Environmental Health Resources
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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) (Free)
ATSDR serves the public by using the best science, taking responsive public health actions, and providing trusted health information to prevent harmful exposures and diseases related to toxic substances.
Acquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA)
ASFA is an International Cooperative Information System which comprises an abstracting and indexing service covering the world's literature on the science, technology, management, and conservation of marine, brackish water, and freshwater resources and environments, including their socio-economic and legal aspects. Among the Searched
Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B)
Covering topics ranging from bacterial immunology and vaccinations to diseases of man and animals, the journal provides access to far-reaching clinical findings as well as all aspects of pure bacteriology, biochemistry, and genetics.
BIOSIS Previews
Life sciences and biomedical research covering pre-clinical and experimental research, methods and instrumentation, animal studies, and more.
CCOHS (Canadian Centre for Occupational Health)
Canada's National Occupational Health and Safety Resource that includes United States information as well. Search across multiple resources at once or search them individually. Resources include: MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets), RTECS (Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances), CHEMINFO, health and safety information on pure chemicals, and OSH References that include OSHLINE, NIOSHTIC, NIOSHTIC-2, HSELINE, & CISILO.
CHEMINFO
Detailed profiles of more than 1,300 important workplace chemicals, including health, fire and reactivity hazards and safe work practices.
CHEMINDEX (Free)
Enter a Chemical Name or CAS Registry Number to see if that chemical is listed. Click on "Synonyms" to see the various chemical names for that substance.
ChemIDplus (Free)
ChemIDplus is the National Library of Medicine's dictionary of more than 360,000 chemicals that can be used to investigate chemicals that affect biological functions in humans and animals. Many records now provide boiling point, melting point, solubility, molecular weight, and other data. Chemicals can be searched by their ranges of effects, by toxicity, and by the organs/body systems they may act on (such as nervous system, skin, heart, kidneys and liver).
CINAHL
Primarily covers over 900 of the English language journals related to nursing and the allied health disciplines but also includes environmental and epidemiological aspects as well. Updated monthly. 1983 to present.
Code of Federal Regulations (Free)
(1996 - present, varies by title)
The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is a codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
Concise International Chemical Assessment Documents (Free)
Concise International Chemical Assessment Documents (CICADs) are similar to Environmental Health Criteria (EHC) documents in providing internationally accepted reviews on the effects on human health and the environment of chemicals or combinations of chemicals. They aim to characterize the hazard and dose-response of exposure to chemicals and to provide examples of exposure estimation and risk characterisations for application at the national or local level.
Dissertations and Theses (OhioLINK) is a free online database of masters' theses and doctoral dissertations from graduate students in participating Ohio colleges and universities.
Dissertations and Theses (ProQuest) includes full-text to over 800,000 dissertations from 1997 forward. The database also includes full-text to all UC dissertations published in electronic format. In addition, the database includes citations to dissertations from 1861-Present and 350-word abstracts from 1980 forward. Master's theses published from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts.
Envirofacts (Free)
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) created the Envirofacts Warehouse to provide the public with direct access to the wealth of information contained in its databases.
Environment Complete
Environment Complete covers applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. Environment Complete contains citations for articles from 1,200 domestic and international journals, as well as 100 monographs. The database provides full text for many of the most used journals in the discipline, and for the conference papers of the North American Association of Environmental Education.
Environmental Health & Toxicology (Free)
Find information about:
Chemicals and Drugs
Diseases and the Environment
Environmental Health
Occupational Safety and Health
Poisoning
Risk Assessment Regulations
Toxicology
Pesticide Exposure
Environmental Health Criteria (EHC) Monographs (Free)
EHC publications are monographs designed for scientists and administrators responsible for the establishment of safety standards and regulations.
Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management (ESPM)
Provides access to information covering all areas of air, land, water, and noise pollution as well as bacteriology, ecology, toxicology, risk assessment, environmental engineering, environmental biotechnology, waste management and water resources. Includes access to Ecology Abstracts, EIS: Digests of Environmental Impact Statements, and Environmental Engineering Abstracts.
EPA National Catalog
Contains the holdings (lists of books, documents and magazine titles) for most of the 28 EPA regional libraries and laboratories. There are also holdings for the EPA documents in NTIS, the National Technical Information Service (whether or not they are held by any libraries).
Ergonomics Abstracts - To begin searching, click on the word "SEARCH" in the pink box on the left side of the screen. Ergonomic Abstracts includes information for not only mainstream ergonomics, but also related material from psychology, physiology, biomechanics, job design, human-computer interaction, safety science, human engineering, medicine, occupational health, sport and transport.
Federal Register (Free)
(1995 - present)
The Federal Register is the official daily publication for Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as Executive Orders and other Presidential Documents.
