Online research resource

The rest of this chapter reviews various types of research resources. It considers online, print, and legal resources. 

It can be difficult if not impossible to find the domain structure of a protein of interest from the primary literature. The sequence may contain many common domains, but these are usually not apparent from searches of literature. Articles defining new domains may include the protein, but only in an alignment figure, which are not searchable. Perhaps, with the advent of online access to articles, the full text including figures may become searchable. Fortunately there have been several attempts to make this hidden information available in away that can be easily searched. These resources, called domain family databases, are exemplified by Prosite, Pfam, Prints, and SMART. These databases gather information from the literature about common domains and make it searchable in a variety of ways. They usually allow a researcher to look at the domain organization of proteins in the sequence database that have been precalculated and also provide a way to search new sequences... 

As the variety of commercially available ELISA kits grows seemingly every day, so does the availability of Web sites and technical data sheets available to the researcher. There are many excellent sites available and the ones we often use include, but are not limited to, those of CHEMICON International, BD Biosciences, Protocol Online, and Invitrogen. Additionally, very helpful resources for any laboratory are the volumes of Current Protocols such as Current Protocols in Molecular Biology and Current Protocols in Cell Biology. 

This introduction to computer hardware and software provides a snapshot of some systems available in late 2006. The brief survey of some online resources should prove useful to students and researchers. Of all the fields one could address in this short text, those of computer hardware, software, and online resources will be the one most quickly outdated. Fortunately, updates are readily available through a search of the World Wide Web. 

The research arm of the U.S. Department of Justice, the NIJ provides invaluable resources on all aspects of criminology and criminal justice, including the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS), an online source of summaries, abstracts, and full text documents on numerous subjects, including gun violence. 

University of Alberta. Educational Software for Micromachines and Related Technologies. Available online. URL http //www. cs.ualberta.ca/ database/MEMS/sma mems/index2.html. Accessed May 28,2009. Research groups at the University of Alberta in Canada constructed this Web resource, which discusses a variety of smart materials, including shape-memory alloys, piezoelectric materials, and electrorheological and magnetorheological fluids. 

National Fuel Cell Research Center. Available online. URL http //www. nfcrc.uci.edu/. Accessed May 28,2009. Based at the University of California, Irvine, the National Fuel Cell Research Center investigates fuel cell systems and the strategies that will allow businesses to take advantage of this technology. The center also develops educational resources such as tutorials, answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs), and other important information included on their Web site. 

To find additional online resources that can help you write your resume, find job opportunities, apply for jobs online, gather company or industry research, network with people in your field, or learn more about a specific profession, visit any of the popular Web search engines and choose keywords or search phrases you think will help you find the specific information for which you re looking. 

Tjday most researchers wall turn first to the Web rather than to the local library. The Web is now a primary source for news stories and feature articles (even those also available in print). It is also often the first place to look for resources about a subject, such as topic guides, bibliographies, and lists of additional Web links. Summaries of ongoing research programs or forthcoming papers are often available online months ahead of print publication. 

Boston University Library. Research Guides Drug Abuse. Boston University Library. Available online. URL htqi //www.bu.edu/library/guides/ drugabuse.html. Updated December 9, 2003. Provides a useful list of subject headings, indexes, databases, statistics, and Internet resources on topics relating to drug abuse. 

Sensors Research Consulting, Inc. Resources for Sensors, Measurements, Instrumentation and Related Sciences, Available online. URL http // www.sensors-research.com/senres/materials.htm Accessed on October 10, 2006. 

The 3D Structure files of ell published molecules ai held in the Pratein Date Bank (PDB), an online resource for researchers, educators, and the general public. Every structure file in this international database is identified by a four character ID cads. 

With the development of the Internet, online access to scientific computing resources became possible. Diverse web technologies are used in this research to separately implement the one- and three-dimensional MRTM simulation systems. The web technologies used in the one-dimensional simulation system are discussed in Zeng et al. (2002). This section covers details of web technologies, especially Java technologies, that are used in the three-dimensional simulation system. The major goals and system requirements of the two simulation systems are also compared. 

The mission of ARN is to promote and advance professional rehabilitation nursing practice through education, advocacy, collaboration, and research to enhance the quality of life for those affected by disability and chronic illness. For more information and resources, contact Association of Rehabilitation Nurses, 4700 W. Lake Avenue Glenview, IL 60025-1485 800/229-7530 or online at www.rehabnurse.org e-mail info rehabnurse.org. 

Indian Journal of Chemistry [Indian J. Chem.] (1963-1975). In 1976, divided into Section A [Indian J. Chem., Sect. A] (1976-) (inorganic, bioinorganic, physical, theoretical, and analytical) and Section B [Indian J. Chem., Sect. B] (1976-) (organic and medicinal). (Additional CASSI abbreviated subtitles omitted.) Indian Journal of Chemistry was a successor to Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research [J. Sci. Ind. (1942-1962), which from 1946 to 1962 was divided into Section A [J. Sci. Ind. Res., Sect. A] (general). Section B [J. Sci. Ind. Res., Sect. E (physical sciences), and Section C [J. Sci. Ind. Res., Sect. C] (biological sciences). Free online full-text issues from 2007. Publisher National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, New Delhi, India. 

Directories of information on computerized sources, such as the Gale Directory of Databases (Gale Research Inc.) and the Mekler directory CD-ROMs in Print, give identification, coverage, content, and availability information for publicly available electronic files, as do many of the literature guides listed in the introduction to this entry. An example of a resource tool more limited in scope is the Environmental Software Directory (Donley Technologies). Articles and columns appearing in the information science literature [Online, Searcher, Database, CD-ROM Professional, and Information Today) can provide excellent reviews of new files and comparative studies on resources in specific subject areas. 

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