Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) are an essential resource for those working with hazardous chemicals and include physical and chemical characteristics, hazards, safe handling, emergency and first aid procedures and more.
http://www.ilpi.com/msds/index.html offers on the one hand information on what MSDS actually is (with two examples) and on the other hand it contains information on where you can find MSDS, on the internet or elsewhere.