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Sheldon Margen Public Health Library

Services to the Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, DTSC, Cal/EPA

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Please note that Public Health Library services are not available
on UC Berkeley Academic and Administrative Holidays.


Quick Guide to Public Health Library Services

Document Delivery
Request a book, book chapter, journal article, standard, report, etc.

Full Text Electronic Journals
Access to numerous online journals

Library Cards
Apply for UC Berkeley borrowing privileges

Reference Service and Literature Searching
From quick reference to comprehensive literature searches

Current Awareness Service
Get current journal tables of contents

Training
- Request onsite training on a variety of topics

Electronic Books
Access to online books

Public Health Resources on the Internet
An extensive guide to public health web resources

On-Site Use
Come to the Public Health Library and use our facilities

Key Resources:

PubMed Use this URL to see a tab with all articles from your search that are available free full-text online. You will also see a tab denoting citations that discuss chemicals or substances in Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB), with a link to the HSDB record for each substance.
Kaye and Laby Online: Tables of Physical and Chemical Constants Includes data on mechanical properties, measurement, vapor pressures, solubilities, laboratory safety, quality assurance, and much more. You can browse by subject or search for your topic.
National Environmental Methods Index Compares and contrasts the performance and relative cost of analytical, text, and sampling methods for environmental monitoring.
Test Method Collections (EPA) Includes EPA Test Method Index.
NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods
Search for ASTM Standards
Search for ANSI Standards
Search for Material Safety Data Sheets
TOXLINE References from the toxicology and pharmacology literature.
IRIS Database of human health effects from environmental exposure.
NTIS Search for technical reports.
UC and Related Library Catalogs Melvyl, Pathfinder, GLADIS.
Quick Links
PubMed Help Help searching PubMed targeted to ECL users. Contains information on accessing articles, creating searches, refining searches, and more.
Pubmed's My NCBI - A Guide Use My NCBI to store searches, and to have saved searches run automatically, with the results e-mailed to you.
EndNote Help and Tutorials
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