Welcome to Introduction to BLAST Searching! This video series will cover the basics of what BLAST is, and how to run a BLAST search and interpret the results. For more in depth help or a one on one consultation, feel free to contact aglifesci_librarians@ncsu.edu

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You can work directly with a librarian to answer your questions about the NCBI suite of resources. Contact aglifesci_librarians@ncsu.edu

Additional Resources

NCBI Video Tutorials on Youtube

My NCBI Tutorials

BLAST tutorials

NCBI Handbook: BLAST

BINF Snipcademy

Guide to BLAST Search

Guide to BLAST Results

References

Altschul, S. F., Gish, W., Miller, W., Myers, E. W., & Lipman, D. J. (1990). Basic local alignment search tool. Journal of Molecular Biology, 215(3), 403–410. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-2836(05)80360-2. 

Rein, D. (2015, October). Fundamentals in Bioinformatics and Searching. National Library of Medicine (US), National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/education/librarian/. 

Rein, D. (2016, March). A Librarian’s Guide to NCBI. National Library of Medicine (US), National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/education/librarian/. 

The NCBI Handbook. (2013) (2nd ed.). National Library of Medicine (US), National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK143764/.

Tutorials – Learn – NCBI. National Library of Medicine (US), National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/home/tutorials/.