Technical databases

Sources of incident data include a variety of public-domain databases, technical literature, and news accounts (Appendix E). Sources are categorized in Appendix E as reviewed only if incident data did not meet the CSB definition of reactive chemical incident (Section 1.3). 

The Central OPCW Analytical Database, Technical Secretariat of the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, The Hague, 2002, Version 5. 

Note The numbers do not follow sequentially. They refer to the document numbers in the EIPPCB database (Technical material on Smitheries and Foundries). Only the references... 

Laver, J. Principles of Phonetics. Cambridge Cambridge University Press (1995). Laver, J., Alexander, M., Bennet, C. et al. Speech segmentation criteria for the ATR/CSTR database. Technical report. Centre for Speech Technology Research, University... 

Grbmping, U., Pfeiffer, M., Stock, W. (2007). Deliverable 7.1 Statistical Methods for Improving the Usability of Existing Accident Databases. Technical Report. Project No. 027763— TRACE. 

Free text continuous text, which is not structured according to database-technical conventions, e.g. single fields. 

The user is often more interested in the contents than in the technical organization of databases. The wide variety of data allows the classification of databases in chemistry into literature, factual (alphanumeric), and structural types (Figure 5-10) [12, 13). 

SCISEARCH contains bibliographic citations (links) to publications in science and technology. The database represents the electronic online version of the expanded Science Citation Index (SCI) and parts from the Current Contents of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). More than 5900 science and technical journals are included in the database with more than 20 million records (October, 2002). Searches can be performed on the bibliographic data, along with where, and how often, an author or publication is dted. 

Patent databases aie databases containing information gathered froin patent documents [46]. These describe both the technical aspects and the scope of a patent (patent protection) and arc specific to a country or a group of countries (Tabic 5-4). 

Bibliographic/Technical. The principal databases in which bibhographic chemical information is stored are hsted in Table 1. Examples of the use of these databases include searching the CA file to find the pubhshed work of a certain author, or the World Textiles file to determine the extent of weft knitting machinery use in Europe. 

NTIS Bibliographic Database U.S. National Technical BRS, Data-Star, Dialog, government research... 

CS4JSI/SND. The Canadian Scientific Numeric Database Service (CAN/ SND) is provided by the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (ClSTl), a division of the National Research Council of Canada. It contains 140,000 ir spectra of 96,000 compounds. Entries consist of peak locations and some intensities. This system is searchable on-line using the SPIR (Search Program for Infrared Spectra) (85). Table 9 summarizes the available databases in the area of spectra. 

Technical Database Services, Inc. (IDS) Michigan State Depart-ment of Natural Resources... 

ISI is available in hard copy and electronically at EPA s headquarters and regional Hbraries, and through the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). The electronic form may be installed on IBM PC-compatible computers or placed on local area networks, and mn under Microsoft WINDOWS or WordPerfect s Library program. The Macintosh version is no longer available. The 1993 update will include the ISI hardcopy, PC disks, and the PC system user manual. EPA also pubHshes ACCESS EPA, which provides sources of information, databases, and pubHcations within the EPA. Chapter 5 of that pubhcation includes important environmental databases in air and soHd waste, pesticides and toxic substances, water, and cross-program (110). EPA also provides databases accessible through EPA Hbraries, which describe the private EPA and commercial databases available to Hbrary users (111). 

Technical data. Technical Databases Services, Inc. (1DS)-Numerica. New York. 

Sodium Silicate-Oil and Hac rdous Materials—Technical Assistance Data System, National Institute of Health, Washington, D.C. (an on-line database). 

Sodium Sulfide Wet Scrubber for Oxides of Nitrogen (NO ) Mbsorption, Technical Service Bulletin, PPG Industries, New Martinsville, W. Va., 1995. Chemtox Database, on DIALOG File 337, Dialog Information Services, Palo Alto, Calif., last updated June 6, 1993. 

NIOSHTIC on compact disc from the Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety (ean buy at CCOHS web site). "NIOSHTIC(R) is a bibliographie database which provides comprehensive international coverage of documents on occupational health and safety, as well as related fields. It eontains detailed summaries of over 200,000 articles, reports and publications, spanning over 100 years. NIOSHTIC(R) sources include over 160 scientific and technical journals, NIOSH reports (published and unpublished), NIOSH research bibliographies, abstracts from CIS Abstracts, and personal files from respected professionals on selected topics. 

Microcomputer version of EPA s Oil and Hazardous Materials Technical Assistance Database. Contains emergency response, physical and chemical properties, and hazards of 1400 compound. Requires 640K memory and lOMeg hard disk. 

NIOSHTIC - NIOSH Technical Information Center Database... 

All surveyors need a database of technical information, which should include reports of accidents or of defects that could lead to accidents derived from other sources. He also needs a regular supply of technical documentation from his head office that keeps him abreast of technical developments. If his company operates an effective quality assurance system, they will periodically check that he is keeping these data properly and they may control the indexing of them. 

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