Effective use of information resources of aviation medicine

Objective To analyze the distribution of aeromedical information resources and research on strategies and methods for effective use of information. Methods Various information resources of aviation medicine were obtained by retrieving biblio-agencies,network resources,bibliographies and indexes. Results More than 40 primary databases of domestic and foreign resources,such as National Technical Information Service (NTIS) database,more than 140 specialized publications,150 journals,20 common used indexes and 40 websites of the academic institutes,were selected. Conclusions Aviation medicine information resources have been established in a certain scale and could be shared via various networks.The classical professional publications and core journals have been involved in these resources.Professional searching tools are widely used and enable effective browsing by mastered techniques and methods of retrieving. Key words: Aerospace medicine ;  Information storage and retrieval ;  Medical informatics ;