GreenFILE (Free)
Indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. This resource offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE serves as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet. The database contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for selected titles and searchable cited references for more than 200 titles as well.
Health and Environmental Research Online (HERO) (Free)
HERO is a database of scientific studies and other references used to develop EPA's risk assessments aimed at understanding the health and environmental effects of pollutants and chemicals. It is developed and managed in EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) by the National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA).
HSELINE
More than 175,000 citations on safety and industrial hazards from diverse subject areas such as: Engineering, Manufacturing, Agriculture, Mining, Hazardous Substances, Occupational Hygiene, Railway, Offshore Safety, Nuclear Technology, Industrial Air Pollution, Welding, Construction and Robotics.
Industrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A)
Includes significant findings and practical applications in agricultural, food and beverage, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries are assembled, making it an indispensable resource for research laboratories and academic libraries in any of these areas.
INCHEM
Thousands of searchable full-text documents on chemical risks and sound management of chemicals from international bodies, helping countries fulfil their commitments under the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) Agenda 21, Chapter 19.
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
CCOHS MSDSs give information on chemical products and companies, first aid, toxicity, chemical properties, exposures and protection, as well as instructions on handling and storage, and additional information such as regulations and transportation. More than 160,000 current Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) available directly from suppliers and manufacturers.
Medline/PubMed Using this link to PubMed provides access to online journal articles to which Health Sciences Library subscribes. Look for the "UC Article Linker" button. For more information, please contact Edith Starbuck at 558-1433 or edith.starbuck@uc.edu
National Toxicology Program (Free)
The NTP is an interagency program whose mission is to evaluate agents of public health concern by developing and applying tools of modern toxicology and molecular biology. The program maintains an objective, science-based approach in dealing with critical issues in toxicology and is committed to using the best science available to prioritize, design, conduct, and interpret its studies. To that end, the NTP is continually evolving to remain at the cutting edge of scientific research and to develop and apply new technologies.
NIOSH (Free)
Provides access to NIOSH publications, services, news and research.
NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods (NMAM) (Free)
A collection of methods for sampling and analysis of contaminants in workplace air, and in the blood and urine of workers who are occupationally exposed.
NIOSHTIC
Highly respected retrospective database covering all aspects of occupational health and safety with a strong emphasis on toxicology.
NIOSHTIC-2 (Free)
NIOSHTIC-2 contains 45,850 occupational safety and health information resource citations. Each month approximately 70 current citations are added with an annual yearly yield over 800 new current NIOSH funded citations. Retrospective material is also added at about the same rate resulting in a total annual increase of approximately 1,600 citations. A significant portion of the citations (39,000) date from 1971 to the present. An additional 13,800 resources in NIOSHTIC-2 are publications dating from the 1930's to the present from the NIOSH Mining Safety & Health Research Laboratories (formerly the U. S. Bureau of Mines).
NTIS is a source for accessing the latest U.S. government-sponsored research and worldwide scientific, and technical information. NTIS is the central source for the sale of unclassified and publicly available information from research reports, journal articles, data files, computer programs and audio visual products from Federal sources. Subjects covered includes Environmental Sciences, Health Care, and Medicine. 1964 to presen
OSH Answers (Free)
Practical information to answer occupational health and safety workplace concerns.
OSHA (Free)
The OSHA Search Page provides access to over 30 databases including the OSH Act of 1970, Ergonomics, Fatal Facts, OSHA Regulations, and many more.
OSH References (Previously OSHline with NIOSHTIC)
Global, authoritative OSH literature coverage in one powerful, easy-to-search collection.
PubMed/Medline Using this link to PubMed provides access to online journal articles to which Health Sciences Library subscribes. Look for the "UC Article Linker" button in the Abstract view. For more information, please contact Edith Starbuck at 558-1433 or edith.starbuck@uc.edu.
My NCBI is a personal account that you can set up in PubMed. It includes automatic e-mailing of search updates and filters for search results. Click here for information about how to set up My NCBI.
RTECS®
Providing students with critical toxicological information with citations from more than 2,500 international journals, textbooks, technical reports, scientific proceedings and compendia.
Socrates
A social research database containing detailed profiles on social and environmental records on 3,000 US corporations.
Scopus is an abstract database for science and social science scholarly literature that covers 25 million abstracts from over 14,000 titles across 4,000 publishers, providing access to over 25 million abstracts. (Citations: 1966 to present)
Please note: Click on the Article Linker button to determine whether or not you can access the full text article. If not, please check the eJournals page or library catalog as well.
