1-Literature searches

Literature searches help to:

identify possible non-animal alternatives to all or part of the proposed study
prevent unnecessary repetition of animal studies
identify efforts to reduce animal numbers
identify refinements to procedures in the planned study

Decide upon databases and information specialists to be consulted, and construct search terms.

General principles

For fish researchers

The editors and chapter authors of textbooks about fish are obvious candidates to be information specialists when designing fish experiments. Other sources include:

The Zebrafish Information Network (ZFIN) database on model organisms and their publications
EBSCO Fish, Fisheries and Aquatic Biodiversity Worldwide (FFAB) database
FishBase - a global information system on fin fishes
SeaLifeBase
Fish Pathogens Database
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA)
AGRIS
ECOTOX
The Alternatives section in the part of the Norecopa website on fish
Fishwise Professional database
An overview of global marine databases and resource centres

This page was updated on 29 June 2021

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