Genome databases

• References: NCBI databases, Ensembl database
• UCSC Genome Browser: the "Golden Path"; the UCSC assembly of the human genome (and BLAT)
• Entrez Genomes from NCBI: a portal to lots of genome data
• NCBI Human Genome information resources
• Ensembl: Human and Mouse genome servers
• Nucleic Acid Research 2002 database issue and 2002 database list

Unix

• Introduction to Unix (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
• Rule the World with 11 Solaris UNIX Commands
• Using the Unix Operating System 1 (Lincoln Stein)
• Using the Unix Operating System 2 (Steve Rozen)
• UNIXhelp for Users
• UNIX Tutorial for Beginners
• Pico (simple text editor) tutorial
• Demo commands from end of lecture 4

X windows (graphical Unix environment)

• Using X windows on tak
• VNC: free X display system

Bioinformatics on tak

• Local biological tools: program list and help pages
• Local database list: choices for local BLAST