Toxicology and Risk Assessment Information Resources for Librarians

ABSTRACT

Many librarians work with toxicologists and risk assessors seeking information about chemicals and hazardous substances of concern to human health and the environment. Therefore, this article reviews reliable, accurate, readily accessible, and user-friendly sources of toxicological and risk assessment information. A summary and description of pertinent toxicological data, literature, and profile sources is presented. The majority of the resources are available online; however, descriptions of several important print sources are included.

Key Words:

• Chemicals
• databases
• hazardous substances
• literature searching
• risk assessment
• toxicology