NLM Navigators to NCBI Biology Databases
These brief 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.
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| Title | Date | Runtime | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCBI BLAST: Identifying Sequences: An NLM Navigator This interactive tutorial walks you through your first BLAST to identify the source of a DNA or RNA sequence. | Oct. 20, 2023 | 15 min(s) | HTML / Tutorial |
| NCBI Nucleotide: An NLM Navigator This interactive tutorial provides a tour of the NCBI Nucleotide database, a database of nucleic acid sequences from GenBank and other DNA and RNA sequence repositories. | Oct. 20, 2023 | 15 min(s) | HTML / Tutorial |
| NCBI Gene: Finding the Gene in the Genome: An NLM Navigator This interactive tutorial guides you through how to find the genes are involved in a specific region of the genome given a chromosomal location. | Oct. 20, 2023 | 10 min(s) | HTML / Tutorial |
| NCBI Gene: Finding the Reference Sequences: An NLM Navigator This interactive tutorial shows how to use the NCBI Gene Database to find the reference genomic, transcript and protein sequences for a gene given the gene name or symbol and species. | Oct. 20, 2023 | 15 min(s) | HTML / Tutorial |
| NCBI Gene: Finding and Exploring Variations: An NLM Navigator This interactive tutorial demonstrates how to find variations that are present in the gene and explore their known associations with disease using the NCBI Gene database. | Oct. 20, 2023 | 20 min(s) | HTML / Tutorial |
| NCBI Gene: Finding Gene Expression Data: An NLM Navigator This interactive tutorial shows how to find in what tissues and under what conditions a gene is expressed, and to find tissue-specific expression of gene variants. | Oct. 20, 2023 | 20 min(s) | HTML / Tutorial |
| NCBI Protein: Simple Search and Record Structure: An NLM Navigator This interactive tutorial guides you through searching for proteins in the NCBI Protein database and exploring the information found there. | Oct. 20, 2023 | 15 min(s) | HTML / Tutorial |
| NCBI Structures: Viewing a Protein Structure: An NLM Navigator This interactive tutorial guides you through finding a protein in the NCBI Protein Database and viewing it in the NCBI Structure database. | Oct. 20, 2023 | 10 min(s) | HTML / Tutorial |
| NCBI ClinVar: Clinical Variation: An NLM Navigator This tutorial guides you through finding relevant genetic variations associated with human health and the evidence linking the variation to clinical observations. | Nov. 3, 2023 | 10 min(s) | HTML / Tutorial |
| NCBI MedGen: An NLM Navigator This interactive tutorial provides a tour of the NCBI MedGen database, which provides vocabulary, background information, and links to detailed information about medical genetics. | Nov. 1, 2023 | 10 min(s) | HTML / Tutorial |
| NCBI Genetic Testing Registry (GTR): Finding Genetic Tests: An NLM Navigator This interactive tutorial guides you through how to find genetic tests in the NCBI Genetic Testing Registry or GTR. | Nov. 8, 2023 | 5 min(s) | HTML / Tutorial |