ABSTRACT
Compared to my students, I am a novice using online sources. I asked them and several colleagues for advice about an online chapter. Their advice was not to bore readers with an encyclopedic introduction to 100+ web sites because they can already find sites. Nor did they want me to copy screens from web tools and then explain those screens; they said they could figure out information on screens. They urged me to point out key web sites and describe their use as well as their limitations. Accepting the advice, I have chosen, with a few exceptions, to focus on U.S. federal government websites and tools that can be used in homes, neighborhoods, and classrooms. Lastly, at the end of each section, I added up to five other websites to consult, which include many international ones. In regard to risk analysis on paper, the challenge was to choose several journals
and a small number of books for follow-up. At the end of the chapter, I suggest two risk analysis journals and ten risk analysis books. Please recognize that I could have added ten times as many, but listened to my students and resisted the temptation. The web sites discussed below have a similar style:
• A cover page with an A-Z search engine; • History of the organization; and • News, and other highlights.
