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*<b>Time management</b>: Before you begin, estimate how long it will take you to complete this unit. Then, record in your course journal: the number of hours you estimated, the number of hours you worked on the unit, and the amount of time that passed between start and completion of this unit.
 
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=== Journals ===
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* Visit the [https://academic.oup.com/nar Nucleic Acids Research Journal (NAR)] site and find the current database volume and the Web service volume.
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* Task yourself to find at least one database and service that interests you, visit it and poke around. You should aim to develop an intuition for what to expect with such resources and how to use the services.
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* Next, visit [https://bioinformatics.ca/ '''bioinformatics.ca], navigate to the "Bioinformatics links directory" and try a sample search - e.g. for "disorder", or "localization".
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Incidentally: you can subscribe to regular Table of Contents updates from any journal. [https://www.nature.com/ '''nature'''] and [http://science.sciencemag.org/ '''Science'''] should for sure be in your inbox, but subscribe to some of the bioinformatics journal alerts too, at least for this term. A current list of journals is here: {{WP|List of bioinformatics journals}}.
  
 
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<div class="reference-box">'''[http://biostar.stackexchange.com BioStar]''': General bioinformatics, computational-, and systems biology questions <small>(timesink warning!)</small></div>
 
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<div class="reference-box">'''[https://www.reddit.com/r/bioinformatics/ Reddit]''': the bioinformatics "subreddit" <small>(timesink warning!)</small></div>
 
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Revision as of 20:30, 12 September 2017

Information Sources for Bioinformatics


 

Keywords:  Wikipedia, NAR, Bioinformatics.ca, PubMed, Citation index


 



 


 


Abstract

This unit introduces key information sources for bioinformatics: journals, forums, and supporting sites.


 


This unit ...

Prerequisites

This unit has no prerequisites.


 


Objectives

...


 


Outcomes

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Deliverables

  • Time management: Before you begin, estimate how long it will take you to complete this unit. Then, record in your course journal: the number of hours you estimated, the number of hours you worked on the unit, and the amount of time that passed between start and completion of this unit.
  • Journal: Document your progress in your Course Journal. Some tasks may ask you to include specific items in your journal. Don't overlook these.
  • Insights: If you find something particularly noteworthy about this unit, make a note in your insights! page.


 


Evaluation

Evaluation: NA

This unit is not evaluated for course marks.


 


Contents

Task:


 

Journals

Task:

  • Visit the Nucleic Acids Research Journal (NAR) site and find the current database volume and the Web service volume.
  • Task yourself to find at least one database and service that interests you, visit it and poke around. You should aim to develop an intuition for what to expect with such resources and how to use the services.
  • Next, visit bioinformatics.ca, navigate to the "Bioinformatics links directory" and try a sample search - e.g. for "disorder", or "localization".


Incidentally: you can subscribe to regular Table of Contents updates from any journal. nature and Science should for sure be in your inbox, but subscribe to some of the bioinformatics journal alerts too, at least for this term. A current list of journals is here: List of bioinformatics journals.


 

Forums

Much current, active exchange of bioinformatics knowledge happens in non-traditional platforms:

Task:
Visit each of the forums below and find (at least) one item that interests you.

BioStar: General bioinformatics, computational-, and systems biology questions (timesink warning!)
Reddit: the bioinformatics "subreddit" (timesink warning!)
R-help: The R programming language
Stack Overflow: R-related questions
BioConductor Support: for all questions about the BioConductor Project
Cross Validated: statistics related questions on Stack-exchange


 


 


Further reading, links and resources

 


Notes


 


Self-evaluation

 



 



 

If in doubt, ask! If anything about this learning unit is not clear to you, do not proceed blindly but ask for clarification. Post your question on the course mailing list: others are likely to have similar problems. Or send an email to your instructor.


 

About ...
 
Author:

Boris Steipe <boris.steipe@utoronto.ca>

Created:

2017-08-05

Modified:

2017-09-11

Version:

1.0

Version history:

  • 1.0 Completed to first live version
  • 0.1 Material collected from previous tutorial

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