Health and Public Safety Databases

Alt.Health Watch full text articles	Provides articles from publications in all areas of alternative medicine. Including complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) data and statistics	Provides access to CCOHS data collections and standards, including: CHEMINFO MSDS/FTSS RTECS OHS References Only accessible from SAIT campus.
CSA Online standards	Contains the entire collection of CSA (Canadian Standards Association) standards and related documents. Only accessible from a SAIT campus.
e-CPS data and statistics	Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties. Provides access to current and comprehensive Canadian drug and therapeutic information. Also contains directories for health organizations, poison control centres and drug manufacturers. Access limited to 25 concurrent users. Users encountering a security certificate notice may safely accept the warning and proceed to e-CPS.
HazMat Zone data and statistics	Provides data to emergency responders, safety officers and others encountering hazardous materials in the workplace. Includes exposure level, health effects, first-aid guidelines and Material Safety Data Sheets. Access limited to 25 concurrent users.
Health Source Consumer Edition full text articles	Provides access to consumer health magazines, pamphlets and reference books.
Health Source Nursing/Academic Edition full text articles	Provides access to scholarly journals covering a broad range of medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong.
MEDLINE citation index	Contains authoritative information on medicine, nursing, dentistry,health care systems and many other medical disciplines. Provides citations and abstracts from over 4,800 current biomedical journals.
National Fire Codes (NFPA) standards	Provides access to all National Fire Protection Agency codes and standards. Access limited to 1 concurrent user
Nature full text articles	Provides comprehensive information about science and health.
NatureNews full text articles	Focussing on science topics, NatureNews provides news, features, analysis,and multimedia specials on all science topics. All of the news and features from the print edition of Nature appear on this site (often days before the journal has been printed), along with further content produced exclusively for online.
NetAnatomy anatomy database	Designed to teach human anatomy to students of the health professions, including undergraduate medical, health sciences, and nursing students. NetAnatomy also serves as a place to review anatomy after one’s initial exposure to the subject.
Practice-based Evidence in Nutrition (PEN) full text articles	Developed by Dietitians of Canada to provide authoritative, up-to-date evidence based information regarding food, nutrition and diet. Topics covered include institutional care, primary health care, public/community health, food service management and the pharmaceutical industry. Access limited to 18 concurrent users
ProQuest full text articles	A multidisciplinary database providing articles from thousands of popular and professional publications, newspapers, trade magazines and dissertations. Contains very broad subject coverage, including the arts, current news, business, technology and science.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection full text articles	Provides access to scholarly journals. Includes citations and abstracts from PsychINFO. Covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and methodolgy.

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