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Erin Carrillo

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MEDLINE/PubMed
The primary database of information in biomedical and health sciences fields.
Web of Science
A set of databases to find articles. It includes sources from all branches of science and is strongest in biology and medicine. Science Citation Index, BIOSIS Previews, MEDLINE, and Zoological Record are among the databases included.
GQuery (formerly Entrez)
Global cross-database NCBI search for all databases including PubMed, Nucleotide and Protein Sequences, Protein Structures, Genome, Taxonomy, BLAST, OMIM, PopSet, and others.
OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man)
Database cataloging human genes and genetic disorders originally authored and edited by Dr. Victor A. McKusick. The database contains textual information, links to sequences, and references.

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NCBI Databases

Overview of NCBI Resources
One-sentence descriptions of main NCBI databases.
NCBI Resources
Longer list of NCBI databases and other resources with brief descriptions.
Database resources of the National Center for Biotechnology Information
Article with one-paragraph descriptions of each of the main NCBI databases. An updated article is published annually with information about changes to databases.