Environmental & Occupational Health

Books and Media in the Lewis Library - Environmental Health

Books and Media in the Lewis Library - Occupational Health

Databases

Fact Sheets / Statistics

General Information
Professional Organizations

Research Assistance

Databases

• Academic Search Complete
  Full-text articles from over 4,000 peer-reviewed, academic journals in all subject areas. From the early 1990's, some from 1975. 

• AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access)
  http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=bbSearch&STARTDB=AGRIDB
  AGRICOLA is a bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library of the United States. The records describe publications and resources in agriculture and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aqua culture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences. 

• CISDOC Occupational Safety and Health Database
  Produced by the International Labour Organization, a UN agency, CISDOC contains more than 50,000 references to books and journal articles, as well as to laws, regulations, chemical safety data sheets, training materials, and more. It covers literature in many different languages, and offers the ability to search in English, Spanish, or French.

• Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource (CEDR)
  http://cedr.lbl.gov/
  The Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource (CEDR) is a Department of Energy (DOE) public-use repository of data from occupational and environmental health studies of workers at DOE facilities and nearby community residents. DOE is the federal agency responsible for the development, testing, and production of nuclear weapons.

• Department of Energy (DOE) Information Bridge
  http://www.osti.gov/bridge/
  Full-text documents and bibliographic citations of the DOE from 1994. Topics include physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental science, energy technologies, and renewable energy.

• Environmental Fate Database (EFDB)
  http://www.syrres.com/esc/efdb.htm
  From Syracuse Research Corporation, this database includes Datalog (envirnomental fate data), BIOLOG (microbial toxicity and biodegradation data), CHEMFATE (environmental fate and physical/chemical property information on commercially important chemical compounds) , BIODEG (experimental values relating to biodegradation subjects), and BIODEG Summary (summary evaluation and reliabailty codes for different test methods & summaries for biodegradabilty under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. 

• Environmental Health Legislation Database
  http://www.ncsl.org/programs/environ/envHealth/cehdb.htm
  The Environmental Health Legislation database includes state legislation on topics such as asthma, mercury, lead poisoning, pesticides and indoor air quality. The database is updated monthly and all entries include brief summaries of current legislation as well as status and bill number.

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Databases
  http://www.epa.gov/epahome/data.html
  Links and descriptions of databases, software tools, and other resources available on the EPA website.

• Global Forest Information Service (GFIS)
  http://www.gfis.net/gfis/home.faces
  GFIS is an Internet gateway to forest information resources from around the world. Users can locate maps, data sets, web resources, journal articles, books and other resources relevant to their forest information needs.

• MEDLINE (OVID)
  http://library.hsc.unt.edu/ovid/
  MEDLINE is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's (NLM) premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences.

• MEDLINE (PubMed)
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.proxy.hsc.unt.edu/entrez/query.fcgi?myncbishare=unthsclib
  MEDLINE on PubMed is the same database found in MEDLINE on Ovid.  PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's interface to MEDLINE and to citations from additional sources.

• National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS)
  http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/datainfo.html
  NESDIS provides three online Data Centers:  Ocean, Geophysical, and Climate. 

• National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH)
  http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/database.html
  Presented by the CDC, this site features many different types of databases & information resources on chemical, injury, illness, hazards, agriculture, protective equipment, and construction.

• Office of Scientific & Technical Information
  http://www.osti.gov/
  From the US Department of Energy. This sites includes databases on energy, technical reports, graylit, and the international databases, Energy Technology Data Exchange World Energy Base (ETDEWEB) and the International Nuclear Information System (INIS).

• Toxic Substance Control Act Test Submission database (TSCATS)
  http://www.syrres.com/esc/tscats.htm
  From the Syracuse Research Corporation, TSCATS is a central system for the collection, maintenance, and dissemination of information on unpublished technical reports submitted by industry to EPA under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

• Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET®)
  http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/
  An integrated system of toxicology and environmental health databases that are available free of charge on the web. Databases include ChemIDplus, Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB), TOXLINE, Chemical Carcinogenic Research Information System (CCRIS), Developmental & Reproductive Toxicology & Environmental Teratology Information Center (DART), GENETOX - Peer-reviewed mutagenicity test data from the Environmental Protection Agency, Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS), ITER, LactMed, TRI, Haz-Map, Household Products, and TOXMAP.

