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FINDING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET

FINDING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET. OUTLINE . Locating Internet Search Engines Using Search Logic and Google Evaluating Websites NIH/NLM Environmental Health Websites Consumer Oriented Environmental Health Resources Finding Full Text Books and Journals.

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FINDING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET

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  1. FINDING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET

  2. OUTLINE • Locating Internet Search Engines • Using Search Logic and Google • Evaluating Websites • NIH/NLM Environmental Health Websites • Consumer Oriented Environmental Health Resources • Finding Full Text Books and Journals

  3. LOCATING INTERNET SEARCH ENGINES • www.infopeople.org/search/chart.html • www.searchenginecolossus.com

  4. USING SEARCH LOGIC: GOOGLE • Phrase Searching “” • Boolean Searching - and, or, not • Nesting () • Truncation *

  5. EVALUATING WEBSITES The criteria for evaluating websites outlined here is based on guidelines established in The Internet: A Guide To Working Smarter, A FLAHEC Network publication available at www.flahec.org Criteria includes: Authority Accuracy Objectivity Currency Coverage

  6. NIH/NLMENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH WEBSITES • Toxicology and Environmental Health Homepage http://tox.nlm.nih.gov • Haz-Map http://hazmap.nlm.nih.gov/index.html • TOXNET databases • PubMed Limits • Public Health Partners

  7. TOXNET Databases http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov • HSDB –Hazardous Substances Database • IRIS – Integrate Risk Information System • ITER – International Toxicity Estimates for Risk • GENE TOX – Genetic Toxicology • CCRIS –Chemical Carcinogenesis

  8. TOXNET Databaseshttp://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov • TOXLINE- bibliographic database • DART/ ETIC- Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology/ Environmental Teratology Information • TRI- Toxic Release Inventory • ChemIDplus- chemical synonyms, structure etc.

  9. Click the i to get a description of the database and results of a sample search

  10. Haz-Map Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational diseases HAZMAP

  11. Toxicology Tutor

  12. Limit PubMed search to Toxicology subset Free fulltext journals

  13. Public Health Partnerswww.phpartners.org

  14. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH WEBSITES FOR CONSUMERS • MedlinePlus • Household Products • Toxtown

  15. Change to Spanish Enter terms Select a topic

  16. Select a topic from the list

  17. TOX TOWN

  18. Locations where benzene might occur

  19. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH MEGA WEBSITES • HealthWeb http://www.healthweb.org • MedWeb – Emory University http://www.medweb.emory.edu/MedWeb/

  20. Enter topic

  21. List of hyperlinks

  22. FINDING FULLTEXT BOOKS AND JOURNALS • www.freemedicaljournals.com • www.freebooks4doctors.com • PubMed Central http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov • LOANSOME DOC in PubMed when items are not free on the web

  23. Loansome Doc using PubMed

  24. THANK YOU ! • Linda Butson Health Sciences Center Libraries University of Florida AHEC Linda@library.health.ufl.edu 352-392-4016 • Sharon Schmidt Central Florida AHEC Nova Southeastern AHEC Program Sharons@nsu.nova.edu 407-889-2292

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