SCI207.BiomanufacturingII

toc =Course: SCI Biomanufacturing II=
 * Prof. Kimberly A. Stieglitz**



This guide is designed to help you research issues of comuter use in biological sciences. It includes an index of scholarly sources that should be used. Included in the list are websites and search engines that will be helpful in your research. If you have any trouble finding these sources, please ask a librarian for help. Good Luck! Any comments or suggestions are welcome!
 * [|RCC Library Home Page]: Most materials found in this research guide are available at the library's home page.

=Knowledge base= __An Introduction to Molecular Biotechnology: Molecular Fundamentals, Methods and Applications in Modoern Biotechnology__, edited by Michael Wink, Call Number Reserve TP248.2 .I68 2006. This textbook's chapter 24-Bioinformatics is used for preparing the research guide and could be consulted for information seeking.



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 * Find some articles, published in scientific periodicals, about implications and integretions of computers in the biological sciences (bioinformatics)

=Books=

Books
The on-line catalog provides access to the Library's collection of approximately 40,000 books, periodicals and audio-visual titles. These resources may be used to find information for assignments or general interest. [|Tutorial for searching catalog and ordering books from Metro Boston Library Network (includes Boston Public Library)]

New Books


__Ane's Illustrated Dictionary of Biotechnology__ by Himanshu Arora, call number: **REF TP248.16 .A76 2009**

__The Facts On File dictionary of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering__ by Mark L. Steinberg and Sharon D. Cosloy, call number: **REF TP248.16 .S84 2006**

Good Search Terms to use: words or phrase

 * Bioinformatics
 * Primary databases: EMBL (European molecular biology laboratory), GenBank, DDBJ (DNA database of Japan), PIR (protein information resource), SwissProt
 * Motif databases: BLOCKS, Prosite (the earliest motif database), PFAM (protein families database of alignments and HMMs), ProDorm, SMART
 * Molecular structure databases: PDB (protein database), SCOP (structural classification of proteins)
 * Transcriptome databases: SAGE (serial analysis of gene expressions), ArrayExpress, GEO (gene expression omnibus)
 * Reference databases: PubMed, OMIM (online medelian inheritance in man), GeneCards

Books Online
Ebrary

Reference Books Online
Credo Reference

Reference BooKs
__Enclyclopedia of Ethical, Legal, and Policy Issues in Biotechnology__, edited by Thomas H. Murray and Maxwell J. Mehlman, call number: **REF TP248.16 .M87 2000**

=Periodicals= Browse these paper journals and magazines in the library's first floor periodicals section for articles about biological sciences
 * National Geographic
 * Scientific American
 * U.S. News & World Report

=Articles= Access to millions of journal, magazine, newspaper and reference source articles through our research databases.

Science Full Text Select
Contains access to 320 full text science journals covering all fields of science. Offers a broad range of science literature to students on the community college level.

[|Science Resource Center]
Researching science topics has never been easier -- with Science Resource Center, thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations are just a few clicks away and the latest scientific developments are covered in articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites.

Green File
GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records.

=Web sites= There are many good [insert topic] web sites on the internet. These web sites have been evaluated by library staff. Remember to always evaluate internet resources. To find out more about evaluating web sites, [|Lesley University] has a very good guide.

Search Engines

 * scholar.google.com

Web sites

 * [|Biotechnology Industry Organization]
 * [|Massachusetts Biotechnology Council]
 * Action Bioscience

=Citing Sources: Style Guides=

__[|APA Style Tutorial]__ [|Duke Library Guide to Assembling a List of Works Cited] [|Laguardia Community College Library MLA and APA citation style] [|The Owl at Purdue: APA Formatting and Style Guide] [|The Owl at Purdue: MLA 2009 Formatting and Style Guide]

=Basic Research Help= Please click the Ask a Librarian icon if you have any questions concerning these guides, need help finding material for your research or any general questions you might have.
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 * Looking for articles? Search our [|Databases].
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Research guide prepared on 03-22-10 by Ted Intarabumrung: tintarabumrung@rcc.mass.edu