• Alternatives to Animal Testing Website (Altweb) - site maintained by the Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT); provides news, information, discussion, and resources from the field of alternatives to animal testing.
    • Altweb Search Engine - designed to allow you to search several information sets simultaneously: the databases MEDLINE, TOXLINE and AGRICOLA as well as the entire contents of the Altweb site and related internet sites that contain information on alternatives or animal welfare.
  • Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC), US Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library - provides information for improved animal care and use in research, teaching, and testing.
  • European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM) - international reference center for the development, scientific and regulatory acceptance of alternative testing methods aimed at replacing, reducing or refining the use of laboratory animals and to be applied in different fields in the biomedical sciences.
  • Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments (FRAME), UK
  • The Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) - consists of representatives from 14 federal agencies; responsible for the coordination of the development and review of various alternative toxicological methods.
  • The Norwegian Reference Centre for Laboratory Animal Science and Alternatives (NORINA) - audiovisual alternatives to the use of animals in teaching.

Publications

  • Alternatives to Laboratory Animals (ATLA) - published 6 times per year by the Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments (FRAME); provides information on development, validation, introduction and use of alternatives to laboratory animals in biomedical research and toxicity testing.
  • Animal Welfare Information Center Bulletin (AWIC Bulletin) - published quarterly by the US Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library (NAL); provides current information on animal welfare to investigators, technicians, administrators, exhibitors, and the public.
  • European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods Reports (ECVAM Reports)
  • Institute for Laboratory Animal Research Journal (ILAR Journal) - quarterly, peer-reviewed publication of the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR); provides information for all those who use, care for, and oversee the use of laboratory animals, including investigators in biomedical and related research, institutional officials for research, veterinarians, and members of animal care and use committees.
  • Laboratory Animals - published quarterly for Laboratory Animals Ltd by Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd to promote education and training in laboratory animal science, technology, and welfare.
  • The Principles of Humane Experimental Technique, WMS Russell and RL Burch, Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW), 1992 - originally published in 1959, this book reports the results of the UFAW-sponsored research on ethical laboratory techniques and expounds the principles of the 3Rs (replacement, reduction, and refinement).