Guides: Occupational Health: Article databases and journals

Core Databases for Finding Articles

PubMed (McGill)
Contains 37 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full text content from PubMed Central, publisher web sites and to the McGill Find Full Text linkresolver.
Embase Classic + Embase (Ovid)
Embase Classic 1947-1973.
Cochrane Library
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) Web Information Service
"Searchable collections include Material Safety Data Sheets (MDSS), CHEMINFO (Health and safety information on pure chemicals), CHEMpendium™ (CHEMINFO, CESARS, CHRIS, DSL/NDSL, HSDB, NJHS Fact Sheets, NIOSH Pocket Guide, Transport TDG, Transport 49CFR), Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances(R) (RTECS), MSDS Management Service, OSH References (OSHLINE, NIOSHTIC, NIOSHTIC-2, HSELINE, CISILO, Canadiana), and Canadian enviroOSH Legislation plus Standards."
Scopus (Elsevier)
Curated abstract and citation database, updated daily with enriched data and linked scholarly content for Health, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences. Worldwide peer-reviewed literature includes scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings.
Web of Science Core Collection (All Indexes)
Includes Citation Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (1900-present), Social Sciences Citation Index (1900-present), Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present), Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Science (1990-present), Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Social Science & Humanities (1990-present), Book Citation Index– Science (2005-present), Book Citation Index– Social Sciences & Humanities (2005-present), Emerging Sources Citation Index (2005-present). Chemical Indexes include: Current Chemical Reactions (1985-present, plus Institut National de la Propriete Industrielle structure data back to 1840), and Index Chemicus (1993-present).

Additional Databases

CIRRIE Database of International Rehabilitation Research
Google Scholar
HealthSTAR (Ovid)
"Covers evaluation of patient outcomes; effectiveness of procedures, programs, products, services and processes; administration and planning of health facilities, services and manpower; health insurance; health policy; health services research; health economics and financial management; laws and regulation; personnel administration; quality assurance; licensure; and accreditation. Contains citations and abstracts (when available) to journal articles, monographs, technical reports, meeting abstracts and papers, book chapters, government documents, and newspaper articles. 1966 to present."
Industrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts (ProQuest)
Industrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A) is now part of Environmental Science Index. By default, your search will be limited to Industrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A) content only.
Library can facilitate negotiating text-mining rights for this database for McGill faculty and students wishing to acquire the rights with their own research funds. Please contact Digital Scholarship Hub
Pollution Abstracts (ProQuest)
Pollution Abstracts is now part of Environmental Science Index. By default, your search will be limited to Pollution Abstracts content only.
Library can facilitate negotiating text-mining rights for this database for McGill faculty and students wishing to acquire the rights with their own research funds. Please contact Digital Scholarship Hub
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global
Full-text of dissertations from McGill University as well as 3,100 worldwide universities. Full-text PDFs available for all non-embargoed dissertations and theses from 1997 – forward, with select full text available prior to 1997.
Library can facilitate negotiating text-mining rights for this database for McGill faculty and students wishing to acquire the rights with their own research funds. Please contact Digital Scholarship Hub
PsycINFO 1806-present (Ovid)
Index database for psychology. Covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines, including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, pharmacology, physiology and linguistics.
* Quick reference guide - How to search PsycINFO
REHABdata
Risk Abstracts (CSA) (ProQuest)
Risk Abstracts is now part of Environmental Science Index. By default, your search will be limited to Risk Abstracts content only. Library can facilitate negotiating text-mining rights for this database for McGill faculty and students wishing to acquire the rights with their own research funds. Please contact Digital Scholarship Hub
Toxicology Abstracts (ProQuest)
Toxicology Abstracts is now part of Environmental Science Index. By default, your search will be limited to Toxicology Abstracts content only. Library can facilitate negotiating text-mining rights for this database for McGill faculty and students wishing to acquire the rights with their own research funds. Please contact Digital Scholarship Hub