• Web of Knowledge
  http://portal.isiknowledge.com.proxy.hsc.unt.edu/portal.cgi?Init=Yes&SID=C1dHmGn@4JeP7Pj8jcf
  The Web of Knowledge from Thomson Scientific (formerly ISI) is the portal to the company’s scientific literature search products such as BIOSIS Previews, Current Contents, Journal Citation Reports, and the Science Citation Index (i.e, the Web of Science).  You can perform cross-database searching of those resources using the Web of Knowledge interface or you can go directly to the specific tools using the links found on this web page.

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Fact Sheets / Statistics

• Chartbook on Work & Disability
  http://www.infouse.com/disabilitydata/workdisability/
  Presented by the National Institute on Disability & Rehabilitation Research. Topics include disabilities and the work force by nation or by state.

• Energy Information Administration
  http://www.eia.doe.gov/fueloverview.html
  Official energy statistics from the U.S. Government.

• Envirofacts Data Warehouse
  http://www.epa.gov/enviro/
  Information from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Information can be accessed by zip code, city, county or state. Topics include waste, water, toxins, air, radiation, and land. Information can be in the form of reports, queries, or maps.
  
  
• National Center for Health Statistics
  http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/osh.htm
  Work-related injury / occupational injury information from the CDC. Topics include health care use, mortality, injury and death rates by industry, sex, age, and race.

• Occupational Safety & Health Administration - Statistics & Data
  http://www.osha.gov/oshstats/
  Statistics and data from the U.S. Department of Labor. Topics include inspection data, OSHA standards, Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) search, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) search, and workplace injury, illness and fatality statistics.

• Traumatic Occupational Injuries
  http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/injury/traumaviolence.html
  Presented by the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH). Topics include violence and homicide in the workplace, occupational hazards, and risks.

• United Nations Environment Programme DEWA/GRID-Europe
  http://www.grid.unep.ch/
  DEWA/GRID-Europe is one of UNEP's major centres for data and information management, with a unique, "value-adding" mandate in the handling of global and regional environmental data, which in turn support the environment assessment and early warning activities of UNEP and its partners.

• United States Department of Labor Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities
  http://www.bls.gov/iif/
  Statistics presented by state or national. Topics include fatal injuries, industry incidence, and demographic characteristics.

• United States Geological Survey (USGS) Nation Water Information System (NWIS)
  http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/nwis
  The U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Water Information System (NWIS) is a comprehensive and distributed application that supports the acquisition, processing, and long-term storage of water data. NWISWeb serves as the publicly available portal to a geographically seamless set of much of the water data maintained within NWIS.

• Worker Health Chartbook
  http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/chartbook/
  Presented by the National Institute for Occupational Satiety& Health (NIOSH) by national or state statistics. Topics include characteristics, fatal and nonfatal injuries, agriculture, high-risk industries and occupations, special populations, survey and surveillance programs, and data and analysis.

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General Information

• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
  http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/
  Part of the Department of Health & Human Services, ATSDR serves as a portal to information on emergency response, hazardous waste, special initiatives, and toxic substances.
  
  
• Air Pollution & Respiratory Health (CDC)
  http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/airpollution/
  Topics include mold, carbon monoxide exposure, asthma, and air quality.

• American Lung Association: Air Quality
  http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=33691
  This site offers indoor and outdoor air pollution information including urban ozone air quality, lung disease trend reports, and research.

• Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
  http://www.ciesin.org/index.html
  CIESIN is a center of the Earth Institute at Columbia University that specialized in the on-line data and information management, spatial data integration and training, and interdisciplinary research related to human interactions in the environment.

