<HTML><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff" STYLE="font:10pt verdana; border:none;background-color:#ffffff; "><DIV>So, what would you recommend? Would love to know so I can order the book(s).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message -----</DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt Arial; COLOR: black"><B>From:</B> Seth Gale</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 30, 2001 2:16 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>To:</B> bio_bulletin_board@bioinformatics.org</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [BiO BB] introduction to bioinfo</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4207.2601" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>This book is no good at all in my opinion. It has a lot of websites really, that's it. It tlaks about the very basics of databases, etc. and it doesn't really go into any concrete understanding needed for bioinformatics. I, personally, would avoid this book.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Seth</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=john_scheiderer@msn.com href="mailto:john_scheiderer@msn.com">John Scheiderer</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=bio_bulletin_board@bioinformatics.org href="mailto:bio_bulletin_board@bioinformatics.org">bio_bulletin_board@bioinformatics.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 30, 2001 1:27 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [BiO BB] introduction to bioinfo</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Hi,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>O'Reilly has a book titled "Developing Bioinformatics Computer Skills" by Cynthia Gibas and Per Jambeck.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><A href="http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=6BTGGYL97D&mscssid=33705MEPMAFM8LGDCLUUAG1B1X0A78LA&isbn=1565926641">http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=6BTGGYL97D&mscssid=33705MEPMAFM8LGDCLUUAG1B1X0A78LA&isbn=1565926641</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Hope this helps.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV>John</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message -----</DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt Arial; COLOR: black"><B>From:</B> Ingrid Marchal</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 30, 2001 1:23 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>To:</B> bio_bulletin_board@bioinformatics.org</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Subject:</B> [BiO BB] introduction to bioinfo</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>Hi,<BR>I am a biochemist and don't know much on bioinformatics... Can anyone<BR>suggest me a good introductory book?<BR>Thanks<BR>Ingrid<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>BiO_Bulletin_Board maillist - BiO_Bulletin_Board@bioinformatics.org<BR>http://bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/bio_bulletin_board<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR clear=all> <HR> Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : <A href="http://explorer.msn.com/">http://explorer.msn.com</A><BR> <P></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML><br clear=all><hr>Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : <a href='http://explorer.msn.com'>http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p>