Descriptions of all of the classes offered at the Academy Library are listed below. For requirements, policies and fees, please see our Instructional Services page.

> View our class schedule

Locating Material at the New York Academy of Medicine Library
The New York Academy of Medicine Library is one of the largest medical libraries in the country collecting in public health and clinical medicine. This free class is for anyone who is looking to learn how to use the Academy Library to access information regarding health and medicine. The class includes brief tours of the public areas of the Library and the extraordinary Malloch Rare Book Room, which contains over 35,000 rare books and manuscripts, including a 9th century manuscript copy of the oldest known cookbook, a wonderful collection of anatomical atlases, thousands of significant medical books printed in the west in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, and about 90 percent of the medical books printed in what is now the United States between the late 17th and early 19th centuries.

Basics of Finding Research Articles in PubMed
PubMed is a service of the National Library of Medicine, which allows searching of over 17 million citations for research articles in medicine from the 1950s to the present. Participants will learn the basics of how to find research articles in medicine using the National Library of Medicine's freely-available PubMed database. This class is for beginning or novice researchers as well as information and health care professionals seeking an introductory course.

Advanced Searching in PubMed
PubMed is a service of the National Library of Medicine, which allows searching of over 17 million citations for research articles in medicine from the 1950s to the present. After taking the Basics PubMed course, participants will learn how to fine-tune research inquiries using PubMed's additional features. Students must have attended the Academy's Basic PubMed class within the past 12 months to be eligible for Advanced PubMed. This class is for beginning or novice researchers as well as for information and health care professionals.

My NCBI: Saving Searches and More in PubMed
My NCBI is an easy way to customize PubMed and other National Library of Medicine databases. Participants will learn how to save searches, save results and narrow results to a particular medical library using My NCBI in PubMed. This class is for beginning or novice researchers as well as information and health care professionals seeking an introductory course.

Introduction to Alternative Medicine Resources
This course is designed for individuals looking for information on alternative approaches to health and medicine. Participants will learn about a variety of complementary and alternative health resources including the Alt-Healthwatch database, a full-text database of alternative medicine periodicals and magazines. This class is for beginning or novice researchers as well as information and health care professionals seeking an introductory course.

Searching Google Scholar
Learn how to use Google Scholar, an internet search engine that provides a simple way to find peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, universities and other scholarly organizations. This class is for beginning or novice researchers as well as information and health care professionals seeking an introductory course.

Searching Grey Literature: Additional Resources in Public Health and Medicine
Grey literature is material that is not published as books or journal articles. These reports and issue briefs often published by private research organizations, are not usually found in PubMed. Participants will learn about the value of grey literature in the field of public health and how to find it in the Academy Library. This class is for beginning or novice researchers as well as information and health care professionals seeking an introductory course.

Health and Wellness Resource Center
Learn how to find full-text consumer health articles using the health and wellness Resource Center database, a collection of more than 900 health and medical journals, newsletters and pamphlets. This class is for beginning or novice researchers as well as information and health care professionals seeking an introductory course.

History of Medicine Resources
Learn about a variety of print and electronic resources in the history of medicine including IndexCAT, a digitized version of the Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, U.S. Army. This class is for beginning or novice researchers as well as information and health care professionals seeking an introductory course.

Searching CINAHL: Nursing and Allied Health Material
Learn how to find nursing and allied health material using the CINAHL database in the OVID interface. This class is geared towards information and health care professionals.

Health Research on the Internet
Learn how to find and evaluate medical information on the Internet. As the amount of inaccurate health information the Internet increases exponentially, being a saavy information consumer becomes all the more important. This class is designed to teach members of the public how to evaluate health information more effectively.

Researching Genetic Conditions on the Internet
Learn how to find information on genetic conditions using freely available electronic resources including the National Library of Medicine's database Genetics Home Reference. This class is for beginning or novice researchers as well as information and health professionals seeking an introductory course.

"I've Got This Old Book": Researching Your Historic Book
This class is for those who wish to find information about the author of their old book, or who wish to find out if their old book is important or valuable. Interest in finding out about old books is sufficient, ownership of old books is not required.