Online Books Available through JMU Libraries (need to use JMU proxy to access off campus):

• Bioinformatics programming using Python Mitchell L. Model. O'Reilly Media, c2010
• Python programming for the absolute beginner Michael Dawson. Course Technology, c2010
• Python pocket reference Mark Lutz. O'Reilly, 2009, c2010
• Learning Python Mark Lutz. O'Reilly, c2009

• BLAST Ian Korf, Mark Yandell, and Joseph Bedell ; O'Reilly & Associates, 2003
• Bioinformatics: sequence alignment and Markov models K. R. Sharma; McGraw-Hill, c2009
• Biological database modeling Jake Chen, Amandeep S. Sidhu, editors; Artech House, c2008
• Systems biology Volume 1: Genomics and Volume 2 : Networks, Models, and Applications edited by I. Rigoutsos & G. Stephanopoulos; Oxford University Press, c2007
• The new science of metagenomics: revealing the secrets of our microbial planet National Research Council (U.S.). Committee On Metagenomics; National Academies Press, c2007
• Introduction to computer-intensive methods of data analysis in biology D. Roff; CUP, 2006
• Mammalian genomics edited by A. Ruvinsky and J.A. Marshall Graves; CABI Pub., c2005
• Bioinformatics computing Bryan Bergeron; Prentice Hall, c2003
• Mastering Perl for bioinformatics James D. Tisdall; O'Reilly, c2003
• Genomic Perl: from bioinformatics basics to working code R. Dwyer; CUP, 2003

Bioinformatics and Genomics PRINT Books Available at JMU:
The linked text above shows over 100 print books published in the last five years available at JMU. To request a book, just click on the title and then on the “Request Item” icon at the top of the page. Books can be delivered to the closest library to you or (for faculty) your mailbox.

Online Bioinformatics Web Resources:

• BioInformatics Tutorial Series (BITS) - MIT Libraries
• Online Bioinformatics Resources Collection - Univ. of Pittsburg Health Sciences Library System
• Bioinformatics Organization - “… international organization that promotes open-access in the field of bioinformatics by providing free and open resources for research, development and education…”
• Bioinformatics Links Directory - “…features curated links to molecular resources, tools and databases. … selected on the basis of recommendations from bioinformatics experts in the field.” Includes all links provided through Nucleic Acids Research, a prominent open access journal in the field
• UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Site contains the UCSC Genome Browser and other tools.
• International Society for Biocuration promotes the field of biocuration, which involves the translation and maintanance of information, often genomic, into databases or other resources.

 Originally created by D. Yvonne Jones, PhD, MLS 4.19.11

Modified by Yasmeen Shorish, 10.11.11