Toxicological Profiles (Free)
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) produces "toxicological profiles" for hazardous substances found at National Priorities List (NPL) sites. These hazardous substances are ranked based on frequency of occurrence at NPL sites, toxicity, and potential for human exposure. Toxicological profiles are developed from a priority list of 275 substances. ATSDR also prepares toxicological profiles for the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Energy (DOE) on substances related to federal sites.
TOXNET (Free)
This National Library of Medicine resource is a cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas. Search as a group or individually.
Databases include:
HSDB (Hazardous Substances Data Bank)
IRIS (Integrated Risk Information System)
ITER (International Toxicity Estimates for Risk)
GENE-TOX (Genetic Toxicology/Mutagenicity Data Bank)
CCRIS (Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System)
TOXLINE (Toxicology Bibliographic Information)
DART/ETIC (Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology)
TRI (Toxics Release Inventory)
ChemIDplus Lite
Which Resource Should I Use-Decision Guide
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) (Free)
Enter a chemical name, synonym or CAS Registry Number to search for a WHMIS Classification identifying the regulated hazards of a chemical (acute toxicity, carcinogenicity, dangerously reactive).
eBook Providers
CRCnetBASE provides full text access to over 6,000 engineering, science, medical, and information technology reference books from CRC press. 1986 - present. New books are added monthly. Scroll down to see some of the ebook collections and collection subject areas.
Search all the titles at once or one title at a time.
ATSDR'S Toxicological Profiles (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - U.S. Public Health Service) provides the toxicological effects of hazardous substances, chemicals, and compounds. Each profile includes an examination, summary, and interpretation of available toxicological and epidemiological data evaluations on the hazardous substance.
Biomedical Science provides over 490 titles of reference information in the following categories.
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- or browse to a particular title in a subject area and search just that title
Neuroscience Epidemiology
Chemistry includes over 700 titles in a variety of areas.
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Biochemistry Inorganic Chemistry Environmental Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Forensic Chemistry Natural Product Chemistry General Chemistry Organic Chemistry
Clean Tech is a collection of over 145 titles.
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Bio Energy Novel Technologies Business & Policy Renewable Energy Clean Technologies Traditional Industries - Clean & Green Advancements Environmental Environmental Science & Engineering provides over 540 titles in the following areas.
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Environmental Engineering Environmental Toxicology Environmental Health Hazardous Materials Environmental Law, Management, & Compliance Resource Management & Sustainability
Ergonomics & Human Factors is a collection of over 110 titles.
Food & Nutrition provides over 500 titles about every aspect of the food industry - from food safety to food nutrition.
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Nutrition in Health & Disease
Nutrition Science
Sports Nutrition
Healthcare includes over 90 titles in the following areas.
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Allied Health
Fitness
Medical-LegalPharmaceutical Science & Regulation includes 250 titles of many respected resources in drug discovery and development, ADME-toxicology, drug delivery systems and dosage forms, clinical trials, regulatory aspects, preformulation and formulation, manufacturing, and quality control.
Statistics presents over 250 titles in all areas, including Bayes, environmental, and medical statistics.
Knovel
Provides leading science and engineering books, conferences, and databases embedded with productivity tools in one online service. The Knovel product provides deep searchability, valuable subject collections through aggregation, and continuing expanding content.
Subject collections include:
Environment & Environmental Engineering
Safety, Health & Hygiene
Oxford Reference Online: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences provides current coverage of topics including climatology, economic geology, geochemistry, oceanography, palaeontology, petrology, and volcanology.There are entries on planetary science, remote sensing, statistics, and sequence stratigraphy, wind strength scales, material, temporal, and chronostratigraphic units, geologic, lunar, and Martian time scales.
Oxford Reference Online: A Dictionary of Ecology contains over 6,250 entries on all aspects of ecology and related environmental scientific disciplines such as biogeography, genetics, soil science, geomorphology, atmospheric science, and oceanography. Coverage is wide-ranging and includes plant and animal physiology, animal behaviour, pollution, conservation, habitat management, evolution, environmental pollution, climatology and meteorology.
Oxford Reference Online: Encyclopedia of Global Change Encompassing tsunamis, elephant conservation, ocean pollution, mining regulation, and permafrost melt, the 300 authoritative articles in this unique and wide-ranging encyclopedia investigate all types of phenomena that change life on Earth. The entries cover a range of general research categories: altered ecosystems, climate change, food and water supply, population, politics and global change, institutions and policies, biographies, and case studies.
Oxford Reference Online: The Oxford Companion to the Earth offering 1,000 entries of unrivalled coverage of the Earth Sciences, from volcanoes to flood plains, diamonds to meteors, deserts to deep seas. All aspects of geology, including climatology, mineralogy, and oceanography, are covered. In addition, there are many eclectic entries, for example on dinosaur hunters, and fossils and folklore, as well as biographies of the key figures involved.