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Tutorial 1—Resources for Professionals

So where do you look?

Suppose you want to find reliable information on the use of anabolic steroids by bodybuilders. Where would you begin? You could try a generic search engine [http://www.HealthInfoIowa.org/tutorials/glossary.html#search].

For example, try searching for "anabolic steroids" AND "bodybuild" in AltaVista [http://www.altavista.com]:

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Your search turns up thousands of web pages. Some of those pages are bound to be good, but do you have the time to look at each one?

Sometimes it makes more sense to start your search for information at a more focused, quality filtered website.

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Updated: 24 July 2001