Herbal Medicine
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| + | * [http://search.ebscohost.com/athens.asp AMED : Allied and Alternative Medicine (1985-)] | ||
| + | Complementary therapies; physiotherapy, occupational therapy, | ||
| + | podiatry, rehabilitation, particularly in the UK & Europe. | ||
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| - | Medline (1966 -) | + | * [http://search.ebscohost.com/athens.asp Medline (1966 -)] |
Herbal & alternative therapies information as published in mainstream | Herbal & alternative therapies information as published in mainstream | ||
medical & healthcare journals. Worldwide coverage. | medical & healthcare journals. Worldwide coverage. | ||
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Database access requires your Athens username/password. | Database access requires your Athens username/password. | ||
| - | British Nursing Index (1985 - ) | + | * [http://search.ebscohost.com/athens.asp British Nursing Index (1985 - )] |
| - | + | Herbal & alternative therapies information as published in UK nursing | |
journals. | journals. | ||
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Database access requires your Athens username/password | Database access requires your Athens username/password | ||
| - | CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature, (1982-) | + | * [http://search.ebscohost.com/athens.asp CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature, (1982-)] |
herbal & alternative therapies information as published in U.S. nursing | herbal & alternative therapies information as published in U.S. nursing | ||
journals. North America & worldwide coverage. Includes much full text. | journals. North America & worldwide coverage. Includes much full text. | ||
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| - | + | * [http://gateway.ovid.com/athens CAB Abstracts (1973 -)] | |
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plant science, agriculture, human health & nutrition, | plant science, agriculture, human health & nutrition, | ||
conservation of natural resources. | conservation of natural resources. | ||
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Database access requires your Athens username/password. | Database access requires your Athens username/password. | ||
| - | Cochrane Library | + | * [http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/cochrane_search_fs.html Cochrane Library] |
Critical reviews of research-based health care. Subject-based reviews; | Critical reviews of research-based health care. Subject-based reviews; | ||
abstracts of effectiveness of treatments. | abstracts of effectiveness of treatments. | ||
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| - | + | * [http://herbalgram.org/herbalgram Herbalgram] | |
| - | Herbalgram | + | |
online version of the print journal, available to Napier staff & students. | online version of the print journal, available to Napier staff & students. | ||
| - | Internet: | + | Internet: |
Password available from NULIS | Password available from NULIS | ||
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Herbal Library Includes: HerbMed – evidence-based resource of scientific data | Herbal Library Includes: HerbMed – evidence-based resource of scientific data | ||
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| - | Bandolier : Complementary & Alternative Therapies | + | * [http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/booths/altmed.html Bandolier : Complementary & Alternative Therapies] |
Reviews of clinical trials and systematic reviews in the field of CAT from Bandolier, the online journal of evidence-based healthcare | Reviews of clinical trials and systematic reviews in the field of CAT from Bandolier, the online journal of evidence-based healthcare | ||
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| - | National Research Register | + | * http://www.nrr.nhs.uk National Research Register] |
Govt. commissioned health care research [DoH, Scottish Office, Welsh | Govt. commissioned health care research [DoH, Scottish Office, Welsh | ||
Office]. Database of reports of completed and active research projects. | Office]. Database of reports of completed and active research projects. | ||
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| - | National Centre For Complementary & Alternative Medicine | + | * [http://nccam.nih.gov National Centre For Complementary & Alternative Medicine] |
Part of the USA National Institute of Health. Provides “CAM Index”, | Part of the USA National Institute of Health. Provides “CAM Index”, | ||
A complementary therapies subset of the Medline journal articles | A complementary therapies subset of the Medline journal articles | ||
database. | database. | ||
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| - | BMJ: Complementary Medicine | + | |
| + | * [http://bmj.com/cgi/collection/complementary_medicine BMJ: Complementary Medicine] | ||
Series of recent articles published in the British Medical Journal. | Series of recent articles published in the British Medical Journal. | ||
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Subject Areas
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Complementary therapies; physiotherapy, occupational therapy, podiatry, rehabilitation, particularly in the UK & Europe.
Herbal & alternative therapies information as published in mainstream medical & healthcare journals. Worldwide coverage. Database access requires your Athens username/password.
Herbal & alternative therapies information as published in UK nursing journals. Database access requires your Athens username/password
herbal & alternative therapies information as published in U.S. nursing journals. North America & worldwide coverage. Includes much full text. plant science, agriculture, human health & nutrition, conservation of natural resources. Database access requires your Athens username/password. Critical reviews of research-based health care. Subject-based reviews; abstracts of effectiveness of treatments. online version of the print journal, available to Napier staff & students. Internet: Password available from NULIS Herbal Library Includes: HerbMed – evidence-based resource of scientific data HerbClip - critical reviews of important news articles. Complete German Commission E Monographs Expanded Commission E Monographs and other information from the American Botanical Council
Reviews of clinical trials and systematic reviews in the field of CAT from Bandolier, the online journal of evidence-based healthcare
Govt. commissioned health care research [DoH, Scottish Office, Welsh Office]. Database of reports of completed and active research projects.
