ABSTRACT
SECTION 1 PERSONAL WEB SITE DESIGN 506 Part I Introduction 506
1. Background 506 2. Creating a Web Page 507 3. Basic Steps to Setting up a Web Site 509 4. Basic Web Page Editing 511
Part II Step-By-Step Tutorials 514 Part III Sample Data 522
SECTION 2 NUTS AND BOLTS OF BIOLOGICAL DATABASES AND THEIR CONSTRUCTION 523
Part I Introduction 523 1. Database Basics 523 2. Database Models 524 3. Additional Database Selection Considerations 530 4. Databases on the Market 530 5. Important Biological Databases 534
Part II Step-By-Step Tutorial 535 1. Create a Catalog of Archived Data 535 2. Data Entry 537
Part III Sample Data 543
This section covers two seemingly disparate topics. However, use of Web sites integrated with database functions is becoming increasingly common and is important in information presentation and sharing in the scientific world. This chapter provides a practical overview of concepts and technical limitations behind the creation of Web sites and reviews principles of how to organize data in a formal manner for efficient storage, retrieval, and analysis.
