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Mass Spec General Info
What is mass spectrometry? - a tutorial.
A more in-depth tutorial.
A good overview of the quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer.
The Little Encyclopedia of Mass Spectrometry
JEOL - pages summarizing ionization techniques and elemental composition calculations.
Matrix Science has a help section with good introductions to MS/MS fragmentation, MS accuracy and resolution and quadrupole ion traps.
MS Tools
MALDI sample preparation guide
PROWL - lots of info and tools for protein mass spectrometry.
Ion Source - another excellent reference: calculators, tables and tutorials.
Mongo oligo mass calculator - for oligonucleotides.
Novatia has a SEQUEST tips page, also see the interactive SEQUEST tutorial.
Electrospray deconvolution: calculate parent mass from multiply-charged ions or m/z from a parent mass.
UCSF's Protein Prospector - many tools.
Formula to mass to formula calculator
Aminocalc - a useful program for de novo interpretation of MS/MS data. The download link seems to be broken so try here.
Journals
Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
Databases
