Essentials For Librarians: Databases, Tools and Clinical Applications (January - April 2024) This 14-week, 30 credit-hour, self-paced online class reviews basic biology concepts and takes a deep dive into NCBI Molecular Biology Databases.
Finding and Using Health Statistics This online, self-paced course for librarians and students in health sciences describes different types of health statistics, how they are collected, and where they can be found.
How PubMed Works: Selection This 90-minute class covers issues and concerns surrounding the current publishing landscape; the selection criteria for the different components of the PubMed database and NLM responsibilities and practices in collecting and providing access to the biomedical literature. MEDLINE and PMC staff will be available to answer audience questions.
MedlinePlus Tutorial for Librarians and Health Educators This interactive, narrated tutorial provides a tour of the MedlinePlus website and takes about 1 hour to complete.
Preprints: Accelerating Research (On-Demand) What are preprints, and how are they changing how biomedical research results are shared? This 1-hour, online, self-paced course introduces preprints and how they can be used in literature searching and in sharing your research results with others. 
Topic Searching in PubMed®: Using the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) Learn how to use the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) for expert PubMed searching in this hands-on, self-paced course.

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