ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

The EPH Library offers some unique public health databases.  Some are mounted on the Yale Network, while others are accessible only at the EPH Library.  Instruction on the use of these databases is available.  Individual consultations may be scheduled; send an email to eph.lib@yale.edu to request an appointment.

SilverPlatter Database Collection on WebSPIRS 

GPO (Government Printing Office)
An on-line version of the Monthly Catalog of US Government Publications, it allows keyword searching on more than 375,000 citations to the publications of US government agencies, including the US Congress. Covers Senate and House hearings on bills and laws, as well as agency-sponsored studies, fact sheets, maps, handbooks, subject bibliographies, and conference proceedings. Subjects covered include agriculture, business, consumer issues, economics, energy, environment, finance, medicine and public health, public affairs, and taxation.
Coverage: July 1976 to date.
Accessible on the Yale Network at Medmenu.  Choose the “Additional Resources…A-Z” and select “G” for GPO.

NTIS
The NTIS-National Technical Information Service is a federal agency within the Technology Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce. NTIS is the nation's largest central resource for scientific, technical, engineering and business information. Costs are not covered by tax-supported Congressional appropriations. NTIS is a self-supporting agency offering a family of information products and services to fulfill you information needs.

OSH-ROM: Occupational Safety and Health Databases 
Includes four leading databases covering occupational safety and health.  Has over 350,000 citations, most of which have full abstracts, from over 500 journals and 100,000 monographs and technical reports.

NIOSHTIC, from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

[ NIOSHTIC-Java | NIOSHTIC-WWW ]

A bibliographic database of literature in the field of occupational safety and health. About 160 core, English language technical journals provide approximately 35 percent of the additions to NIOSHTIC® annually. Retrospective information, some of which is from the 19th century, is also acquired and entered.Because NIOSH examines all aspects of adverse effects experienced by workers, much of the information contained in NIOSHTIC® has been selected from sources that do not have a primary occupational safety and health orientation.

Use NIOSHTIC® to access:

• Content specifically focused on issues pertaining to occupational safety and health.
• Technical articles from over 4,000 sources including approximately 160 core journals.
• Information from proceedings of scientific meetings and symposia.
• Approximately 195,000 records with 6,000 new records added each year.
• Records with fields for CAS Numbers; SIC Codes and CODEN for improved searching.
• Translations of non-English occupational safety and health articles acquired by NIOSH.
  

NIOSHTIC Subject Coverage Includes:

behavioral sciences biochemistry, physiology and metabolism biological hazards chemistry control technology education and training epidemiological studies of disease/disorders

ergonomics hazardous waste health physics occupational medicine pathology and histology safety toxicology

HSELINE: (Health and Safety Executive LINE): More than 130000 citations with abstracts to the worldwide literature on occupational safety and health. Covers all U.K.Health and Safety Commission and Health and Safety Executive publications as well as a wide range of periodicals, books, conference proceedings, reports and legislation. Includes all relevanat areas of science and technology with particular emphasis on engineering, manufacturing, agriculture, mining, nuclear technology, explosives, hazardous substances, and occupational hygiene. Data from 1977 to date.

[ HSELINE-Java | HSELINE-WWW ]

CISDOC: More than 35000 citations with abstracts to the world wide literature on occupational safety and health. Covers pathologyand medicine of work in many industries and professions, education, ergonomics, statistics, the organisation, inspection and risks of safety systems. Corresponds to the CIS database produced by the International Labour Office, Centre International d'Information de Securite et de Sante au Travail, the International Labor Organization of the United Nations.

[ CISDOC-Java | CISDOC-WWW]

MHIDAS: Information on more than 4000 incidents involving hazardous substances that resulted in, or had the potential to produce, an offsite impact such as evacuation, casualties or damage to the property of the neighbourhood. Produced by the Atomic Energy Authority of the U.K.

[ MHIDAS-Java | MHIDAS-WWW ]

RILOSH: (Ryesron International Labour Occupational Safety and Health): bibliographic references to the literature covering health and safety, chemical toxicology, environmental health, safety engineering, biotechnology, biohazards, workers' compensation, workplace disability issues and a broad range of labour relations, employment practices and personnel management topics. All articles and books referenced by RILOSH are available from the Ryerson Polytechnic University Library. Items may be obtained from your Library's Inter-Library Loan department. Journals Selectively Indexed in RILOSH.

