title: [Navigation aid through the information overload].
abstract: We live in the modern information society. "To be informed" has a crucial impact on the personal, professional, economic and social development. The knowledge of things and their relationships is essential for acute decisions as well as for long-term planning. And at no time it was easier to get the information required within shorter time periods--no matter to whatsoever. The offer of information of the World Wide Web is inexhaustible. This also applies to information about all possible therapeutic and pharmaceutical issues. But is the information found reliable, too? And are easily accessible sources credible? Can we deal with the information overload at these days or do we actually risk paddling only on the surface of the "information-sea", without ever perceiving the actual information depth and width, less to use it? How can we protect being taken in by marketing strategies? The present article describes a structured proceed when seeking literature to find useful medical and pharmaceutical information in a time saving manner.
authors: Judith
authors: J
authors: Günther
authors: Birgit
authors: B
authors: Schindler
authors: Katja
authors: K
authors: Suter
mesh_terms: D006266:Health Education / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet