Articles
Use these databases to search for articles via keyword, subject, or
author. Links to the electronic version of the article are often available.
For articles on reserve for a class, see
ERes (Electronic Reserves).
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA)
1978-present. Biological Sciences and Living Resources, Ocean
Technology Policy and Non-Living Resources, and Aquatic Pollution and
Environmental Quality. Includes citations and abstracts.
BIOSIS Previews [UC Only]
1969-present. This is the big life sciences database. It is very interdisciplinary within biology, including biochemistry, ecology, genetics, microbiology, ocean sciences, plant biology and zoology. BIOSIS is a good place to start for topic exploration, or if your topic is plant biology, laboratory studies, or genetics. Comprehensive searches should always include BIOSIS.
Note: You can now search BIOSIS and Web of Science at the same time. Choose CrossSearch from the pull down menu at the top of the BIOSIS home page.
Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
1981-present. Searchable database of citations and abstracts of
articles and reports on the following topics: agricultural biotechnology,
air quality, bacteriology, environmental impact statements, safety
science, waste management, toxicology, pollution, and environmental
science.
PubMed
1966-present. Citations and abstracts covering medicine, biochemistry,
biology, bioengineering. Includes links to full text journals from
publishers' sites where available.
Toxline
1994-current. Information in all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens. Provides bibliographic citations and abstracts from journal articles, monographs, technical reports, theses, letters, meeting abstracts, papers and reports.
Web Of Science (Science Citation Index) [UC Only]
1975-present. This is an index to scientific journal articles that also allows you to search for citations to a particular article. You look up the reference to an article that you know about to find more recent journal articles that have cited it. Cited reference searching is a unique way to trace ideas and subjects from past research into the present day. Searchable by author, keyword, and cited reference. Unfortunately this database does not cover conference literature. Because there are a limited number of ports available, please be sure to logoff when you are finished so that your connection can be made available to someone else. Note: You can now search BIOSIS and Web of Science at the same time. Choose CrossSearch from the pull down menu at the top of theWeb of Science home page.
Comprehensive Tutorial  (10 minutes)
Complete list of Science & Engineering Databases available to UCSC
users.
Books/Encyclopedias
CRUZCAT
Catalog for UCSC Libraries. Includes our library locations for books, journals, conference proceedings, maps, videos and more.
Flash movie tutorial: Searching by KEYWORD (2:55 min)
Flash movie tutorial: Searching for a Known Journal Title (2:40 min)
MELVYL®
The University of California catalog covering all ten campuses.
ENVIROnetBASE
Electronic books on environmental topics such as Ecology, Risk
Assessment, Environmental Chemistry & Toxicology, Water Science, Remote
Sensing, Environmental Law, and many others.
McGraw-Hill concise encyclopedia of science & technology. 5th edition.
Available online and in paper.
Q121 .M29 2005 in the S&E Library reference collection.
Online Medical Dictionary
Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs and Biologicals
Data on organic and inorganic chemicals and drugs. Entries provide structure, patent number, therapeutic use, toxicity, percentage composition and references.
Government Information
Web Portals to Federal Government Resources:
Google Government Information Search: searches all federal government web sites
Data.gov: high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.
Federal Agency Sites:
Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry (ATSDR)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC)
Chemical Safety and Hazard
Investigation Board
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
Council on Environmental Quality
(CEQ)
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Department of Health and
Human Services Environmental Health Policy Committee (EHPC)
Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Lead Hazard Control
Emerging Infectious Disease Threats
Environmental Health Information
Service
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
This agency provides information resources on a wide range of topics
including water, pollution, cleanup, ecosystems, and current topics.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Fish and Wildlife Service
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agency for
conserving, protecting, and enhancing fish, wildlife, plants, and their
habitats.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
MedlinePlus
A product of the National Library of Medicine, this resource gathers
info from various government sources about chemicals, drugs and health
effects of toxic substances.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly
Report (MMWR)
Weekly report prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
National Biological Information
Infrastructure (NBII)
This Web site is developed and maintained by the USGS. NBII is a
program which provides increased access to data and information on the
nation's biological resources. The NBII links biological databases,
information products, and analytical tools maintained by NBII partners and
other contributors in government agencies, academic institutions,
non-government organizations, and private industry.
