| Background Information and Reference Sources | ||
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The Alternative Advisor: Natural Therapies and Alternative Treatments Alternative Healing: The Complete A-Z Guide to Over 160 Different Alternative Therapies Alternative Health and Medicine Encyclopedia Alternative Health Care Resources Alternative Medicine Resource Guide The Complete Family Guide to Homeopathy Encyclopedia of Herbs and Their Uses Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine From Acupressure to Zen: An Encyclopedia of Natural Therapies Holistic Health Promotion and Complementary Therapies: A Resource for Integration Practice The Medical Advisor: The Complete Guide to Alternative and Conventional Therapies | ||
| Using The Catalog | ||
| You will find materials under subject headings and keywords such as: | ||
| Electronic Periodical Databases | ||
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AMED, the Allied and Complementary Medicine Database (AMED) covers journals in complementary medicine, palliative care, and several professions allied to medicine, 1985 on. | ||
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CINAHL, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health covers the period 1982 to date. Over 600 nursing and allied health journals are regularly reviewed and indexed, including Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine and Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. | ||
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Medline is produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and is widely recognized as the premier source for biomedical literature. MEDLINE is available from 1966+ and covers virtually every subject in the broad field of biomedicine, indexing articles from over 3,600 international journals. | ||
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Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database, provides evidence-based, clinical information on natural medicines, herbal medicines, and dietary supplements. Compiled by pharmacists and physicians, this database provides reliable information on safety and efficacy and is updated daily. | ||
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ProQuest Research Library indexes summaries of articles from over 5,000 publications, with many in full text, full image format. Indexing and abstracting backfiles date back to 1986. Broad subject areas include health, science, social sciences and psychology. | ||
| Periodical Indexes | ||
| The Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature is a paper index providing periodical indexing back to 1890. It is available in the Abplanalp Library reference area. | ||
| Journals | ||
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The following journals from the UNE Libraries will be especially helpful: | ||
| Internet Sources | ||
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The Alternative Medicine HomePage, University of Pittsburgh | ||
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| Roberta (Bobby) Gray, public services librarian, University of New England Libraries, Westbrook College Campus, 716 Stevens Ave., Portland, ME 04103 |