OrganelleDB
What database did you access? (link to the home page of the database)
OrganelleDB
What is the purpose of the database?
The database is a collection of information regarding organelles, their proteins, and their structures.
What biological information does it contain?
The structure and functions of organelles spanning the eukaryotic kingdom.
What species are covered in the database?
Eukaryotic organelles
What biological questions can it be used to answer?
What kinds of organelles an organism contains, what kinds of proteins can be found within those organelles, how the structure of certain organism's organelles look or are shaped.
What type (or types) of database is it (sequence, structure model organism, or specialty [what?]; primary or “meta”; curated electronically, manually [in-house], manually [community])?
What individual or organization maintains the database?
The database is maintained by the Kumar Lab at the University of Michigan.
What is their funding source(s)?
Is there a license agreement or any restrictions on access to the database?
How often is the database updated? When was the last update?
Are there links to other databases?
Can the information be downloaded?
There is downloadable content available from the database, entitled "bulk download."
In what file formats?
The file formats they provide are FASTA formats and "tab-delimited text files."
Evaluate the “user-friendliness” of the database.
Is the Web site well-organized?
Does it have a help section or tutorial?
Run a sample query. Do the results make sense?