Environmental and Occupational Health: Databases

Multi-disciplinary database with emphasis on scholarly publications and peer-reviewed journals.

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

A subset of Google Web Search that specifically searches for scholarly literature, including articles, papers, theses, books, and reports. Includes full-text links to Himmelfarb's collection of e-journals.

Covers the human impact on the environment. Topics range from global warming to recycling to alternative fuel sources and more.

Relational occupational toxicology database linking occupations to hazardous job tasks and occupational diseases/symptoms. Includes a helpful glossary and bibliography of additional resources.

HERO contains the key studies EPA uses to develop environmental risk assessments for the public.

Health sciences articles including clinical, basic sciences, and public health information. Useful MeSH terms include occupational or environmental exposure & occupational diseases. Useful subheadings for concepts like toxicity, poisoning, adverse effects, etiology & epidemiology.

News, business, legal, and medical news/journals are provided primarily in full-text.

Provides access to the books, journals, and statistical databases of the OECD, providing information on member countries’ economics, politics, and international affairs. Publications include country studies, reports, periodicals, and socio-economic databases.

Environmental science-related articles, environmental impact statements, Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management (ESPM) records, conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books, and government publications.

Multi-disciplinary database covering general and academic periodicals.

Interdisciplinary citation and abstract database covering more than 16,000 peer-reviewed journals, tracking cited and citing literature.