Bioinformatics glossary based Database of Biological Databases: DBD

Database of Biological/Bioinformatics Databases (DBD) is a collection of 1669 databases and online resources collected from NAR Database Summary Papers (http://www.oxfordjournals.org/nar/database/a/) & Internet search engines. The database has been developed based on 437 keywords (Glossary) available in http://falcon.roswellpark.org/labweb/glossary.html. Keywords with their relevant databases are arranged in alphabetic order which enables quick accession of databases by researchers. Database description provides brief information about the database with a link to main web page. DBD is available online and can be accessed at http://www.biodbs.info. Keywords: Databases, biological databases, bioinformatics databases, bioinformatics glossary Received: 16 May 2009 / Received in revised form: 17 May 2009, Accepted: 18 May 2009, Published online: 6 June 2009