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Alternative Medicine - Selected Resources

Table of Contents

• Abstracts and Indexes
• Catalogs and Bibliographies
• General Reference Sources
• Internet Resources
• Societies, Agencies, and Organizations
• Style Manuals and Writing Guides

Subject Description: This subject covers: a heterogeneous set of practices offered as an alternative to conventional medicine,including acupuncture, herbal medicine, and many others.

Abstracts and Indexes

Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject Indexes

AGRICOLA    
    1970 - present, updated monthly.
Search here to find citations and abstracts for articles from over 600 periodicals, as well as USDA and state experiment station and extension publications, and selected books on agriculture, animal husbandry, animal and human nutrition, forestry, pl.....
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AMED - Allied and Complementary Medicine    
    1985 - present
Subjects covered include acupuncture, terminal care, symptom control, osteopathy, Chinese medicine, homeopathy, rehabilitation, occupational therapy, chiropractic, holistic treatments, and podiatry.

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CINAHL    
    1982 - present, updated monthly.Cinahl Information Systems..

Resource Guide: http://support.ebsco.com/training/flash_videos/ehost2/2.0.htm

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
These databases contain information on the activity of chemicals in plants, and ethnobotanical uses for plants. Databases are searchable by plant(scientific or common name), chemical (e.g., ascorbic acid), or activity (e.g., antiviral)......
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Hypnosis and Related States Research Database
Database from the Society of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis containing 11465 references to hypnosis related materials in journals and books......
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IBIDS - International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements
    1986 - present
IBIDS contains bibliographic records, including abstracts published in international scientific journals on the topic of dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, herbal and botanical supplements from the Office of Dietary Supplements at the.....
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Index to Chiropractic Literature
    1985 - present
Index to Chiropractic Literature is created by a group of health science librarians working in chiropractic colleges throughout the world. It includes citations to articles in 40 journals, and is searchable by keyword, subject, or author......
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MEDLINE (OVID)    
    1966 - present, updated weekly.
Resource Guide: http://www.biomed.lib.umn.edu/files/SearchingOvid.pdf

Native American Ethnobotany Database
-- Database of the materials found in the book, American Indian Ethnobotany by Daniel E Moerman PhD at University of Michigan. Information includes plant use, and references. .....
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Native Health History Database
-- Database by the Indian Health Service and the University of New Mexico covering the history of Native Heath with citations from 1652 to 1970. Contains citations regarding traditional foods, herbal remedies, shamanism, etc......
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PubMed - U of M Students, Staff & Faculty   
    1950 to present
Resource Guide: http://www.biomed.lib.umn.edu/help/guides/pubmedtutorial

General Indexes to Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles

Academic Search Premier    
    Coverage varies, some starting with 1975 - present, updated continuously.
Sources Indexed: http://www.epnet.com/titleLists/ap-fulltext.htm
This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education.
The world's.....
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Health and Medicine in the News
    May 1994 - present.
Lists citations to health-related articles reported in the Star Tribune - Newspaper of the Twin Cities [Minneapolis Edition]......
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LexisNexis Academic  
    Varies by title.
LexisNexis Academic is a collection of online databases: News, Business (plus corporate news and corporate financials), Legal, Medical, and Reference. International news sources are included. .....
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Indexes, Other

HerbMed
An interactive, electronic herbal database - provides hyperlinked access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health. .....
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Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database  Therapeutic Research (publisher of Pharmacist's Letter and Prescriber's Letter).

Resource Guide: http://www.biomed.lib.umn.edu/help/guides/natural

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Catalogs and Bibliographies

Catalogs

MNCAT Classic
Search MNCAT, the libraries' catalog, to find books, journals, etc. owned by the library. Search by keyword, subject, title, or author for materials on your topic. We recommend MNCAT Classic for searching South Asia materials. The authors and ti.....
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General Reference Sources

Dictionaries

Mosby's Dictionary of Complementary & Alternative Medicine edited by Wayne B. Jonas. Elsevier Mosby. 2005.

Library Location: Bio-Medical Library Reference W13 M8937 2005
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Stedman's Alternative and Complementary Medicine Words Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2005. 2nd ed..

