I, personally, do not like this book but prefer Mount's book: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0879696087/qid=1054507590/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-2884123-9772038?v=glance&s=books This is much more in-depth and contains a plethora of databases and tools in every chapter. I also like bioexchange.com for free downloadable tools. I'm really confused as to how someone can actually get a job in this field without knowing the basics. But then again, you did not state this was actually a job. :-) I received a Certificate, know these things, and am an experienced Math/ Stats person, and still get absolutely no nibbles. If anyone has any need, I'mn able and willing to help! I've come to the conclusion that this is a cultish, religious, thing like Linux with no value proposition (like businees). But I still enjoy it. --- biodevelopers-request at bioinformatics.org wrote: > Send Biodevelopers mailing list submissions to > biodevelopers at bioinformatics.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, > visit > > https://bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/biodevelopers > or, via email, send a message with subject or body > 'help' to > biodevelopers-request at bioinformatics.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > biodevelopers-admin at bioinformatics.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it > is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Biodevelopers digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: ID recognition + ID mapping (Eric Gundrum) > > --__--__-- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 09:33:18 -0700 > To: biodevelopers at bioinformatics.org > From: Eric Gundrum <eric at macgroup.com> > Subject: Re: [Biodevelopers] ID recognition + ID > mapping > Reply-To: biodevelopers at bioinformatics.org > > --- At 6:37 PM +0100 5/29/03, Christophe Bouvard > wrote: > >I am a new member of this list. Before asking my > two questions, here is a > >very short presentation of me: > >... > >I started in the bioinformatics' world > >a month ago. My work is about the implementation of > an functional data bank > > Christophe, you may find this book helpful: > > Bioinformatics: A Practical Guide > A detailed tour of the online databases and > existing tools for analysis > of genes and proteins. > > <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471383910> > > It is a bit old, but it provides concise information > about commonly used > BioInformatics databases and their data formats. > Rather than answering your > question, it may help you understand what resources > are available. There > are many code projects which can demonstrate how to > perform tasks similar > to what you want, but you may need a better > understanding to know what > pieces are useful to your problem and what are not. > I believe the book ends > with a description of using Perl to work with the > databases. > > Regards...eric > > > > --__--__-- > > _______________________________________________ > Biodevelopers mailing list > Biodevelopers at bioinformatics.org > https://bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/biodevelopers > > > End of Biodevelopers Digest ===== ================================================================= Al Henry (408) 799-9404 cell allen_777 at yahoo.com http://briefcase.yahoo.com/allen_777 (artwork) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com