[Neurology in Internet].

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The quantity and complexity of the information to be found on the Internet makes anyone who has dared to navigate on the Net feel perplexed. To access the Net without a predetermined route to follow may prove to be a waste of time and very exasperating, as a tremendous amount of completely irrelevant information is discovered. The objective of this article is to give the reader of the REVISTA DE NEUROLOGIA an informative guide to help find useful information on the Net, and a classified list of potentially useful Internet addresses. DEVELOPMENT: We have analyzed the concept of 'search tool', and the types and characteristics of these. Specific search tools (both English and Spanish) which are currently available, are considered. We have searched the Net using various tool (Yahoo, Lycos, Altavista, Trobador and Olé) to find relevant information for the terms 'neurosciences' and 'neurology', and to verify the relevant interest of the sites on the Net thus encountered. CONCLUSIONS: We present the URL of 50 search tools and the 244 sites on the Net related to Neurology and the Neurosciences, classified according to the entity or group to which they correspond, and their ambit (Latin American/Spanish vs others). A short list of those which may be of most interest is also included.