title: Using internet search engines and library catalogs to locate toxicology information.
abstract: The increasing importance of the Internet demands that toxicologists become aquainted with its resources. To find information, researchers must be able to effectively use Internet search engines, directories, subject-oriented websites, and library catalogs. The article will explain these resources, explore their benefits and weaknesses, and identify skills that help the researcher to improve search results and critically evaluate sources for their relevancy, validity, accuracy, and timeliness.
authors.affiliation: Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 7407 Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC 20460, USA. dassler.laura@epa.gov
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Wukovitz
mesh_terms: D002381:Catalogs, Library; D007255:Information Services; D020407:Internet; D014116:Toxicology