Part of the USA National Institute of Health. Provides “CAM Index”, A complementary therapies subset of the Medline journal articles database.
Series of recent articles published in the British Medical Journal.
Research Council For Complementary Medicine Promotes & facilitates rigorous research in complementary medicine. CISCOM research article database available for a small charge. http://www.rccm.org.uk
House of Lords Select Committee on Science & Technology. Sixth Report, Session 1999-2000: Complementary & Alternative medicine. Full-text of the recent House of Lords report on CAM in the UK. http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld199900/ldselect/ldsctech/123/12301.htm
Intute: health and life sciences - medicine Gateway for high quality internet healthcare information; UK and worldwide (formerly known as OMNI). http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/medicine/
Journal of ethnopharmacology Fitoterapia Phytomedicine Journal of phytopathology New phytologist Journal of natural products (access available on campus only) Phytochemistry
Journal of herbal pharmacotherapy Journal of essential oil research
Online texts A Modern herbal This is a hypertext version of A Modern Herbal by Mrs M.Grieve, first published in 1931. It contains information on the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic and economic properties, cutivation and folklore of herbs. http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/mgmh.html Missouri Botanical Garden Library MBG library : rare books http://www.botanicus.org/ - a collection of digitised historical herbal texts from the mid 1700s onwards. Journals ABC Of Complementary Medicine: Herbal Medicine [article] This article which appeared in the 16th October 1999 issue of the British Medical Journal is a good starting point for people wanting to discover more about herbal medicine. http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7216/1050
British Herbal Medical Association The British Herbal Medical Association (BHMA) was founded in 1964 to advance herbal medicine practice in the UK, and to ensure continued statutory recognition. http://www.bhma.info/
National Institute of Medical Herbalists UK based professional association for herbal practitioners and training schools, founded in 1864. http://www.nimh.org.uk/ Scottish School of Herbal Medicine founded in 1992 and dedicated to the furthering of Herbal knowledge and education." This site gives a prospectus for the School. It offers courses in Herbalism and also Clinical Aromatherapy and Massage. http://www.herbalmedicine.org.uk/rootpages/home.shtml American Botanical Council Promotes the safe and effective use of medicinal plants and herbs. Information available on herbal medicine and news relating to medicinal plants and phytomedicines. Produces the journal “HerbalGram.” http://www.herbalgram.org Napier has online access to this journal. Please ask at a service desk for the username and password.
Images University of Washington. Department of Botany. Medicinal Herb Garden Images of herbs in the garden by botanical and common name. http://nnlm.gov/pnr/uwmhg Consumer Information MedlinePlus : Procedures and Therapies A wonderful collection of quality resources (mainly USA), aimed at consumers, on all aspects of herbal medicine. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/herbalmedicine.html General Phytopharmacognosy Research of the Phytochemistry and Pharmacognosy research group at Middlesex University, headed by Dr. J. Wilkinson. Focuseson the scientific aspects of herbal medicines. http://www.phytochemistry.freeserve.co.uk __________________________________________________________________________________ Ethnobotany Amazon Conservation Team Home page of the Amazon Conservation Team (ACT), an American charitable organisation devoted to "helping the rainforest peoples manage and protect their cultures". This site includes information of current field projects in Brazil, Suriname, Columbia, Brazil and Costa Rica, with images and descriptions. http://www.amazonteam.org Classic ethnobotanical texts This Web page gives access to six ethnobotanical texts as PDF documents. The page is supplied by Michael Moore of the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine. Texts included are Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighbouring Tribes of British Columbia by Harlan I. Smith, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi by Huron H. Smith, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians by Huron H. Smith (parts one and two), Ethnobotany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah by Ralph V. Chamberlin, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians By Matilda Coxe Stevenson, and Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians by Wilfred Robbins, John Peabody, and Barbara Friere-Marreco (parts one and two) http://www.swsbm.com/Ethnobotany/Ethnobotany.html
Plant Trivia Timeline This site from the Huntington Botanical Gardens provides a simple timeline illustrating major events in the botanical history of the earth and the role plants have played in human civilisation. Written by James P. Folsom, this resource aims to chronicle "the interaction between plants and humans as well as enlivening the way we view plants". http://www.huntington.org/BotanicalDiv/Timeline_org.html Society for Economic Botany Home page of the Society for Economic Botany (SEB), a society "devoted to the past, present and future uses of plants". The site gives free access to the Society's annual report, to its Plants and People Newsletter and contents lists of its peer-reviewed print journal Economic Botany (available to download in PDF format). Further pages offer information on the Society's, constitution, activities, awards, membership, links and a professional ethics section. A student section provides listings of graduate and undergraduate programmes in ethnobotany, and a discussion forum http://www.econbot.org Resource information on this list has been sourced from the databases of the Intute Health and Life Sciences gateway http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/ |
