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Subject Guide for Occupational Safety and Health

Books/E-Books	Legislation	Journal Databases
Codes of Practice	Standards	Journals
Dictionaries/Encyclopedias	Statistics	Referencing/Research
Handbooks/Key Reference Sources	Videos/DVDs	Websites

Books

Library Catalogue: search for books, journal titles, reports, statistics, DVDs/videos.
Link to electronic publications (books and journals) and Reserve

E-Books:

The Library has access to a number of e-books from the EBL e-book collection.
To search the Catalogue for all online publications limit a keyword search to "Online"
using the drop down menu.
To search for e-books in the EBL collection combine ebook with subject in a keyword search.
e.g. safety and ebook, industrial hygiene and ebook, etc.
Following is a selection of e-book titles that can be accessed via the Library Catalogue:

Bioavailability, bioaccessibility and mobility of environmental contaminants (2007)
A comprehensive guide to the hazardous properties of chemical substances (2007)
Dust explosions in the process industries (2003)
Evaluation of the effects and consequences of major accidents in industrial plants (2007)
Health and safety pocket book(2006)
Human factors and behavioural safety (2007)
Human safety and risk management (2006)
Introduction to ergonomics (2003)
Introduction to human factors and ergonomics for engineers (2008)
Job hazard analysis: a guide for voluntary compliance and beyond (2007)
Lu's basic toxicology(2002)
A manager's guide to health & safety at work(2005)
Managing health and safety: learning made simple(2007)
Occupational hygiene and risk management (2004) Author: Tranter, M. note: 1 simultaneous user access
Risk assessment for environmental health (2007)
Tolley's handbook of disaster and emergency management (2006)
Tolley's practical risk assessment handbook (2006)

Useful Keywords/Subject terms used in the catalogue:

Accidents - Prevention Chemicals – Safety measures Environmental health Ergonomics Hazardous substances Industrial hygiene Industrial medicine Industrial relations Industrial safety

Job stress (or occupational stress) Labor laws and legislation Occupational diseases Occupational health Occupational safety Risk management Safety measures Toxicology Workers’ compensation

Codes of Practice:

Australia:
Australian Safety and Compensation Council - publications include national standards, codes of
practice and related guidance notes 
WorkSafe Western Australia - publications include codes of practice for Western Australia, guidance
notes and bulletins.

Dictionaries/Encyclopedias:

Australian encyclopedia of occupational health and safety (1998)   R363.110994 ALT 
Encyclopaedia of occupational health and safety (1998) I.L.O R613.620 ENC
Eisler's encyclopedia of environmentally hazardous priority chemicals (2007)
International encyclopedia of ergonomics and human factors (2001) R620.82 INT

Handbooks and Key Reference Sources:

Clay's handbook of environmental health 19th 2004	e-book
A comprehensive guide to the hazardous properties of chemical substances (2007)	e-book
The health and safety handbook(U.K.) (2005)	e-book
Occupational hygiene and risk management (2004)	e-book
Occupational safety and health handbook (W.A.) (update service)	R363.11 HAN
OHS legal guide (CCH)	online
Oxford handbook of occupational health (2007)	616.9803 OXF
Patty's industrial hygiene5th ed. (2000)	Online
Principles of occupational health & hygiene (2006)	e-book
Risk based health surveillance and biological monitoring: guideline (Resources Safety, Department of Consumer and Employment Protection, Western Australia)	online (pdf)
School health and safety: hands on guide (CCH update service - online)	online

Legislation:

CCH Australian OH&S Library - Australian OHS legislation and commentary on OHS law
ComLaw (Commonwealth Law) - Australian Government Legislation
State Law Publisher - Western Australian Government Legislation
Workers Compensation Library (CCH) - Australian Workers Compensation legislation and
commentary on workers compensation law

Standards:

Australian:
Standards Australia(Online)
(Access - one user at a time)

International:
ILS: International Labour Standards
ILOLEX: database of International Labour Standards
International Labour Standards by subject

Statistics:

Search Library catalogue (subject and statistics) e.g. industrial accidents and statistics.
You can also search evaluated websites of government and professional organisations, for example:

Australian Bureau of Statistics publications
Australian Safety and Compensation Council - Statistical data and reports
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work - Statistics
U.S. Dept of Labor - OSHA statistics

Videos/DVDs:

Limit a Keyword search in the Catalogue to videos/dvds by "modify this search" then limit by "material type - film/video".
Search by Title for specific videos/dvds. Some recent titles include:

Hazardous substances safety essentials (2006)
Risk assessment for industry (2006)
Understanding safety at work (2005)

Journal Articles:

Find articles by searching the Journal Databases. Use the FIND IT icon to link to ECU holdings.

Key Journal Databases:

Meditext  Australian database, coverage includes all aspects of health and medicine,
with an emphasis on clinical medicine and paraprofessional fields. Indexes Australian occupational
safety and health journals.

MEDLINE  International database indexing biomedical literature. This database is useful for searching
for information relating to addiction, biomedical research, human physiology, health policies,
health promotion, nutrition, occupational health, occupational therapy and epidemiological studies.
OSH coverage in Medline is also available as a subset of OSH-ROM.
Guide to Medline (pdf)

OSH-ROM
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OSH-ROM brings together seven complementary bibliographic databases covering international
occupational health and safety information:

HSELINE: from the Health and Safety Executive (U.K.)
MHDAS: Major Hazard Incident Data Service
RILOSH: covers OSH, labour relations and employment practices in Canada, Amercia and Western
Europe (incl. Britain)
CISDOC: from the International Labour Organisation (ILO), International Occupational Safety and Health
Information Centre (CIS)
NIOSHTIC-2: from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
OSHLINE: indexes journals and reports on all aspects of occupational safety and health
MEDLINE: OEM: Occupational and Environmental Medicine subset from Medline

ProQuest 5000 International International multidisciplinary database indexing a selection of journals
in all subject disciplines. It is useful for a broad cross-disciplinary search, rather than in-depth in a subject.

MetaQuest allows searching across several databases simultaneously. Login to MetaQuest and then select the subject list for Health Sciences, Occupational Safety and Health.

Key Journals:


All print and online journals held at ECU are available through the Library's catalogue.
Select Journal Title from the catalogue and type the journal name.
 

Referencing/Research

ECU Referencing Guide
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association- Library holds print copies
APA style guide to electronic references (pdf)
Endnote
Referencing and avoiding plagiarism - Learning Resources, CHS Learning Adviser

Designing and conducting health surveys(2006)
Doing your research project(2007)
Research design: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches(print) 300.72 CRE (2009)
Writing at university(2003)

Related Guides

Public Health subject guide
SEBHS Guide to Library Resources

Websites

Selected websites useful for finding free internet resources related to OSH

For assistance please contact: Pam Thornton or the CHS Library Team
Librarian: School of Exercise, Biomedical and Health Sciences