FINDING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET

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FINDING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH INFORMATION ON THE
INTERNET
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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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LOCATING INTERNET SEARCH ENGINES

• www.infopeople.org/search/chart.html
• www.searchenginecolossus.com

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USING SEARCH LOGIC GOOGLE

• Phrase Searching
• Boolean Searching - and, or, not
• Nesting ()
• Truncation

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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Click the i to get a description of the
database and results of a sample search
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Haz-Map Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational
diseases
HAZMAP
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Toxicology Tutor
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Limit PubMed search to Toxicology subset
Free fulltext journals
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Public Health Partnerswww.phpartners.o
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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH WEBSITES FOR CONSUMERS

• MedlinePlus
• Household Products
• Toxtown

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Change to Spanish
Enter terms
Select a topic
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Select a topic from the list
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TOX TOWN
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Locations where benzene might occur
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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH MEGA WEBSITES

• HealthWeb
• http//www.healthweb.org
• MedWeb Emory University
• http//www.medweb.emory.edu/MedWeb/

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Enter topic
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List of hyperlinks
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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

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Loansome Doc using PubMed
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THANK YOU !

• Linda Butson
• Health Sciences Center Libraries
• University of Florida AHEC
• Linda_at_library.health.ufl.edu
• 352-392-4016
• Sharon Schmidt
• Central Florida AHEC
• Nova Southeastern AHEC Program
• Sharons_at_nsu.nova.edu
• 407-889-2292