1st Edition

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

By Michael Katz, Dorothy Thornton Copyright 1997
    184 Pages
    by CRC Press

    182 Pages
    by CRC Press

    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.

    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

    Biography

    Michael Katz

    "This book is like any good tool-it cannot be evaluated by simply looking or reading... It certainly is a powerful tool for those less experienced in either the Internet or with environmental information sources. I plan to keep it close by."
    -Journal of Environmental Quality

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