Research Guides: Biology: Protocols, Data, Tools

Online manuals, databases and tools

Current Protocols in Molecular Biology

A laboratory manual containing complete lab procedure texts. Illustrated protocols include overviews and step-by-step instructions for basic methods and advanced techniques in molecular biology research.

ExPASy Bioinformatics Resource Portal
Databases and software tools for proteomics, genomics, phylogeny, systems biology, population genetics, transcriptomics, etc.

JoVE Core Biology

Short videos that teach key concepts in biology.

National Center for Biotechnology (NCBI) Resources
Databases and tools for nucleotide and protein sequences, protein structures, complete genomes and more.
Protocol Exchange
An open resource from Nature Publishing Group.
Protocol Online
Free protocols from a variety of laboratory, commercial, and other research sources.

Print manuals and books

Current Protocols in Immunology is in the Reference Collection on the second floor of the Dunbar Library, call no.: QR183 .C87.

A number of the books in the Methods in Molecular Biology series, which make up part of the SpringerProtocols, are available in the circulating collection on the third floor of the Dunbar Library. You may find them in QuickSearch by their individual authors, titles, and subjects, as well as by the series title.

SpringerProtocols (Springer Nature Experiments)

Read full-text laboratory protocols in the life and biomedical sciences. Included are the contents of the Humana Press book series Methods in Molecular Biology, Methods in Molecular Medicine, Methods in Biotechnology, Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Neuromethods. Also includes protocols from laboratory handbooks and manuals published by Springer.