PART 1 -- BACKGROUND 1. Introductions PART 2 -- SMALL NCRNAS 2. Identification of microRNAs 3. Identification of TAS and PHAS 4. Identification of editing and mutation sites in miRNAs PART 3 -- MIRNA TARGETS 5. Identifying animal miRNA targets 6. Identifying plant miRNA targets PART 4 -- LONG NCRNAS 7. Identification of long non-coding RNAs 8. Identification of lariat RNAs 9. Identification of circular RNAs A. A usage guide of web-based ncRNA resources B. Abbreviations and acronyms