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Review
. 2010 Nov;11(6):563-9.
doi: 10.1093/bib/bbq022. Epub 2010 Jun 22.

Education resources of the National Center for Biotechnology Information

Peter S Cooper  1 , Dawn Lipshultz, Wayne T Matten, Scott D McGinnis, Steven Pechous, Monica L Romiti, Tao Tao, Majda Valjavec-Gratian, Eric W Sayers
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Education resources of the National Center for Biotechnology Information

Peter S Cooper et al. Brief Bioinform. 2010 Nov.

Abstract

The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) hosts 39 literature and molecular biology databases containing almost half a billion records. As the complexity of these data and associated resources and tools continues to expand, so does the need for educational resources to help investigators, clinicians, information specialists and the general public make use of the wealth of public data available at the NCBI. This review describes the educational resources available at NCBI via the NCBI Education page (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Education/). These resources include materials designed for new users, such as About NCBI and the NCBI Guide, as well as documentation, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and writings on the NCBI Bookshelf such as the NCBI Help Manual and the NCBI Handbook. NCBI also provides teaching materials such as tutorials, problem sets and educational tools such as the Amino Acid Explorer, PSSM Viewer and Ebot. NCBI also offers training programs including the Discovery Workshops, webinars and tutorials at conferences. To help users keep up-to-date, NCBI produces the online NCBI News and offers RSS feeds and mailing lists, along with a presence on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

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Figure 1:
A How-to guide from the NCBI Guide showing how to view the 3D structure of a protein.
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The NCBI Education page is the main portal for access to NCBI educational resources.
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