Toxic Substances and Environmental Medicine Research Tools

Background or Getting Started

• Environmental Health and Toxicology portal - from the Specialized Information Services (SIS) at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM.)Free.
• ChemIDplus, A database of 350,000 chemical records, including over 100,000 with structures. Locator links allow immediate searching of other [NLM] databases for information about a given chemical." National Library of Medicine (NLM.) Free.
• Chemical Information Web Links from the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Specialized Information Services (SIS.) Free.
• eBooks:
  • Casarett & Doull's Toxicology - The Basic Science of Poisons (6th Edition)
  • Glossary of Terms Used in Toxicology, IUPAC Free.
  • Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies (7th Edition)
  • Patty's Toxicology (5th Edition) Volumes 1-8
  • Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials (11th Edition) Volumes 1-3
  • Note: check Library Catalogs for other books, both electronic and physical editions.
• Library Catalogs:
  • Eccles Library Catalog Free.
  • Marriott Library Catalog Free.
  • NLM LOCATORplus National Library of Medicine's Online Catalog Free.
  • Utah's Catalog Find materials at the major academic research institutions [in Utah.] Free.
  • WorldCat Find items in libraries near you. Free

Top Electronic Resources for Toxic Substances & Environmental Medicine in General:

• Environmental Health and Toxicology portal - from the Specialized Information Services (SIS) at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM.) Free.
• ToxSeek - a meta-search engine from a wide range of authoritative sources. Free.
• CCINOWEB Searching is free, but most data is licences for University of Utah only.
  Health safety, and environmental information. Includes:
  • CHEMINDEX,
  • ChemInfo,
  • Chempendium Collection,
  • Fatality Reports Database,
  • MSDS,
  • OSH References, (OSHLINE with NIOSHTIC/NIOSHTIC-2, HSELINE, CISILO,)
  • RTECS.
• Drug Information Portal Free.
• PubChem provides information on the biological activities of small molecules, and is linked within NCBI's Entrez databases. Free.
• PubMed MEDLINE (PubMed with linkout to Eccles Library electronic full text journals.) PubMed is Free, but most full text require subscriptions.
• TOXNET from the Specialized Information Services (SIS) at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM.) Free.
  • Toxicology Data
    • HSDB, Hazardous Substances Data Bank. "Broad scope in human and animal toxicity, safety and handling, environmental fate, and more. Scientifically peer-reviewed." Free.
    • IRIS, Integrated Risk Information System. "Data from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in support of human health risk assessment. It, focuses on identifying hazards and assessing the connection between dose and response." Free.
    • CCRIS, Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System. "Carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, tumor promotion, and tumor inhibition data provided by the National Cancer Institute (NCI)." Free.
    • GENE-TOX "Peer-reviewed mutagenicity test data from the EPA." Free.
  • Toxicology Literature
    • TOXLINE, "Extensive array of references to literature on biochemical, pharmacological, physiological, and toxicological effects of drugs and other chemicals." Free.
    • DART/ETIC, Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology and Environmental Teratology Information Center. "Current and older literature on developmental and reproductive toxicology." Free.
  • Toxic Release Information
    • TRI, Toxics Release Inventory. Reporting years 1995 - 2000. Free.

Journal Articles, use:

• PubMed
  MEDLINE. Free.
• PubMed MEDLINE Toxicology subset Free.
• International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, IPA & (Available only from computers at Health Sciences Center - Eccles Library, College of Pharmacy, or University Hospital.)
• TOXLINE Free.
• Web of Science, Science Citation 1997 - present. University of Utah only.

Selected Online Journals:

• Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Archives of Toxicology
• Chemical Research in Toxicology
• Environmental Health Perspectives
• Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health
• Pharmacology & Toxicology
• Toxicological Sciences

To find statistics:

• CDC's Data & Statistics
• FDA, U.S. Food & Drug Adminstration
• Faststats from NCHS
• NCHS, National Center for Health Statistics
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
• Statistical Universe A Lexis/Nexis database of statistical information from leading federal, state, private & international governmental documents. Links to selected full-text publications.
• Utah Department of Health

Selected websites:

• ATSDR (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)
• CDC
• EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
• Newspapers:
  • Academic Universe
  • Newspaper Source
  • Proquest Direct Fulltext newspapers and business periodicals.
  • Utah's Utah's Deseret News
  • Utah's Salt Lake Tribune
• NIEHS (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
• NIH (National Insitutes of Health)
• NIOSH (National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health)
• NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
• OSHA (Occupational Health & Safety Administration )
• Surgeon General

Helpful Tutorials:

• PubMed MEDLINE Tutorial
• Toxicology Tutorials from Specialized Information Services (SIS) at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM.)
  • Toxicology Tutor I - Basic Principles
  • Toxicology Tutor II - Toxicokinetics
  • Toxicology Tutor III - Cellular Toxicology