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January/February 2006: Issue 128
Alternative Medicine Resources
http://nccam.nih.gov/ - FREE online **
NCCAM is dedicated to exploring complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous science, training complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) researchers, and disseminating authoritative information to the public and professionals.
http://www.library.uams.edu–Select “Clinical Resources”, then “Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews” (full-text) *
The Cochrane Library is considered the best source of quality systematic reviews of complementary therapies. Search by treatment name and/or disease name. Through the UAMS Library abstracts and full text (within the EBM Topic Reviews) are available. The Cochrane database and abstracts are available FREE online: www.cochrane.org
Use PubMed to find biomedical literature about specific alternative treatments. You can search PubMed by topic and/or “Limit” to a subject subset of Complementary Medicine. The results may include CAM MeSH headings and headings as well as selected CAM journals.
http://www.library.uams.edu – Select Databases *
http://www.library.uams.edu – Select Databases *
Find journal literature on complementary therapies indexed in CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature), PsycInfo, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, Academic Source Elite, and SocIndex.
http://www.library.uams.edu – Select Clinical Resources *
Clinical Pharmacology is primarily a drug information and medication management resource which includes nutritionals, herbals, and investigative drugs.
Natural Standards Database
http://www.library.uams.edu – Select Databases *
This resource was founded by clinicians and researchers to provide high quality, evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies. This international multidisciplinary collaboration now includes contributors from more than 100 eminent academic institutions. Through the UAMS Library the full database is available.
Sections of the resource are available FREE from MedlinePlus: http://medlineplus.gov/.
http://www.library.uams.edu – Select Databases *
This resource is an evidence-based clinical tool. It allows the searching of natural products, natural product/drug interactions, and includes an effectiveness checker.
Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange
http://cirrie.buffalo.edu/search/index.php FREE online **
The CIRRIE Database of International Rehabilitation Research currently contains over 25,000 citations of international rehabilitation research published between 1990 and the present. Literature about exercise and behavioral therapies are included.
http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ FREE online **
Locate clinical trials involving alternative treatments by management or disease name. Some examples include acupuncture, massage, herbs such as Ginkgo biloba, dietary supplements such as glucosamine, chondroitin, saw palmetto, and soy. Examples of diseases and conditions being studied include arthritis, neurological disorders, cardiovascular disease, and cancer.
* These links go to the UAMS Library Home Page. The directions following are for the appropriate link and/or links within the libraries Online Resources. This provides the opportunity to best utilize the libraries full resources.
** These links are to freely available and publicly accessable websites.