If you are doing work in the field of Occupational Health and Safety, this collection of databases will be a crucial resource. Researchers can retrieve results well beyond the scope of PubMed or Embase references.
Created by the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety , CCOHS is a unique collection of occupational health and safety databases that can be searched all at once or selectively.
Among the databases you can search via CCOHS are:
• Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances
• MSDS : Material Safety Data Sheets from manufacturers and suppliers
• CHEMINFO : Comprehensive health and safety information on pure chemicals
• Oshline: Exclusive CCOHS database providing excellent coverage of articles from peer-reviewed journal literature and reports from a wide range of disciplines including behavioural sciences, toxicology, engineering, occupational hygiene, medicine, nursing and safety (1998-2007)
• NIOSHTIC: US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) . Over 100 years of occupational health and safety information from indoor air quality to ergonomic evaluations of jobs to human health effects.
• NIOSHTIC-2: Featuring NIOSH-published or sponsored reports, NIOSHTIC-2 covers 1971 to present
• HSELINE: UK and other European health and safety literature. An invaluable source of periodicals, books, conference proceedings, reports, and legislation.
o HSELINE includes:
— All publications from the UK Health and Safety Commission and Health and Safety Executive
— A wide range of journal articles, books, conference proceedings, reports, and legislation from international sources
— Excellent coverage of safety and industrial hazards with materials from diverse subject areas
— An emphasis on engineering, manufacturing, agriculture, mining, hazardous substances, occupational hygiene, railways, and offshore safety
• Canadiana: Canadiana is an exclusive CCOHS database offering references related to Canada. Includes references to reports, articles, conference proceedings, monographs and unpublished or limited distribution materials. Also includes selected TOXLINE® records from the US National Library of Medicine. Canadiana (French) includes references to French-language materials.
You can find CCOHS in our extensive list of databases. Please let us know what you think of it, or if you could use a hand.