This book provides general information about what is on the Internet and how to access it. It shows how o get environmental information off of the Internet. The book covers the database services that are available on the Internet that charge fees.
Autorentext
Michael Katz
Klappentext
The Internet is so huge and its growth so explosive that it is growing faster than most of us can keep up. Environmental Management Tools on the Internet is your one-stop source when moving through and around the World Wide Web in search of the very best in environmental data-free of cost. This manual does more than emphasize the tools you need to find valuable information. The manual shows a number of sites where no-cost data can be obtained off the Internet in categories such as water, land/soil, air, hazardous waste, release and risk, and general environment, just to name a few. Environmental Management Tools on the Internet is a tool that will be useful on a day-to-day basis by scientists and environmentalists, engineers, consultants, educators, and students alike.
Inhalt
How to Use This Manual
What You Need to Connect to the Internet
Computers
Modems
Internet Service Providers
Programs
What You Can Find on the Internet
World Wide Web
Electronic Mail
Telnet
Archie 30
File transfer Protocol
Gopher 35
Newsgroups (Usenet)
Bulletin Boards
Environmental Information on the Internet for Free
Regulatory Information
Chemical-Specific Information
Water Information
Land/Soil Information
Air Information
Hazardous Waste Information
Release and Risk Information
General Environmental Information
Environmental Information on the Internet for a Fee
Counterpoint
Dun & Bradstreet
Knight-Ridder/Dialog
Lexis-Nexis
West Publishing
EPA's Solid Waste Management BBS
EPA'S NPIRS
Glossary
Appendix