SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION ON TOXICOLOGICAL DATA OF CHEMICAL-SUBSTANCES IN SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES - SELECTION OF ESSENTIAL DATABASES FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCHES

By using information from printed and online database guides, 18 onlin e bibliographic databases (ED), which cover literature on toxicology w ere selected from 5 hosts. A search for literature containing informat ion on three selected chemicals was carried out with each of the datab ases, and the number of documents relevant to toxicology found in them was compared by computer-assisted analysis. Some databases yielded ve ry little information pertinent to toxicology, while others provided a considerable amount, In addition, the databases contained numerous du plicates (references common to more than one database). Most of the re levant documents could be obtained using only 8 of the 18 BDs selected . These databases are: Biosis Previews (BIOSIS), Chemical Abstracts (C A), Chemical Safety Newsbase (CSNB), Excerpta Medica (EMBASE), Nationa l Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Scisearch, Tox icology Information Online (TOXLINE) and the former Toxicology Literat ure (TOXLIT).