Bioinformatics

Sources for Background Information

• Dictionary of bioinformatics and computational biology
• Online encyclopedia of genetics, genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics
• Handbook of computational molecular biology 
• Modern dictionary of bioinformatics and biotechnology
• Principles of biomedical informatics
• Handbook of research on computational and systems biology: Interdisciplinary applications
• Bioinformatics: A primer
• Handbook of Genome Research: Genomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics, Bioinformatics, Ethical and Legal Issues

Selecting a resource

• Nucleic Acids Research 2013 Database Issue - features descriptions of 92 new online databases covering various areas of molecular biology
• Nucleic Acids Research 2013 Web Server Issue - web-based software resources for analysis and visualization of molecular biology data
• Nucleic Acids Research online Molecular Biology Database Collection - database summary page
• Bioinformatics Links Directory - curated links to molecular resources, tools and databases
• Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library HSLS Molbio Search Tool - provides quick access to the major bioinformatics databases, software tools, and related literature on the Web
• MetaBasis - system for retrieving and organizing information relevant to published bioinformatics tools and databases
• BioCatalogue - a bioinformatics wiki with annotated enteries

Tutorials

• OpenHelix
• NCBI tutorials
• Ensembl Tutorials and Worked Examples

Genomics

• NCBI Nucleotide - Genome, gene and transcript sequence data, as part of the International Nucleotide Sequece Database (INSD) shares records with EMBL-Bank and DDBJ
• EMBL-Bank - product of the European Bioiformatics Institute, as part of the INSD collaboration shares records with GenBank and DDBJ
• DNA Data Bank of Japan - (DDBJ) the sole nucleotide sequence data bank in Asia, as part of the INSD collaboration shares records with GenBank and EMBL-Bank
• UCSC Genome Browser - contains official public DNA sequence of draft assemblies of a number of genomes
• Endyclopedia of DNA Elements - a comprehensive parts list of functional elements in the human genome
• NCBI Genomes $ Maps - NCBI's suite of databases and tools related to genomics
• VISTA - a comprehensive suite of programs and databases for comparative analysis of genomic sequences
• Genomes Online Database - comprehensive access to information regarding genome and metagenome sequencing projects

Proteomics

• UniProt - resource of protein sequence and functional information

• ExPASy - Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

• NCBI Proteins - NCBI's suite of databases and tools related to proteomics

• Human Mitochondrial Protein Database - comprehensive data on mitochondrial and human nuclear encoded proteins

Model organism resources

Literature databases

• PubMed - National Library of Medicine database, links to the various NCBI databases
• MEDLINE (1996-) - database of the National Library of Medicine (or search MEDLINE (1950-))
• Scifinder Scholar - database of the American Chemical Society (requires registration)
• Embase - biomedical and pharmaceutical database
• Scopus - multidisciplinary
• Web of Science - multidisciplinary

Methods & techniques

• Bioinformatics methods and protocols
• BioTechniques (registration required)
• Cold Spring Harbor Protocols
• Current Protocols Online
• Genetic variation: Methods and protocols 
• Journal of visualized experiments (JoVE)
• Nature Methods
• Nature Protocols
• SpringerProtocols
• Nuleic Acids Research Methods Online

Other Resources

• McGill Centre for Bioinformatics
• Bioinformatics Organization - international organization that scientific, educational and professional information
• Bioinformatics.ca -  Canadian Bioinformatics Workshops and a bioinformatics careers section, as well as bioinformatics community resources and information
• Biochemistry subject guide