Molecular Biology and Genetics -Getting Started

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Helix Helper - our gateway page.

Library Catalogs:

Library Catalog
Marriott Library Catalog
NLM LOCATORplus - National Library of Medicine's Online Catalog

Databases:

PubMed MEDLINE - with linkout to Eccles Library electronic full text journals.
- Entrez - NCBI's search and retrieval system that integrates information from different databases including nucleotide sequences, protein sequences, protein structures, whole genomes and more.
Biological Abstracts (BA, BIOSIS) - 1985 - present. Includes bibliographic references with abstracts derived from life sciences research journals published worldwide. SilverPlatter.
Science Citation Index - covers international science and technology journals in over 100 disciplines.
US Patent Citation - comprehensive bibliographic database containing records for each of the 2.6 million U.S. patents issued since 1975. Community of Science.
European Patent Office - including Espacenet , Europes Network of Patent Databases.

E-Books, Dictionaries and Glossaries

Selected Online Journals:

Annual Reviews - free access for Utah Academic Library patrons! Site allows searching across all titles.
CELL
EMBO Journal
FEBS Letters
Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC)
Journal of Molecular Biology
Nature
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
Science
Trends Titles e.g.,
- Trends in Biochemical Sciences - sponsored by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of Utah.
- Trends in Biotechnology - sponsored by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of Utah.
- Trends in Cell Biology - sponsored by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of Utah.
- Trends in Ecology and Evolution - sponsored by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of Utah.
- Trends in Genetics - sponsored by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of Utah.
- Trends in Molecular Medicine - sponsored by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of Utah.

Selected websites:

Helix Helper - our gateway page.
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) - creates public databases, conducts research in computational biology, develops software tools for analyzing genome data, and disseminates biomedical information.
- Follow the "About NCBI" link and explore their resources (Site Map) such as Databases and Tools, or Courses & Tutorials, or Human Genome Resources. The Science Primer is an oppertunity to learn about the methods used to gain scientific data.
ExPASy - the Expert Protein Analysis System, a Proteomics and Molecular Biology Server for the analysis of protein sequences and structures as well as 2-D PAGE. A well organized collection of < 100 web links.
- the Site Map page explains all the ExPASy resources.
WWW Virtual Library with directories for Bioscience, Biotechnology and more.

Genetic Research/Biotechnology in the News:
- CNN-Health news
- BioMedCentral
- BioMedNet Magazine
- BioMedNet Reviews (Genetics )(Genomics)
- Nature's Genome Gateway including a link list for Genome Related Sites
- Science Now
- LifeSciencesWorld.com
- Utah Newspapers:
  - Deseret News
  - Salt Lake Tribune

Helpful Tutorials:

PubMed MEDLINE Tutorial
More online tutorials including e.g. BLAST-similarity searching.

University of Utah:

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Class Evaluation Link
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Who Named It? is a biographical dictionary of medical eponyms.

TRIP Database
can help health professionals easily find the highest-quality material available on the web - to support evidence based practice.

Use Skype to Connect with Colleagues

LibraryThing.com Tag and keep track of your favorite books.

DynaMed is an evidence-based clinical reference tool for use at the 'point-of-care'. Available in PDA.

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