Environmental Management Tools on the Internet - Accessing the World of Environmental Information

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.

List of contents

How to Use This Manual -- Chapter 1 What You Need to Connect to the Internet -- Chapter 2 What You Can Find on the Internet -- Chapter 3 Environmental Information on the Internet for Free -- Chapter 4 Environmental Information on the Internet for a Fee -- Index.

About the author

Michael Katz

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Katz, Katz Michael, Dorothy Thornton, Thornton Dorothy
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.08.1996
• EAN: 9781574440591
• ISBN: 978-1-57444-059-1
• No. of pages: 184
• Weight: 612 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; NATURE / Natural Resources, COMPUTERS / Networking / General, Environmental Management, Computer networking & communications, Internet Guides & Online Services, Internet guides and online services, COMPUTERS / Internet / Web Services & APIs, Computer networking and communications