Molecular Biology and Genetics - Getting Started

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.
  Annual Reviews in Biomedical Sciences include:
  • Annual Review of Biochemistry
  • Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Annual Review of Genetics
  • Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics
  • Annual Review of Microbiology
  • Annual Reviews of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology
• CELL
• EMBO Journal
• FEBS Letters
• Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC)
• Journal of Molecular Biology
• Nature
  • Nature Biotechnology
  • Nature Cell Biology
  • Nature Genetics
  • Nature Immunology
  • Nature Medicine
  • Nature Reviews Genetics
  • Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
• 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:

• Department of Biochemistry
• Department of Biology
• Department of Human Genetics
• Department of Medical Informatics
• Department of Medicinal Chemistry
• Medical Laboratory Science
• Bioscience Graduate Studies
  • Molecular Biology
  • Bioligical Chemistry
  • Neuroscience