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
National Council for Science and the
Environment (NCSE)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
The NIH web page lists information on health topics, grants and
funding, current news, and scientific resources including information on
organizations used for biomedical research.
National Science Foundation (NSF)
National Toxicology Program (NTP)
Superfund
The Superfund Program was established in 1980 in order to locate,
investigate and clean up uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites
nationwide. This site from the EPA offers links to an overview of the
program, health and safety, laws and policies, related programs, and much
more.
Total Maximum Daily Load Program (TMDL)
This program is a part of the Office of Water from the EPA, and contains information about both water and air pollution including a national overview.
TOXMAP (National Library of Medicine)
Through the use of interactive maps, this site provides information on the amount and location of toxic chemicals being released into the environment in the United States. A Quick Search feature allows users to search for a chemical name, city, state, or zip-code, and to find related journal articles on PubMed and Toxline using the geographical specifications as a query. There are also links to data sources on hazardous chemicals, as well as to NLM's vast collection of toxicology and environmental health refences.
Tox Town
Don't be fooled by the cute presentation of this resource - it contains an excellent collection of Web sites on toxic substances commonly found in our environment such as arsenic, lead, mercury, asbestos, carbon monoxide, and ozone, to name a few. Additional links based on location of toxic substances include sites with information on methyl bromide, molds, household chemicals, and parasitic diseases.
US Geological Survey (USGS)
A wide variety of information is located at this site including press
releases, job opportunities, and
articles regarding the effect of trace elements on aquatic wildlife.
California State Information
California Department of Fish and
Game
California Department of Water
Resources
California Environmental
Resources Evaluation System (CERES)
The goal of CERES is to improve environmental analysis and planning by
integrating natural and cultural resource information from multiple
contributors and by making it available and useful to a wide variety of
users.
Division of Drinking Water
and Environmental Management
This site provides access to several major programs:
USGS: Water Resources of California
Data Sources, including Safety Data/Material Safety Data Sheets
ChemFinder
Chemical compounds database that links to data sites (such as hazard information, physical properties, spectra) on the Web.
Envirofacts Warehouse ( Environmental Protection Agency)
Retrieve environmental information from EPA databases on Air, Chemicals, Hazardous Waste, Risk Management Plans, Superfund, and Toxic Releases, among others. Retrieve data and create reports, or you may generate maps of environmental information by selecting from several mapping applications available through EPA's Maps On Demand.
Hazardous Chemicals Database (University of Akron)
This database will allow the user to retrieve information for any of 2662 hazardous chemicals or 'generic' entries based on a keyword search. Potential keywords include names, formula and registry numbers
Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs and Biologicals
Data on organic and inorganic chemicals and drugs. Entries provide structure, patent number, therapeutic use, toxicity,
percentage composition and references.
Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
Created by the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), this database is a valuable source of information about
toxic chemicals released into our air, land, and water by manufacturing
companies.
UCSC Environmental Health and Safety
Features lab and chemical safety, radiation safety, and industrial hygiene with a UCSC perspective.
Where to Find MSDS on the Internet
Guide to dozens of sites offering free Material Safety Data Sheets on the Web, from government agencies and universities to chemical suppliers. Also offers help understanding MSDS information.
Medical Toxicology
AMEDEO The Medical
Literature Guide
A good medical site for clinical toxicology-poisoning.
Environmental Health Perspectives (ehp)
A peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the discussion of the effect of the
environment on human health
Howard Hughes Medical Institute-Medical
Education
MedlinePlus
National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
PubMed via CDL
1966-present. Citations and abstracts covering medicine, biochemistry,
biology, bioengineering. Includes links to full text journals from
publishers' sites where available.
The Environmental Toxicology Librarian
Cynthia Jahns is the
Environmental Toxicology
Librarian at UCSC.
She can be reached at
cjahns@ucsc.edu, phone x9-3187 or mail Cynthia Jahns, Science &
Engineering Library.
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