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Line 1: {{Short description\|Cross-database search engine for health sciences}} [[Image:Entrez.svg\|thumb\|120px\|The Entrez logo]] The '''Entrez''' ({{pronounced\|ɒnˈtreɪ}})<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/entrez/\|title=Definition of 'entrez'\|website= Collins Dictionary [Internet].}}</ref> Global Query Cross-Database Search System is a ~~powerful~~ [[federated search]] engine, or [[web portal]] that allows users to search many discrete [[health sciences]] databases at the [[National Center for Biotechnology Information]] (NCBI) website.<ref>{{Cite ~~pmid\|23193264}}</ref>~~journal The NCBI is a part of the [[United States National Library of Medicine\|National Library of Medicine]] (NLM), which is itself a department of the [[National Institutes of Health]] (NIH), which in turn is a part of the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services]]. The name "Entrez" (a greeting meaning "Come in!" in French) was chosen to reflect the spirit of welcoming the public to search the content available from the NLM. \| last1 = NCBI Resource Coordinators \| title = Database resources of the National Center for Biotechnology Information \| doi = 10.1093/nar/gks1189 \| journal = Nucleic Acids Research \| volume = 41 \| issue = Database issue \| pages = D8–D20 \| year = 2012 \| pmid = 23193264 \| pmc =3531099 }}</ref> The NCBI is a part of the [[United States National Library of Medicine\|National Library of Medicine]] (NLM), which is itself a department of the [[National Institutes of Health]] (NIH), which in turn is a part of the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services]]. The name "Entrez" (a greeting meaning "Come in" in French) was chosen to reflect the spirit of welcoming the public to search the content available from the NLM. Entrez Global Query is an integrated search and retrieval system that provides access to all databases simultaneously with a single query string and user interface. Entrez can efficiently retrieve related [[primary structure\|sequences]], [[tertiary structure\|structures]], and references. The Entrez system can provide views of [[gene]] and [[protein]] sequences and [[chromosome]] maps. Some textbooks are also available online through the Entrez system. == Features == ~~[[File:NCBI Entrez CD 1996.jpg\|thumbnail\|right\|The NCBI Entrez CD-ROM circa 1996]]~~ The Entrez front page provides, by default, access to the global query. All databases indexed by Entrez can be searched via a single query string, supporting [[boolean operators]] and search term tags to limit parts of the search statement to particular fields. This returns a unified results page, that shows the number of hits for the search in each of the databases, which are also links to actual search results for that particular database.▼ ▲The Entrez front page provides, by default, access to the global query. All databases indexed by Entrez can be searched via a single query string, supporting [[~~boolean~~Boolean algebra#Operations\|Boolean operators]] and search term tags to limit parts of the search statement to particular fields. This returns a unified results page, that shows the number of hits for the search in each of the databases, which are also ~~links~~linked to actual search results for that particular database. Entrez also provides a similar interface for searching each particular database and for refining search results. The Limits feature allows the user to narrow a search a web forms interface. The History feature gives a numbered list of recently performed queries. Results of previous queries can be referred to by number and combined via boolean operators. Search results can be saved temporarily in a Clipboard. Users with a MyNCBI account can save queries indefinitely and also choose to have updates with new search results e-mailed for saved queries of most databases. It is widely used in the field of biotechnology to enhance the knowledge of students worldwide.It is a Life science search engine It is used in Bioinformatics▼ ▲Entrez also provides a similar interface for searching each particular database and for refining search results. The Limits feature allows the user to narrow a search, a web forms interface. The History feature gives a numbered list of recently performed queries. Results of previous queries can be referred to by number and combined via ~~boolean~~Boolean operators. Search results can be saved temporarily in a Clipboard. Users with a MyNCBI account can save queries indefinitely, and