Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Here’s how you know

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

This is a preview of updates coming to the Technical Bulletin's website in April 2026. Return to current site.
Read more about the modernization release schedule in this announcement.
Comment via the yellow feedback button in the lower right hand corner of the page. Contact the NLM Help Desk with any questions or concerns.

This is archived content.

Links may have become inactive over time. Visit Archive-It   to find the original published layout.

NTCC Educational Clearinghouse Merges with the MLA Educational Clearinghouse

Zipser J, Cavanaugh D. NTCC Educational Clearinghouse Merges with the MLA Educational Clearinghouse. NLM Tech Bull. 2011 May-Jun;(380):e1.

May 05, 2011 [posted]

Background

The Educational Clearinghouse database at the National Training Center and Clearinghouse (NTCC) was launched on June 17, 2002 as a new service of the Training Center. The Clearinghouse database linked to educational materials created by the staff of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine® (NN/LM®) member libraries and the National Library of Medicine® (NLM®).

In recent years the staff of the NTCC, the NLM and the Medical Library Association (MLA) decided, because of duplication of effort and redundancies, to merge the NTCC Educational Clearinghouse database with the MLA Educational Clearinghouse which is open to both MLA members as well as non-members. To accommodate NTCC Clearinghouse records, the MLA Educational Clearinghouse now contains more than CE (Continuing Education) courses.

Merger Preparation

NTCC Clearinghouse resources are now found in the MLA Educational Clearinghouse. There are links to the MLA Clearinghouse on the NTCC Web site. The formats and fields of the two Clearinghouses were compared and changes to some fields and field values were made. A careful review and inventory of the NTCC Clearinghouse database were conducted and outdated resources were deleted.

Merged Database

The MLA Educational Clearinghouse is open to all and located at: http://cech.mlanet.org/.

The database has a Keyword Search box (A in Figure 1) and a link to the Advanced Search option (B in Figure 1) where additional limits are available (see Figure 2).

Screen capture of the Welcome Web page for the MLA Continuing Education Clearinghouse.
Figure 1: MLA Educational Clearinghouse homepage.
Screen capture of the advanced search page.
Figure 2: Advanced search page.

Take a look and find some creative and helpful resources.

Submit a Resource

To submit a resource to the Clearinghouse read the instructions and follow the links found on the homepage (C in Figure 1).

Conclusion

NLM thanks MLA for their cooperation on this project. Please use the link on the MLA Educational Clearinghouse homepage to send your questions or suggestions.