Herbal Medicine
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AMED : Allied and Alternative Medicine (1985-)
Subject : complementary therapies; physiotherapy, occupational therapy, podiatry, rehabilitation, particularly in the UK & Europe. Access : http://search.ebscohost.com/athens.asp
Medline (1966 -)
Herbal & alternative therapies information as published in mainstream
medical & healthcare journals. Worldwide coverage.
http://search.ebscohost.com/athens.asp
Database access requires your Athens username/password.
British Nursing Index (1985 - );
herbal & alternative therapies information as published in UK nursing
journals.
http://search.ebscohost.com/athens.asp
Database access requires your Athens username/password
CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature, (1982-)
herbal & alternative therapies information as published in U.S. nursing
journals. North America & worldwide coverage. Includes much full text.
http://search.ebscohost.com/athens.asp
CAB Abstracts (1973 -)
plant science, agriculture, human health & nutrition,
conservation of natural resources.
http://gateway.ovid.com/athens
Database access requires your Athens username/password.
Cochrane Library Critical reviews of research-based health care. Subject-based reviews; abstracts of effectiveness of treatments. http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/cochrane_search_fs.html
Herbalgram online version of the print journal, available to Napier staff & students. Internet: http://herbalgram.org/herbalgram Username = napieruniv@herbalgram.org Password = napier2007
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
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
http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/booths/altmed.html
National Research Register
Govt. commissioned health care research [DoH, Scottish Office, Welsh
Office]. Database of reports of completed and active research projects.
Internet: http://www.nrr.nhs.uk
National Centre For Complementary & Alternative Medicine
Part of the USA National Institute of Health. Provides �CAM Index�,
A complementary therapies subset of the Medline journal articles
database.
http://nccam.nih.gov
BMJ: Complementary Medicine Series of recent articles published in the British Medical Journal. http://bmj.com/cgi/collection/complementary_medicine
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
Foundation For Integrated Health
Promotes the integrated delivery of safe, effective and efficient forms
of healthcare, including orthodox and complementary medicine.
http://www.fihealth.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
University Of Exeter and Plymouth. Complementary Medicine Group
One of the main UK HE sources of research in complementary medicine.
Dept headed by Professor Edzard Ernst.
http://www.pms.ac.uk/compmed
Intute: health and life sciences
Gateway for high quality biological &plant information; ethnobotany.
Includes Bioresearch (biological); MedHist (medical history), Natural History
(and Agriculture, Food and Forestry gateways.
Formerly known as BIOME.
http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/
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/
Key Journals
Journal of ethnopharmacology
Fitoterapia Phytomedicine
Journal of phytopathology New phytologist
Journal of natural products (access available on campus only)
Phytochemistry
These titles are available in print at Canaan Lane �
Journal of herbal pharmacotherapy Journal of essential oil research
