THE ELECTRONIC CITY IN THE LABORATORY

The World Wide Web (WWW) is becoming an important source of laboratory information, reference material, and educational activities. Laborato rians can easily access the WWW with desktop computers. Hypertext mark up language, the standard software protocol used in the WWW, provides virtually limitless options for laboratory, use. The visual nature of clinical and anatomic pathology makes it well suited for hypermedia. L aboratorians can use it to create training and procedures manuals comp lete with graphic images or animation. Or, continuing education course s can be created using photographic images that have been scanned elec tronically to create graphic images.