<s>
SafetyLit	B-Application
(	O
short	O
for	O
"	O
Safety	O
Literature	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
bibliographic	B-Library
database	I-Library
and	O
online	O
update	O
of	O
recently	O
published	O
scholarly	O
research	O
of	O
relevance	O
to	O
those	O
interested	O
in	O
the	O
broad	O
field	O
of	O
injury	O
prevention	O
and	O
safety	O
promotion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initiated	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
SafetyLit	B-Application
is	O
a	O
project	O
of	O
the	O
SafetyLit	B-Application
Foundation	O
in	O
cooperation	O
with	O
the	O
San	O
Diego	O
State	O
University	O
College	O
of	O
Health	O
&	O
Human	O
Services	O
and	O
the	O
World	O
Health	O
Organization	O
-	O
Department	O
of	O
Violence	O
and	O
Injury	O
Prevention	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
US	O
National	O
Library	O
of	O
Medicine	O
's	O
(	O
NLM	O
)	O
PubMed	B-Library
system	O
,	O
SafetyLit	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	O
service	O
that	O
is	O
distributed	O
without	O
commercial	O
messages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
many	O
online	O
literature	B-Library
databases	I-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
PubMed	B-Library
has	O
a	O
bio-medicine	O
focus	O
,	O
PsycINFO	O
focuses	O
upon	O
behavioral	O
issues	O
,	O
Compendex	O
on	O
engineering	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
other	O
bibliographic	B-Library
databases	I-Library
can	O
focus	O
upon	O
the	O
publications	O
of	O
only	O
one	O
or	O
two	O
professional	O
disciplines	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
known	O
since	O
the	O
early	O
20th	O
Century	O
that	O
issues	O
relevant	O
to	O
safety	O
research	O
and	O
policy	O
development	O
arise	O
from	O
many	O
distinct	O
disciplines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
SafetyLit	B-Application
draws	O
its	O
content	O
from	O
many	O
disciplines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SafetyLit	B-Application
also	O
indexes	O
selected	O
doctoral	O
theses	O
and	O
relevant	O
technical	O
reports	O
from	O
government	O
agencies	O
and	O
NGOs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
for	O
SafetyLit	B-Application
came	O
from	O
an	O
electronic	O
mailing	O
list	O
service	O
provided	O
in	O
the	O
early-1990s	O
by	O
Sandra	O
Bonzo	O
and	O
other	O
librarians	O
at	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Centers	O
for	O
Disease	O
Control	O
and	O
Prevention	O
(	O
CDC	O
)	O
,	O
National	O
Center	O
for	O
Injury	O
Prevention	O
and	O
Control	O
(	O
NCIPC	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
bibliographic	O
update	O
was	O
a	O
print-out	O
of	O
article	O
citations	O
from	O
Medline	O
that	O
were	O
indexed	O
with	O
selected	O
MeSH	B-Algorithm
terms	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
treatment	O
and	O
prevention	O
of	O
injuries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NCIPC	O
update	O
service	O
ended	O
in	O
late	O
1994	O
,	O
about	O
one	O
year	O
before	O
the	O
National	O
Library	O
of	O
Medicine	O
began	O
providing	O
an	O
experimental	O
version	O
of	O
PubMed	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
help	O
fill	O
the	O
gap	O
from	O
that	O
loss	O
,	O
SafetyLit	B-Application
began	O
in	O
early	O
1995	O
as	O
a	O
simple	O
email	O
message	O
sent	O
to	O
about	O
20	O
people	O
who	O
were	O
affiliated	O
with	O
the	O
CDC-funded	O
state	O
Disability	O
Prevention	O
Programs	O
in	O
Louisiana	O
and	O
a	O
few	O
other	O
U.S.	O
states	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SafetyLit	B-Application
message	O
omitted	O
the	O
treatment	O
references	O
to	O
concentrate	O
upon	O
prevention	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
more	O
and	O
more	O
people	O
learned	O
about	O
SafetyLit	B-Application
,	O
the	O
mailing	O
list	O
expanded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
1997	O
PubMed	B-Library
began	O
to	O
index	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
journals	O
beyond	O
the	O
restrictive	O
Medline	O
core	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
that	O
time	O
SafetyLit	B-Application
began	O
using	O
PubMed	B-Library
as	O
its	O
source	O
because	O
1	O
)	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
free	O
service	O
;	O
2	O
)	O
its	O
increased	O
scope	O
beyond	O
Medline	O
journals	O
;	O
and	O
3	O
)	O
improvements	O
to	O
the	O
PubMed	B-Library
query	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
1999	O
,	O
several	O
publishing	O
companies	O
began	O
supplying	O
their	O
journal	O
article	O
citation	O
metadata	O
and	O
author	O
's	O
abstracts	O
to	O
SafetyLit	B-Application
and	O
the	O
journal	O
sources	O
expanded	O
far	O
beyond	O
the	O
bio-medicine	O
material	O
that	O
was	O
available	O
through	O
PubMed	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
the	O
SafetyLit	B-Application
update	O
service	O
moved	O
from	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
lengthy	O
flat-file	O
newsletters	O
to	O
a	O
database-driven	O
dynamic	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
email	O
newsletter	O
became	O
a	O
simple	O
announcement	O
that	O
a	O
pdf	O
version	O
of	O
Update	O
Bulletin	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
SafetyLit	B-Application
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
mid-2013	O
,	O
to	O
sustain	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
the	O
languishing	O
VioLit	O
database	O
,	O
SafetyLit	B-Application
formed	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
the	O
Center	O
for	O
the	O
Study	O
and	O
Prevention	O
of	O
Violence	O
(	O
CSPV	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
research	O
program	O
of	O
the	O
Institute	O
of	O
Behavioral	O
Science	O
(	O
IBS	O
)	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Colorado	O
at	O
Boulder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
VioLit	O
expanded	O
article	O
reviews	O
were	O
added	O
to	O
existing	O
SafetyLit	B-Application
records	O
where	O
there	O
is	O
overlap	O
of	O
the	O
database	O
contents	O
and	O
VioLit	O
items	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
missing	O
from	O
SafetyLit	B-Application
were	O
also	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
loss	O
of	O
this	O
revenue	O
stream	O
the	O
SafetyLit	B-Application
Foundation	O
was	O
incorporated	O
as	O
a	O
tax	O
exempt	O
organization	O
to	O
facilitate	O
independent	O
funding	O
.	O
</s>
