Everyone has a difficult time keeping up with the flow of new information. This is particularly true in biology now as the pace of discovery accelerates. Databases have become an essential tool for accumulating and archiving raw data. They also play a major role in analyzing and presenting information to researchers and the public in an easily accessible form. In this Exploring Genomes tutorial we will survey one of these resources: The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) located in Washington, D.C.

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