A Librarian’s Guide to NCBI
The Course provided… B asic knowledge and skills for librarians interested in helping patrons use online molecular databases and tools from the NCBI.
Course consisted of two parts… Part 1: Fundamentals of Bioinformatics and Searching Part 2: Introduction to NCBI Databases
Fundamentals of Bioinformatics and Searching discussed… The basics of genes and proteins Terminology General overview of NCBI website
My experience with the online portion…
On-Site In-Person Weeklong focused on… Overview of the NCBI databases Specifics of each database Demonstration of some databases
My experience with the in- person portion…
For more information… rarian/ rarian/
My future plans include… Teaching what I learned to my team Teaching at a faculty development workshop Developing a curriculum for new PhD in Translational Health Sciences for Fall 2014
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