Introduction

What is the NCBI?

We are a center within the NLM responsible for creation, curation and maintenance of medical and scientific databases and other things…

We receive, create, archive & make available biomedical information, as well as perform computational biology & IT systems research…..
but we really aspire to help make sense of the information!

NCBI’s Information Hubs & Key Databases

Today's Workshop:

This workshop is one of a group of introductory workshops that we are offering this summer.  It was designed to help new users learn how to find basic biological information for a new research project using the NCBI website. 

Please note that we assume you have some basic knowledge of molecular biology, genetics or biochemistry to get the most out of this discussion.

As you begin to work in-depth for your research project, you may want to access advanced datasets and tools. This introductory workshop will highlight some resources for more advanced work in relevant sections for future exploration.

The goal of the workshop is to help you create an "online folder" where you can save a collection of links to pages ("database records") that you will find with helpful information to support a proposed biology research project.  At the end, we will show you how you can share this collection with others, such as a research professor.