this all comes with no guarantees and is primarily for my own use. use at your own risk.
select a.spid pid, b.sid sid, b.serial#, b.machine, b.username, b.osuser, b.program from v$session b, v$process a where b.paddr = a.addr and type='USER' order by spid
select * from user_tab_columns where column_name like '...'
select * from user_objects where object_type = 'TABLE'
select text from user_source where name = '...' order by line(spool a good option here when using SQL*Plus...)
select distinct name from user_source where type = 'PROCEDURE'