OSH UPDATE

Want to keep up-to-date in worldwide occupational health, safety, hygiene, road safety, water safety, environment trends and the latest information?

Do budget constraints not allow you to buy all the journals, newsletters and documents that contain the latest information? Can’t afford the time to search for the latest information, legislation and standards? No staff to search for this information? And no time yourself to spend hours searching for information?

Then this very affordable, very successful Internet based service OSH UPDATE, from Sheila Pantry Associates Ltd is the answer for you. Powered by Head Software International’s Headfast/Discovery Internet publishing software, OSH UPDATE contains over 820,000 references and is regularly updated as new information is published.

Searchers should also be aware that the myth abounding in the world that “everything is published on the Internet and is free” is just NOT true!

Quickly gain access to legislation, guidance and advice that is up-to-date and relevant – take a 15-day Free trial of OSH UPDATE – the service that is focused, affordable, easy to use and continuously updated as new data is published.

OSH UPDATE is accessible via the Internet Service www.oshupdate.com.

So what will you find in OSH UPDATE?

This aggregation of databases contains thousands of relevant references with abstracts or keywords and will keep you and your colleagues alerted to hot topics such as the health risks of nanotechnology, corporate killing and corporate social responsibility, bio-terrorism, management of road risks, preparedness and business continuity, risk assessment.

Full Text Collection

The Full Text Collection contains over 200,000 pages of easily searchable full text documents, which are continually being added to in the following databases:

• EU Legislation – European Union Legislation
• UK Legislation – Acts and SIs relevant to health, safety, environment, chemical, etc.
• European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
• International Full Text Collection – Documents from a wide variety of organisations
• ILO (International Labour Organisation) Conventions, Protocols and Recommendations

Bibliographic Collection

You will find databases from worldwide authoritative sources included:

1. British Standards Institution – references
2. CCOHS – Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety – links to full text
3. CISDOC – The Health and Safety Information Centre of The International Labour Organisation – increasingly links to full text
4. HSELINE UK Health and Safety Executive Information Services – some links to full text
5. International Bibliographic, produced by Sheila Pantry Associates Ltd – references
6. Major Hazards Accidents and Incidents Database (MHAID), produced by Sheila Pantry Associates Ltd – references with some links to full text
7. IRSST – Canada IRSST Institute database of health and safety research reports – majority links to full text
8. NIOSHTIC US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health – majority references
9. NIOSHTIC-2 – US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health – majority links to full text
10. RILOSH – Ryerson International Labour Occupational Safety and Health – references
11. RoSPA – UK Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Information Services – UK references – some links to full text starting to be added

Records have links to the full text where possible – this is all done for you!

OSH UPDATE is expanding – we are continuing to make agreements with other well-known information producers around the world and these databases will also be included. As well as the latest information, many reference sources go back 80 or more years and so a valuable tool for researchers.

Costs

Contact Sheila Pantry Associates Ltd for prices for single, multi-users and consortia users. Why not join up with others to make a consortium?

The prices reflect our aim to bring health and safety guidance, advice, research, journal articles, papers, standards to the attention of health and safety practitioners and managers, researchers, trade union safety representatives, occupational physicians, information specialists in industry, colleges and universities, government staff, inspectors, university and college safety directors, university and college lecturers and those in training – at a cost that is affordable and a service that is time efficient.