NLM Navigators to NCBI Biology Databases

These brief video demonstrations and "NLM Navigator" tutorials guide you through searches and explorations of the NCBI Biology Databases. These tutorials were written for librarians and other information specialists as part of the course, Bioinformatics and Biology Essentials for Librarians (see link, below), but could be used by any NCBI user.


Be sure to ALLOW pop-ups in your browser to use an NLM Navigator.

Title Date Runtime Format
NCBI Taxonomy Jan. 24, 2024 31 min(s) MP4 Video / YouTube Video
NCBI Taxonomy: An NLM Navigator Jan. 9, 2025 15 min(s) HTML / NLM Navigator
Title Date Runtime Format
NCBI Nucleotide Part 1 of 12: Biology Review July 18, 2024 5 min(s) MP4 Video / YouTube Video
NCBI Nucleotide Part 2 of 12: Database Layout Jan. 24, 2024 2 min(s) MP4 Video / YouTube Video
NCBI Nucleotide Part 3 of 12: Finding a nucleotide sequence for a gene Jan. 24, 2024 3 min(s) MP4 Video / YouTube Video
NCBI Nucleotide Part 4 of 12: What is in a record? Jan. 24, 2024 5 min(s) MP4 Video / YouTube Video
NCBI Nucleotide Part 5 of 12: Refining a search Jan. 24, 2024 5 min(s) MP4 Video / YouTube Video
NCBI Nucleotide Part 6 of 12: Record types Jan. 24, 2024 5 min(s) MP4 Video / YouTube Video
NCBI Nucleotide Part 7 of 12: Downloading sequence data Jan. 24, 2024 1 min(s) MP4 Video / YouTube Video
NCBI Nucleotide Part 9 of 12: Finding Chromosome Records Aug. 21, 2024 3 min(s) MP4 Video / YouTube Video
NCBI Nucleotide Part 8 of 12: A shortcut to finding RefSeq records Jan. 24, 2024 1 min(s) MP4 Video / YouTube Video
NCBI Nucleotide: An NLM Navigator Jan. 9, 2025 15 min(s) HTML / NLM Navigator
NCBI Nucleotide Part 10 of 12: Inside a Chromosome Record Aug. 21, 2024 3 min(s) MP4 Video / YouTube Video
NCBI Nucleotide Part 11 of 12: The Graphical Display Aug. 21, 2024 4 min(s) MP4 Video / YouTube Video
NCBI Nucleotide Part 12 of 12: Assembly Records Aug. 21, 2024 7 min(s) MP4 Video / YouTube Video
Title Date Runtime Format
Using NCBI BLAST Jan. 24, 2024 50 min(s) MP4 Video / YouTube Video
NCBI BLAST: Identifying Sequences: An NLM Navigator Jan. 10, 2025 15 min(s) HTML / NLM Navigator
NCBI BLAST: Comparing Sequences: An NLM Navigator Nov. 15, 2023 10 min(s) HTML / NLM Navigator
Title Date Runtime Format
NCBI Gene Part 1 of 5: About the NCBI Gene Database Jan. 24, 2024 3 min(s) MP4 Video / YouTube Video
NCBI Gene Part 2 of 5: Find the Gene in the Genome Jan. 24, 2024 7 min(s) MP4 Video / YouTube Video
NCBI Gene: Finding the Gene in the Genome: An NLM Navigator Oct. 20, 2023 10 min(s) HTML / NLM Navigator
NCBI Gene Part 3 of 5: Reference Sequences Jan. 24, 2024 15 min(s) MP4 Video / YouTube Video
NCBI Gene: Finding the Reference Sequences: An NLM Navigator Jan. 10, 2025 15 min(s) HTML / NLM Navigator
NCBI Gene Part 4 of 5: Find Gene Expression Data Jan. 24, 2024 5 min(s) MP4 Video / YouTube Video
NCBI Gene: Finding Gene Expression Data: An NLM Navigator Jan. 10, 2025 20 min(s) HTML / NLM Navigator
NCBI Gene Part 5 of 5: Gene Variants and Associations with Disease Jan. 24, 2024 9 min(s) MP4 Video / YouTube Video
NCBI Gene: Finding and Exploring Variations: An NLM Navigator Aug. 28, 2024 20 min(s) HTML / NLM Navigator
Title Date Runtime Format
NCBI Protein Biology Basics Jan. 24, 2024 8 min(s) MP4 Video / YouTube Video
NCBI Protein and Structure Part 1 of 8: NCBI Protein Database Layout Jan. 24, 2024 5 min(s) MP4 Video / YouTube Video
NCBI Protein and Structure Part 2 of 8: Searching the Protein Database Jan. 24, 2024 8 min(s) MP4 Video / YouTube Video
NCBI Protein and Structure Part 3 of 8: Protein Sequence Records Jan. 24, 2024 8 min(s) MP4 Video / YouTube Video
NCBI Protein: Simple Search and Record Structure: An NLM Navigator Jan. 9, 2025 15 min(s) HTML / NLM Navigator
NCBI Protein and Structure Part 4 of 8: Identical Sequences Jan. 24, 2024 11 min(s) MP4 Video / YouTube Video
NCBI Protein and Structure Part 5 of 8: Finding Structures Jan. 24, 2024 8 min(s) MP4 Video / Video Tutorial
NCBI Protein and Structure Part 6 of 8: Viewing a Structure with iCn3D Feb. 9, 2024 9 min(s) MP4 Video / YouTube Video
NCBI Structures: Viewing a Protein Structure: An NLM Navigator Jan. 6, 2025 10 min(s) HTML / NLM Navigator
NCBI Protein and Structure Part 7 of 8: Using PubChem to Find Structures with Specific Molecules Jan. 24, 2024 4 min(s) MP4 Video / YouTube Video
NCBI Structures: Find Protein Structures with Specific Components: An NLM Navigator Oct. 20, 2023 10 min(s) HTML / NLM Navigator
NCBI Protein and Structure Part 8 of 8: Finding Structures with Specific Biological Features Jan. 24, 2024 8 min(s) MP4 Video / YouTube Video
Title Date Runtime Format
ClinVar Feb. 7, 2024 10 min(s) MP4 Video / YouTube Video
NCBI ClinVar: Clinical Variation: An NLM Navigator Feb. 7, 2024 10 min(s) HTML / NLM Navigator
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MedGen Jan. 24, 2024 6 min(s) MP4 Video / YouTube Video
NCBI MedGen: An NLM Navigator Nov. 1, 2023 10 min(s) HTML / NLM Navigator
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Genetic Testing Registry Jan. 24, 2024 3 min(s) MP4 Video / YouTube Video
NCBI Genetic Testing Registry (GTR): Finding Genetic Tests: An NLM Navigator Aug. 28, 2024 5 min(s) HTML / NLM Navigator

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