• Electronic Library of Construction Occupational Safety & Health (eLCOSH)
  http://www.cdc.gov/eLCOSH/docs/hazard/physical.html
  Website by the CDC on construction safety & health issues. Topics include cold, heat, ergonomics, noise, oxygen loss, radiation, sun, stress and vibrarion. Many topics are in English or Spanish.

• Enviro-Health Links
  http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/envirohealthlinks.html
  Selected links from the National Library of Medicine to resources on toxicology and environmental health issues. Topics include American Indian health, Arctic health, arsenic and human health, Asian American health, biological warfare, children's environmental health, dietary supplements, environmental justice, hurricanes, lead and human health, outdoor air pollution, pesticide exposure, toxicogenomics, and West Nile Virus.

• Environmental Health & Toxicology
  http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro.html
  Portal for the National Library of Medicine Specialized Information Services (SIS) pages. Topics include chemicals, drugs, diseases and the environment, environmental health, occupational safety and health, poisoning, risk assessment and regulations, toxicology, and pesticide exposure.

• Industrial Hygiene
  http://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3143/OSHA3143.htm
  Informational booklet on industrial hygiene from the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA).

• Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
  http://www.osha.gov/index.html
  OSHA is a part of the United States Department of Labor. Topics include news, current occupational health related events, compliance assistance, laws, regulations and enforcement, cooperative and state programs, statistics, maritime, hazard communication, ergonomics, and other health and safety issues.

• Scorecard
  http://www.scorecard.org/
  Pollution in your community - Get an in-depth pollution report for your county, covering air, water, chemicals, and more

• Texas Environmental Profiles
  http://www.texasep.org/index.html
  County profiles of values, state rankings, and links for over 50 indicators of environmental quality, including water quality and quantity, land, wildlife, biodiversity, air quality, waste, energy, and pesticides

• UNTHSC Study Guides

  Epidemiology

  Health & Medical Statistics

  Health Disparities

  PDA Resources

  Podcasts on Health & Medicine

  Public Health Resources
  Social & Behavioral Sciences

• United States Department of the Interior
  http://www.doi.gov/            
  This site covers a wide variety of information on environmental and health issues including energy resources, water, and environmental diseases.

• United States-Mexico Border Health Commission
  http://www.borderhealth.org/index.php
  This site covers a variety of topics related to health and the quality of life along the U.S.-Mexico border. Emergency preparedness, epidemics, statistics, and a webliography of related sites are some of the features of this website. The border states of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, along with the Mexico states are included.

• USA-Mexico Border Health
  http://borderhealth.raconline.org/
  Topics include grants, environmental health, emergency services, mental health, migrant health, and many more diseases or conditions. Topics are in English and Spanish.
  

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Professional Organizations

• American Board of Industrial Hygiene
  http://www.abih.org/
  Provides information about industrial hygiene, the history of the organization, archives of its newsletters, and information on certification.

• Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR)
  http://www.psr.org/site/PageServer?pagename=resources_main
  Provides current publications and resources on security and enviornmental health.

• World Health Organization - Occupational Health
  http://www.who.int/occupational_health/en/
  Presented by the World Health Organization (WHO). Included on this web site are links to WHO's "Global Strategy", "The Declaration on Occupational Health for All", and "The Declaration on Workers Health".

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Research Assistance

• Ask-a-Librarian
  Ask-a-Librarian is an e-mail service from Lewis Library for requesting literature searches, reference information, or assistance in using information resources.  Normally, requests are filled within one working day (Monday through Friday, excluding holidays and other campus closings).  Ask-a-Librarian is for the use of UNTHSC students, staff, and faculty; other patrons may direct inquiries to the Lewis Library Reference Office. 
  
  

• Lewis Library Reference Office - Room LIB-222; 817-735-2070 or 800-687-5302
  Librarians are available to provide research assistance between 8:00  A.M. and 5:00 P.M., Monday-Friday.  The office is closed on UNTHSC holidays.
  

• Online Tutorials and Help
  http://library.hsc.unt.edu/researchtools/ResearchInstructionHelp.cfm
  A collection of instructional materials on the research process and the use of Lewis Library's research databases and other research tools. 

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