Occupational health

Background information

• Patty's Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology
• ILO Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety
• Occupational Health and Safety: Terms, Definitions, and Abbreviations

Core databases for finding articles

• PubMed - Bibliographic database of the National Library of Medicine
  see also MEDLINE on Ovid (1946-)
• Embase on Ovid (1996-) - Biomedical and pharmaceutical database
  see also Embase Classic+Embase on Ovid (1947-)
• Cochrane Library - Cochrane and other reviews (DARE), controlled trials (CENTRAL), methods studies, economic evaluations, technology assessments
• CCOHS Web Information Service
• Health and Safety Science Abstracts
• Scopus - Multidisciplinary; cited reference searching

Additional databases

• CIRRIE Database of International Rehabilitation Research
• Google Scholar
• Industrial & Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A)
• Ovid Healthstar
• Pollution Abstracts
• ProQuest Dissertations and Theses - Index of doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Includes full text for many but not all entries
• PsycINFO
• REHABDATA
• Risk Abstracts
• Toxicology Abstracts
• Web of Science - Multidisciplinary; cited reference searching

Selected web sites

• Canadian enviroOSH Legislation plus Standards
• Cochrane Occupational Safety and Health Review Group - Site also includes "purpose-based search strategies" for OSH professionals
• Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment (SafeWork)

Other resources

• Systematic Reviews: A Guide to Library Resources at McGill
• McGill Department of Epidemiology Biostatistics, and Occupational Health