Library Location: Bio-Medical Library WB15 S812 2005
A-Z word list -- Appendices. Anatomical illustrations -- Acupuncture and acupressure meridians and points Chinese/English; English/Chinese -- Chakras -- Common enzymes -- Herbs; scientific names/common names; common names/ scientific names -- Common .....
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Dictionary of natural products: terms in the field of pharmacognosy
Library Location: BIO-MED Reference QV13 H685d 1997; MAGRATH Reference RS160 .H55 1997
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Stedman's Medical Dictionary Thomas L. Stedman. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2006. 28th.

Library Location: BIO-MED Reference W13 S812m 2006
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General Reference Works

Natural Standard  
Resource Guide: http://www.biomed.lib.umn.edu/help/guides/natural_standard

Handbooks and Manuals

Natural Standard Herb & Supplement Handbook : the Clinical Bottom Line Ethan M. Basch, chief editor ; Catherine E. Ulbricht, chief editor.. Elsevier Mosby. 2005.

Library Location: Bio-Medical Library Reference QV39 N285 2005
This handbook on 91 commonly used herbs and supplements contains essential information on safety, efficacy, and interactions......
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Handbook of Medicinal Herbs James A. Duke ; with Mary Jo Bogenschutz-Godwin, Judi duCellier, Peggy-Ann K. Duke.. CRC Press. 2002. 2nd ed..

Library Location: Bio-Medical Library Reference QV767 D877h 2002 ; Magrath Library Reference QK99.A1 D83 2002
Entries include synonyms, activities, indications for use, dosage, contraindications, interactions, and side effects, extracts, and illustrations of the plant. Previously published: CRC handbook of medicinal herbs......
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Professional's Handbook of Complementary and Alternative Medicines C.W. Fetrow, Juan R. Avila.. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2004. 3rd ed..

Library Location: Bio-Medical Library Reference WB39 F419p 2004
Covers the history of complementary and alternative medicines and discusses the uses, risks, and regulations of alternative versus traditional medicine. Each of the alternative medicine monographs includes the generic name, synonyms, taxonomic class.....
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Internet Resources

Gateways & Megasites

Alternative Medicine Home Page
List of websites, databases, and mailing lists regarding Alternative Medicine collected by staff at the Falk Library of the Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh......
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NOAH: Complementary and Alternative Medicine New York Online Access to Health: NOAH.

NOAH (New York Online Access to Health) provides access to high quality full-text consumer health information in English and Spanish that is accurate, timely, relevant and unbiased......
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Web Sites

MedlinePlus: Alternative Medicine
Quality, pre-evaluated information about alternative and complementary medicine, including news, overviews, specific conditions, and more......
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MedlinePlus: Complementary and Alternative Therapies Topics
Quality, pre-evaluated information on topics such as acupuncture, chiropractic, herbals, and other complementary and alternative therapies......
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Societies, Agencies, and Organizations

Official Agency & Organization Websites

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCAM)
    1963 - presentNational Institutes of Health.

Division of the NIH concerned with alternative medicine. Resources include CAM citation index listing articles from 1963 - present, research grant information and bibliographies......
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Style Manuals and Writing Guides

Bibliography Software

RefWorks: Personal Citation Manager   
RefWorks is a web-based citation manager that allows you to create your own databases of citations by importing references from MNCAT and other databases, and then in seconds automatically generate bibliographies in all major styles (MLA, APA, Turabi.....
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Style Manuals

National Library of Medicine Recommended Formats for Bibliographic Citation Karen Patrias. Bethesda, MD : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, Reference Section. 1991.

Library Location: BIO-MED Reference WZ345 P314n 1991
Includes recommended citation format styles for journals, books, conference publications, patents, audio visuals, electronic information, maps, legal materials, newspaper articles, bibliographies, dissertations, and scientific reports. "Internet for.....
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Writing Guides

How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper 6th.

Library Location: TC Magrath Library T11 .D33 2006

Concisely covers all aspects of science writing, from choosing a title to acknowledgments and references: submission strategies; other forms of science writing (book reviews, theses, presentations, posters); English language usage......
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Related Research Guides

Writing Guides, Style Manuals and the Publication Process in the Biological and Health Sciences

Last Updated: December 29, 2005, 2:37 pm