Expert Searching: Animal Experimentation, Compliance, and Literature Searching

Submitted by Melissa Funaro and Kate Nyhan, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT; edited by Melanie Norton, AHIP According to the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), principal investigators (PIs) must demonstrate in their research protocols that they have considered alternatives to procedures that cause momentary or slight pain or distress in experimental animals [1].…