also choose to have updates with new search results e-mailed for saved queries of most databases. It is widely used in the field of biotechnology toas ~~enhance~~a ~~the~~reference ~~knowledge~~tool offor students ~~worldwide.It~~and isprofessionals ~~a Life science search engine It is used in Bioinformatics~~alike. == Databases == Entrez searches the following databases: [[PubMed]]: biomedical literature citations and abstracts, including [[Medline]] ~~- articles~~—articles from (mainly [[medical journal\|medical]]) [[scientific journal\|journals]], often including abstracts. Links to PubMed Central and other full-text resources are provided for articles from the 1990s. [[PubMed Central]]: free, full-text journal articles Site Search: NCBI web and FTP web sites Books: online books [[Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man]] (OMIM) [[Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals]] (OMIA) ''Nucleotide'': sequence database ([[GenBank]]) ''Protein'': sequence database ([[GenPept]]) ''Genome'': whole genome sequences and [[Human Genome Project\|mapping]] ''Structure'': three-dimensional macromolecular structures ''Taxonomy'': organisms in GenBank Taxonomy ''~~SNP~~[[dbSNP]]'': single nucleotide polymorphism ''[~~http~~[Gene (database)\|Gene]]'':<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/\|title=Home - Gene~~]'':~~ - NCBI}}</ref> gene-centered information ''HomoloGene'': eukaryotic homology groups [[PubChem]] Compound: unique small molecule chemical structures Line 32 ⟶ 42: [[UniGene]]: gene-oriented clusters of transcript sequences ''[[Conserved domain database\|CDD]]'': conserved protein domain database ''UniSTS'': markers and mapping data ''PopSet'': population study data sets ([[epidemiology]]) ''GEO Profiles'': expression and molecular abundance profiles Line 39 ⟶ 48: ''Cancer Chromosomes'': cytogenetic databases ''PubChem BioAssay'': bioactivity screens of chemical substances ''GENSAT'': gene expression atlas of mouse central nervous system<ref>{{cite journal \|year=2003 \|title=A gene expression atlas of the central nervous based on bacterial artificial chromosomes \|journal=[[Nature (journal)\|Nature]] \|volume=425 \|pages=917–925 \|doi=10.1038/nature02033 \|url=http://www.rockefeller.edu/labheads/chait/pdf/03_gong_nature.pdf \|accessdate= \|quote= \|pmid=14586460 \|issue=6961}}</ref> ''Probe'': sequence-specific reagents ''NLM Catalog'': NLM bibliographic data for over 1.2 million journals, books, audiovisuals, computer software, electronic resources, and other materials resident in LocatorPlus (updated every weekday). Line 45 ⟶ 53: == Access == In addition to using the search engine forms to query the data in Entrez, [[National Center for Biotechnology Information\|NCBI]] provides the ~~[http~~Entrez Programming Utilities<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/eutils_help.html \|title=Entrez ~~Programming~~ Utilities]\|year=2010\|publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information (US)}}</ref> (eUtils) for more direct access to query results. The eUtils are accessed by posting specially formed URLs to the NCBI server, and parsing the XML response. There iswas also an eUtils [[SOAP (protocol)\|SOAP]] interface which was terminated in July 2015.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK43082/\|title=The E-utility Web Service (SOAP)\|date=23 January 2015\|publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information (US)}}</ref> ==History== In 1991, Entrez was introduced in CD form. In 1993, a client-server version of the software provided connectivity with the internet. In 1994, NCBI established a website, and Entrez was a part of this initial release. In 2001, Entrez bookshelf was released and in 2003, the Entrez Gene database was developed.<ref>{{cite web\|url=~~http~~https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK148949/\|title=A Brief History of ~~NCBI’s~~NCBI's Formation and Growth\|last=Smith\|first=Kent\|website=The NCBI Handbook [Internet]. 2nd edition.\|~~accessdate~~access-date=3 May 2014}}</ref> ==References== Line 55 ⟶ 63: ==External links== [~~http~~https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/gquery Entrez search engine form] * [~~http~~https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/~~bv.fcgi?rid=helpentrez.chapter.EntrezHelp~~NBK3836/ Entrez Help] [[Category:Online databases]] [[Category:National Institutes of Health]] [[Category:Biological databases]] [[Category:Government-owned websites of the United States]] [[Category:Scholarly search services]]