The movement of Web 2.0 has largely influenced the information circulation in a real society and marketing activities as well. Moreover, the search engine, for example, Google, aims at the indexation of information all over the world, and the attempt to take the whole library as a data base is also advanced in Europe and America. The method of acquiring past science information should change in such a situation. We should understand the features of Web 2.0 in terms of information services related to pharmacology in the future, and use it positively. However, no matter how the use of the Internet advances, a sense of balance that combines traditional and new information sources well will be important because a lot of services involving communication cannot be done except by humans.
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