Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
What would you miss if you only searched PubMed?
Do you do your own searching for information? Have you considered using
databases other than PubMed for your research? There are a number of
free online literature databases that are worth checking out. Here’s
a sampling:
GreenFILE
Citations on environmental sciences: ecology, environmental health,
environmental planning, environmental chemistry, environmental law,
technology, and related disciplines. Includes some free online full text
items.
» What’s not in PubMed?
Leaching, air pollution – mathematical models, trace analysis …
TOXLINE
Citations from the toxicology and pharmacology literature.
» What’s not in PubMed?
Includes technical reports, Federal Research in Progress,
literature from ILO …
Energy Citations Database
Reports, conference papers, journal articles, books, dissertations, and
patents on energy, materials, environmental science, chemistry, and more.
» What’s not in PubMed?
Non-journal literature, scientific and technical reports …
SafetyLit
Citations relevant to preventing unintentional injuries, violence, and
self-harm.
» What’s not in PubMed?
International literature on all aspects of “accidents”
Regardless of the database(s) that you use, remember that you can request a copy of the materials that you need through our Document Delivery Service. We can find almost anything for you. See how to place a request here.
2013 Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) Now Available to View
Every year, the National Library of Medicine evaluates its Medical Subject Headings to see if any changes are needed. MeSH is the National Library of Medicine’s controlled vocabulary thesaurus. MeSH terms are used to index the literature that NLM receives from 5,400 journals on medical subjects. There are 26,853 descriptors in the 2013 MeSH to help you narrow your research to your topic.
New MeSH terms to be added in 2013 include air filters, health impact assessment, organophosphate poisoning, ozone depletion, public health surveillance, and return to work, among many others.
See lists of the changes to MeSH terms for 2013 and to read more about MeSH terms in general.
Education and Training for Health Professionals (National Cancer Institute)
The NCI has drawn together the cancer education and
training tools and offerings from NCI and NIH for health professionals into one website. Look here for cancer education and training tools available in a variety of formats, such as online study, webinars, and tutorials. The tools here include a lesson on how to use evidence-based programs to plan a health education program, webinars on research to practice, and tutorials on using State Cancer Profiles and NHANES, among many others.
The courses here are appropriate for health care providers, public health program planners, researchers, and cancer registrars.
You may also find the link to this and other resources that may be of interest on our Cancer Resources web page.
Health Effects Institute (HEI)
The Health Effects Institute is an independent, nonprofit corporation that studies the health effects of pollutants from sources in the environment including motor vehicles. Supported jointly by the EPA and industry, HEI has produced reports on the health effects of a variety of pollutants, including carbon monoxide, fuels and fuel additives, nitrogen oxides, diesel exhaust, ozone, and particulate air pollution.
New Books!
The Public Health Library has the following new books available:
1. Environmental toxicology: biological and health effects of pollutants. By Ming-Ho Yu, Humio Tsunoda, and Masashi Tsunoda. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2012. Call number: RA1226 .Y79 2011.
2. Environmental chemistry and toxicology of mercury. By Guangliang Liu, Yong Cai, and Nelson J O’Driscoll. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley, 2012. Call number: RA1231.M5 E585 2012.
3. WHO human health risk assessment toolkit: chemical hazards. By World Health Organization; International Program on Chemical Safety; and Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2010. Call number: T55.3.H3 W56 2010. Also available online.
4. Hazardous wastes, industrial disasters, and environmental health risks: local and global environmental struggles. By Francis O Adeola. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. Call number: TD1030 .A326 2011.
5. Antimicrobial resistance in the environment. By Patricia L Keen and Mark H.M.M. Montfort. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley, 2012. Call number: TD196.D78 A58 2012.
Please note that these books are only a small selection of what is newly available. If you are interested in checking out any book(s), submit a request using our online form and we will mail the book(s) to you.
If you do not currently possess a UC Berkeley library card, you will need to apply for one before we can check out a
book to you.
OEH Library Currently Closed
Although the OEH Library is currently closed due to several water leaks from the floor above, Charleen Kubota is still available to assist you with your needs. As of October 1st, her new temporary phone number is (510) 622-3153. Charleen will be away from the library from October 22-31.
If you need assistance during this time, please contact the Public Health Library at (510) 642-2510.
Upcoming Holiday Closures
The Public Health Library will be closed on Monday, November 12, for Veterans Day. We will also be closed Thursday, November 22, and Friday, November 23 2012 for Thanksgiving.
Please plan ahead and anticipate your project needs, especially if you will be using our Document Delivery service.
Thank you for continuing to use our valuable library services. We encourage you to let your new and existing colleagues know about our services and resources if they do not already use them.
New CEBS File Assists Database Collaboration
The Chemical Effects in Biological Systems database (CEBS) is a free integrated database of toxicology and toxicogenomics study information and data. Content for the database comes from NTP, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), other government agencies, academia, and pharmaceutical companies. You can search the over 9000 studies using test article, CEBS accession number, NTP Study ID, NTP Study Type, CEBS data domain or institution. You can also search across the database for subjects meeting your criteria and filter results by characteristics, response, and test articles.
A new downloadable file is available on the CEBS FTP site. It includes information about each of the studies in CEBS, such as the web address, study title, principal investigator, and citation information. The information here can be used by other databases as well as by individuals since it’s formatted in comma-separated values, or CSV file format.
The CEBS FTP web site allows anyone to download large data files of different data types from CEBS. The CEBS web page includes instructions.
Discharge Monitoring Report Pollutant Loading Tool (EPA)
The Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Pollutant Loading Tool is a new tool that was created by the EPA as an easy way to monitor the pollutants that are released into the U.S. waterways. This tool is designed to help you determine who is discharging, what pollutants they are discharging and how much, and where they are discharging.
The tool calculates pollutant loadings from permit and DMR data from EPA‘s Permit Compliance System (PCS) and Integrated Compliance Information System for the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (ICIS-NPDES). Data is available for the years 2007 through 2010.
You may search using the DMR Pollutant Loading Tool for “top ten” lists to help easily identify facilities and industries that are discharging the most pollution and to identify the most highly impacted waterways. When discharges are above permitted levels, you can view the violations and link to details about enforcement actions that EPA and states have taken to address these violations.
You can also find a link to this and other resources on our
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EndNote version X6 for Windows is now available, with some new features you might want to explore. New with X6, you can: Before upgrading it is important you back up any of your current EndNote libraries, custom styles, filters or connection files. Is it worth it to you to upgrade? EndNote has created a chart comparing some of the features of versions X2-X6. This can be a useful tool for helping you to decide. The X6 update for Macs is expected later this year.
EndNote X6 Released
* Use the new PubMed direct export feature to import records in fewer steps
* Apply a rating to each of your references
* See more with the expanded layout options to make better use of your screen
* Email a reference, including file and figure attachments, to your colleagues with one click
* Manage medical journal names and abbreviations with the updated terms list covering over 13,000 journals
* and more