Caltech now has access to the TAIR (The Arabidopsis Information Resource) database. This resource is a database of genetic and molecular biology data for the model higher plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Data available from TAIR includes the complete genome sequence along with gene structure, gene product information, gene expression, DNA and seed stocks, genome maps, genetic and physical markers, publications, and information about the Arabidopsis research community.
Research data are often useless without documentation, but did you know that there are many formats for documenting data? Biology and Biological Engineering Librarian Kristin Briney created a handout describing various documentation methods, including laboratory notebooks, e-lab notebooks, README.txt's, templates, data dictionaries, codebooks, metadata schemas, standards, and taxonomies. Discover and try a new documentation method to better manage your research data!
ArcGIS Online is a geographic information system (GIS) that is used to create, edit, visualize, and analyze spatial data—all in an online cloud-based system, using only your browser. In this Introduction to ArcGIS Online (November 20, 2024 at 2:00 pm), you’ll get an overview of its features, how to access your organization and how to connect to data sources, along with examples on how you can create and share a map. Some basic knowledge of GIS concepts, such as basemaps, layers and shapefiles is recommended, but not required.
