Information sources in health sciences in Internet

This paper describes the main sources of information on health sciences that may be useful to medical translators. We focus on domestic and foreign bibliographic databases and Internet search engines, as well as a methodology for carrying out accurate and comprehensive literature searches. We emphasize the Internet's potential with regard to accessing academic and scientific papers, hypertext navigation and access to the original document in various formats. Finally, we explore some Web 2.0 applications for improving communication and knowledge and the main strategies for keeping current on the new information that is continually added to journals, databases and websites in our areas of interest.