Even though you can't use Wikipedia as a source in your assignments, you can still use it to get an overview of a new topic.
Remember:
Google is often the first place we go to find new information. If you're Googling to find background information consider:
If you use an LLM like ChatGPT to get ideas:
It can be challenging to find and read scientific articles on a new topic when you're first learning about it. Doing some background reading on a topic can help you:
Reading these sources can make it easier for you to find peer-reviewed articles but you should not cite them in your assignment. Any information you find should be confirmed with academic articles - cite those!
Gale Encyclopedia of Science
There are online tools for protein information such as National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), UniProt, and Protein Data Bank (PDB). These are used by actual Biomedical and Bioinformatics researchers and contain a wealth of complex information on protein function, structure, and research.
You will get introduced to at least some of these tools during your labs like BLAST and your Structure lab.
You could use these sites to find some information on your protein, but you don't have to. For most proteins you will be able to use other background resources and journal databases to find sufficient information.
These sites have a LOT of information (much more than you need for this assignment). Email Jarvis for help navigating these sites!
