Environmental Health Resource Guide

This guide provides information on how to locate resources relevant to environmental health.

Databases for Environmental Health

Academic Search Ultimate
Multidisciplinary database providing comprehensive access to a range of resources, including full-text peer-reviewed journal articles, across a broad range of subject areas.
Endnote: Direct export
APA-FT - Australian Public Affairs Full Text
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APAFT provides access to journal articles, newspapers, scholarly journals, conference papers and books on the social sciences and humanities, including coverage of a number of environmental health issues.
CINAHL Complete
Description: Provides full text for over 1,400 journals dating back to 1937, citations and abstracts for over 5,400 nursing, midwifery and allied health journals, and searchable cited references for more than 1,500 journals.
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Cochrane Library
Description: The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases providing full-text access to evidence based practice material. It provides evidence for clinical, technological & economic decisions made by health professionals & organisations.
Free to all Australian residents.
Endnote: Filter
Subjects covered: Nursing, midwifery, health
GreenFILE
Description: Indexes scholarly, government and general-interest resources related to human impact on the environment; provides full text of open access resources.
Endnote: Direct Export
Health Collection
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Description: Provides access to predominantly Australian information, including research articles, reports and case studies relevant to those in the therapeutic, diagnostic and preventative health fields, including nursing and midwifery.
Endnote: Filter or Direct export
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Description: Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.
Endnote: Direct export
OCCUP-HEALTHandSAFETYnetBASE
Note: this collection no longer exists as a separate product. All netBASE occupational health and safety e-books are now accessed via Library Search on the Library homepage.
Scopus
Description: A large indexing and abstracting database providing access to scientific, technical, medical and social sciences literature. It contains records going back to the 1960s, and provides citation links across a wide body of scientific abstracts.
Endnote: Direct

Journals

The journals listed below are a sample of the journals available online via Library Search.

To find a specific journal, do a Journal Search using the title of the journal.

Environmental Evidence
Environmental Health
Environmental Health Insights
Environmental Health Perspectives
Environmental Management and Health
International Journal of Environmental Health Research
Journal of Environmental Health
Journal of Environmental Health Research
Journal of Environmental and Public Health

Reference resources

The following links provide access to a number of reference resources relating to environmental health.

OCCUP-HEALTHandSAFETY netBASE
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Titles include:
Back Injury Among Healthcare Workers: Causes, Solutions, and Impacts
Definitions, Conversions, and Calculations for Occupational Safety and Health Professionals, Third Edition
Effective Safety and Health Training
Handbook of Environmental Health, Fourth Edition, Volume I: Biological, Chemical, and Physical Agents of Environmentally Related Disease
Handbook of Environmental Health, Fourth Edition, Volume II: Pollutant Interactions in Air, Water, and Soil
Illustrated Dictionary and Resource Directory of Environmental and Occupational Health, Second Edition
Industrial Safety and Health for Administrative Services
Industrial Safety and Health for Goods and Materials Services
Industrial Safety and Health for Infrastructure Services
Industrial Safety and Health for People-Oriented Services
Microorganisms in Home and Indoor Work Environments: Diversity, Health Impacts, Investigation and Control
Office Building Safety and Health
Radiation Risks in Perspective
Worker Exposure to Agrochemicals: Methods for Monitoring and Assessment
MedlinePlus
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This website brings together authoritative information from National Library of Medicine (NLM), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other United States government agencies and health-related organisations.

Library Search

Library Search can be used to find a wide range of information sources including books, ebooks, journal articles, streamed videos and Course Resources Online.

Use this box to start your search.