A Web-based assessment of bioinformatics end-user support services at US universities.
Objectives: This study was conducted to gauge the availability of bioinformatics end-user support services at US universities and to identify the providers of those services. The study primarily focused on the availability of short-term workshops that introduce users to molecular biology databases a...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the Medical Library Association Vol. 94; no. 3; pp. 299 - 306 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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University of Pittsburgh, University Library System
Jul2006
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