Safety and Health on the Internet

Offering more than 100 new pages of listings and more than 1,200 health and safety websites, discussion groups, terms, and newsgroups, this reference helps readers increase their awareness of safety resources on the Internet and allows them to find exactly what they need quickly and without the help of search engines.

About the Authors

vii

Introduction to the Internet

1

(12)

What is the Internet?

2

(4)

Connecting to the Internet

6

(4)

Rules of Thumb for Using the Internet

10

(1)

The Future

11

(2)

Internet Information Tools

13

(16)

Internet Information

13

(1)

Clients and Servers

14

(1)

Node Names, Email Addresses, and URLs

14

(3)

File Libraries

17

(2)

Discussion Groups

19

(7)

Newsgroups

26

(3)

The Internet as a Research Tool

29

(62)

Finding Information on the Internet

29

(4)

Internet Search Strategy

33

(1)

Organizing the Web: Web Directories and Search Engines

34

(3)

Using Web Search Engines and Directories

37

(3)

Top 50 Safety Web Sites

40

(51)

Networking on the Network

91

(8)

General Considerations

91

(1)

Styles of Participation

92

(2)

Finding Discussion Groups

94

(5)

Marketing Safety on the Internet

99

(12)

Planning Your Web Site

100

(3)

Technical Computer Issues

103

(2)

Promoting Your Web Site

105

(6)

Emerging Issues on the Internet

111

(14)

The Bad News

112

(3)

The Good News

115

(2)

Accessing PDF Files with Adobe Acrobat Reader

117

(2)

Free Databases and Document Collections

119

(6)

A Web Safety and Health Directory

125

(328)

General Health and Safety Information

127

(163)

General Health and Safety Information and Statistics

127

(36)

Environmental Protection

163

(17)

Commercial Services

180

(37)

Academic Sites

217

(12)

Professional Organizations

229

(13)

Government Agencies

242

(26)

Regulatory Information

268

(18)

Material Safety Data Sheet Sites and Software

286

(4)

Health and Safety Specialties

290

(100)

Agricultural Safety

290

(3)

Art Safety

293

(1)

Biosafety

293

(4)

Chemical Safety

297

(13)

Construction Safety

310

(3)

Emergency Response, Fire and Rescue

313

(7)

Ergonomics

320

(9)

Industrial/Occupational Hygiene

329

(6)

Industrial Safety

335

(5)

Laboratory Safety

340

(3)

Mine Safety

343

(1)

Noise and Hearing

344

(1)

Occupational Medicine

344

(14)

Office Safety

358

(5)

Product Safety

363

(1)

Public Health

363

(6)

Public Safety

369

(3)

Radiation and Laser Safety

372

(7)

Safety and Risk Management

379

(7)

Workers' Compensation, Rehabilitation and Disability

386

(4)

Web Sites of General Interest

390

(6)

Search Engines and Directories

390

(2)

Reference Information

392

(2)

Sources of Computer Software

394

(1)

Internet Culture

394

(2)

Geographic Listing of Web Sites (excluding U.S. sites)

396

(57)

Argentina

396

(1)

Australia

396

(5)

Austria

401

(1)

Belgium

401

(1)

Brazil

402

(1)

Canada

403

(26)

China

429

(1)

Czech Republic

430

(1)

Estonia

430

(1)

European Union

430

(3)

Finland

433

(1)

France

433

(1)

Germany

434

(1)

Iceland

434

(1)

India

434

(1)

International

434

(3)

Ireland

437

(1)

Italy

437

(1)

Japan

438

(1)

Netherlands

439

(1)

New Zealand

439

(2)

Norway

441

(1)

Peru

441

(1)

Poland

441

(1)

Singapore

441

(1)

South Africa

442

(1)

Spain

442

(1)

Sweden

442

(2)

Switzerland

444

(1)

Taiwan

445

(1)

United Kingdom

445

(8)

Discussion Directory

453

(60)

Biosafety

454

(1)

Chemical Safety

454

(6)

Construction Safety

460

(1)

Disaster/Emergency Response & Management/Fire

461

(7)

Ergonomics/Human Factors

468

(2)

Industrial Safety

470

(3)

Industrial/Occupational Hygiene

473

(2)

Laboratory Safety

475

(1)

Natural Hazards

476

(1)

Noise/Hearing

477

(1)

Occupational Medicine

477

(6)

Office Safety

483

(2)

Professional Associations/Societies

485

(1)

Public Health

486

(5)

Public Safety

491

(3)

Product Safety

494

(1)

Radiation Safety

495

(1)

Regulatory Information

495

(5)

Safety Management/Risk Management

500

(5)

Standards

505

(1)

Toxicology

505

(1)

Workers Compensation, Rehabilitation, Disability

506

(5)

Usenet Newsgroups

511

(2)

Appendix 1: An Internet Glossary

513

(8)

Appendix 2: Email Reference Material

521

(16)

Index

537

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