[ RILOSH-Java | RILOSH-WWW ]

MEDL-OEM: MEDLINE's Occupational and Environmental Medicine subset, from the National Library of Medicine.

[ MEDL-OEM-Java | MEDL-OEM-WWW ]

Accessible on the Yale Network at Medmenu.  Choose the “Additional Resources…A-Z” and select “O” for Osh-Rom.

POPLINE
POPLINE is a unique source of information on population, family planning, and related health issues - the only comprehensive international database in the field. An international, multidisciplinary public health database, POPLINE is maintained by the Population Communication Services / Population Information Program of the Center for Communication Programs at The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health with assistance from Population Index at Princeton University. POPLINE consists of more than 200,000 citations with detailed abstracts and in-depth indexing and covers all types of publications including journals, monographs, and technical reports. This material is gathered from around the world, regardless of language. The majority of items date from 1970, but some sources date from as early as 1827. POPLINE provides up-to-date information on a range of topics relating to population:

• Human Fertility
• Contraceptive Methods
• Family Planning Services
• Maternal and Child Health
• AIDS in Developing Countries
• Program Operations and Evaluation
• Demography
• Censuses
• Vital Statistics
• Related Health, Law, and Policy Issues

Accessible on the Yale Network at MedMenu.  Choose the “Additional Resources…A-Z” and select “P” for Popline.

 OECD HEALTH DATA 97
An interactive database comprising systematically collected data key aspects of the health care system in 29 member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.  Basic demographic, economic and social statistics are also included. The interactive software allows the user to create tables, charts and maps to display selected variables for analysis. A CD-ROM accessible at a dedicated workstation in the EPH Library.

 CDP FILE: From the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Updated semiannually. Includes the following searchable databases:

• Health Promotion and Education
• Comprehensive School Health
• Cancer Prevention and Control
• Prenatal Smoking Cessation
• Epilepsy Education and Prevention Activities
• Chronic Disease Prevention Directory
• State Profile
• Smoking and Health

AIDSCAP ELECTRONIC LIBRARY
Published by Family Health International's AIDS Control and Prevention (AIDSCAP) Project and its partners, the AIDSCAP Electronic Library was developed as a way to widen the impact of the project on HIV/AIDS prevention efforts worldwide. Designed for organizations and individuals working to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS, the CD-ROM library includes publications produced from 1991 to1997, when the AIDSCAP Project concluded. The AIDSCAP project was funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). USAID and Family Health International have co-funded the production of the AIDSCAP Electronic Library. It provides electronic access to more than 300 AIDSCAP publications in nine areas of focus:

• Behavior Change Communication (BCC)
• Behavioral Research
• Condom Programming
• Epidemiology and Other Topics
• Evaluation
• Gender
• Policy
• Program Management
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases

The AIDSCAP Electronic Library is accessible at a dedicated workstation in the EPH Library

HEALTH AND NUTRITION FINANCING AND SUSTAINABILITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
A searchable CD-ROM which includes literature reviews, surveys, policy studies, issue briefs and analytical tools resulting from two 1995 USAID projects, the Health Financing and Sustainability Project and the Latin American and Caribbean Health and Nutrition Sustainability Project. May be borrowed. Ask at Circulation Desk.

EconLit
EconLit, produced by the American Economic Association, is an expanded version of the Journal of Economic Literature. It contains bibliographic references and some abstracts for journal articles, books, articles in collective volumes and dissertations. It also contains the bibliographic database Abstracts of Working Papers in Economics, produced by Cambridge University Press. Years Of Coverage: Journal Articles, 1969-Present; Working Papers, 1984-Present.

Sociofile

Years covered: 1974-present

Producer: Sociological Abstracts, Inc.

Citation Sources: Sociological Abstracts, Inc., Social Planning Policy and Development Abstracts (SOPODA) database

Publication Coverage: Journal articles, dissertations

Subject Coverage: International coverage of sociology literature. It includes abstracts of journal articles since 1974 and enhanced bibliographic citations for relevant dissertations since 1986.