Contents

This module covers selected examples of the following resource categories: Centralized Data Collections Entrez Overview Entrez Global Query Four ways to search individual Entrez databases Understanding the output: archival (primary) vs. curated (derivative) data Understanding the output: sample GenBank record Tips and tricks: a summary NCBI Taxonomy Database Genomic Biology hubs RefSeq Entrez Gene Entrez Genome MapViewer Entrez Genome Project (and "Genome Resources" pages) Directories of Molecular Biology Database and Software NCBI Web Site Site Map Resource Guide Alphabetical Quicklinks Table Site Search Outside Directories Nucleic Acids Research annual: Database Issue (2007 overview, 2007 contents, searchable database of summary papers) Web Server Issue (2007 editorial, 2007 contents, searchable database of web server summaries) Bioinformatics Links Directory (described in an NAR article, July 2007 web server issue) ExPASy Life Science Directory Biocatalog by EBI University web sites (selected examples) Harvard Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology IUBio Archive for Biology data and software OBRC: Online Bioinformatics Resources Collection by the University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library System (described in an NAR article: PMID 17108360) University of Washington, Seattle, Healthlinks web site (BioResearcher Toolkit) UCSC Science & Engineering Library Bioinformatics page: Guide to Selected Bioinformatics Internet Resources