Research Guides: BIOL 309: Genetics (McDougal): Home

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Welcome to library course guide for BIOL 403: Advanced Genetics. This guide contains resources to help you with your expert project. Please feel free to contact your librarian whenever you have a question or you'd like some help. Her contact information is on the left.

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Not sure where to start your research? Try one of the links below!

PubMed This link opens in a new window
PubMed comprises more than 36 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Scopus is a large, multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. It also has tools to track, analyze, and visualize research.

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM)
OMIM is a great source of information on genetic disorders. Try searching for clinical synopses to find a lot of information all in one place.
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) contains data on a large number of biotechnology topics. This includes gene and protein sequences, taxonomy, and more.

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