Soil Science Web Resources: A Practical Guide to Search Procedures and Search Engines

摘要

The Internet resources on soil science are examined. Information on soil and soil science available from different search engines is analyzed. The Internet long ago became a tool for providing various kinds of on-line information in all fields of human activity, including science. Electronic mail, Web pages, and videoconferences allow one to keep up to date on the latest developments in any science and significantly accelerate the exchange of opinions and sharing of knowledge among scientists. Computer and information technologies have arrived in Russia later compared to western countries; therefore, many people do not know how to find necessary information on the World Wide Web. The immensity of the Internet still complicates the situation. The aimof this paper is to systematize the possibilities of searching for information on the Internet and to analyze the information on soil science available from different Web resources.