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General Databases
Site: The Alternative Medicine HomePage: Databases: Alternative Medicine Resources
Location: http://www.pitt.edu/~cbw/database.html
Description: A detailed listing of databases containing alternative medicine content, located at this site, which was created by Charles B. Wessel, Falk Library of the Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Some are fee based, others are publicly accessible. An annotation is provided for each listing describing the content of each of the databases.

Site: CARDS: Computer Access to Research on Dietary Supplememts (from the National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements)
Location: http://ods.od.nih.gov/showpage.aspx?pageid=26
Description: A free database of federally funded research projects pertaining to dietary supplements. It contains projects funded by the Institutes and Centers (ICs) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) beginning with fiscal year 1999.

Site: National Library of Medicine: MedlinePlus: Alternative Medicine
Location: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/alternativemedicine.html
Description: Listing of resources relating to alternative medicine from the National
Library of Medicine’s MedlinePlus database. Also visit related Medlineplus.gov subject pages:

•  Acupuncture: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/acupuncture.html

•  Cancer Alternative Therapy:
    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/canceralternativetherapy.html

•  Chiropractic: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/chiropractic.html

•  Herbal Medicine: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/herbalmedicine.html

•  Complementary & Alternative Therapies:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/complementaryandalternativetherapies.html

•  Procedures & Therapies:
   http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/proceduresandtherapies.html

•  Wellness & Lifestyle:  
   http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/wellnessandlifestyle.html

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Site: National Library of Medicine: CAM on PubMed
Location: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nccam/camonpubmed.html
Description: This version of PubMed, the National Library of Medicine’s interface to the MEDLINE database, automatically limits to the Complementary Medicine journal subset.

Site: National Library of Medicine’s NN/LM: Complementary and Alternative Medicine Databases
Location: http://nnlm.gov/mcr/resources/consumer/healthprof.html
Description: Site compiled by the NN/LM, provides a detailed listing of free and fee based databases focusing on complementary and alternative medicine. Links are provided to the databases and a brief annotation is provided for each as well.

Site: Natural Standard: The Authority on Integrative Medicine
Location: http://www.naturalstandard.com/
Description: Site founded by clinicians and researchers, its purpose is to provide quality, evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies, with the aim to provide objective, reliable information that aids clinicians, patients, and healthcare institutions make more informed therapeutic decisions. ($$$)

Site: Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Directory of Databases
Location: http://www.rosenthal.hs.columbia.edu/Databases.html
Description: Compiled by the Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, this site provides a compilation of established research resources in the USA, Europe and Asia, designed to facilitate research by both professionals and the public. This site provides a wealth of information about CAM databases and the following information is provided for each listed database: site, link to site, brief description of content, status regarding fee vs free, and access information.

Site: Manual Alternative and Natural Therapy Index System (MANTIS)
Location: http://www.healthindex.com/MANTISDatabaseOverview.html
Description: MANTIS purports to be “the largest index of peer reviewed articles” of alternative medicine literature. Disciplines included are chiropractic, homeopathic, osteopathic and manual medicines.

Site: NAPRalert
Location: www.cas.org/ONLINE/DBSS/napralertss.html
Description: NAPRalert covers natural product information from 1650 to the present. Various aspects from pharmacology, biological activity, taxonomic distribution, and ethno-medicine are covered.

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Site: AltHealthWatch
Location: www.epnet.com/ifact/AltHealth.pdf (This is Adobe PDF).
Description: This fee-based bibliographic database is hosted by Ebsco and covers the many aspects of complementary and alternative medicine.

Site: Allied and Complementary Medicine Database (AMED)
Location: www.bl.uk/collections/health/amed.html
Description: Since 1985, this bibliographic database (fee-based) has slowly expanded its therapies coverage. Today, it indexes almost 600 journals, some not indexed anywhere else.

Site: Combined Health Information Database (CHID)
Location: http://chid.nih.gov
Description: Alternative medicine sources included in this health education database include fact sheets, journal and newsletter article citations, directories, brochures and pamphlets, to name a few. CHID is maintained by a partnership of federal agencies.

Site: American Dietetic Association's Evidence Analysis Library
Location: http://www.adaevidenceLibrary.org
Description: The online library of syntheses of the best, most relevant research on important dietetic practice questions.

Specialized Databases
Site: Acubriefs
Location: www.acubriefs.com
Description: Supported by a grant from the Medical Acupuncture Research Foundation, Acubriefs purports to offer the most comprehensive gathering of up-to-date acupuncture references available. In addition to the bibliographic database, an online acupuncture reference manual is available as well as a reference to a Chinese translation service.

Site: Computer Assisted Information Retrieval Service System (CAIRSS) for Music
Location: http://ucairss.utsa.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First
Description: CAIRSS is a citation database of music research literature covering 1,354 journals. Articles cover music education, music psychology, music therapy, and music medicine.

Site: Arthritis and Complementary Medicine Database (ARCAM)
Location: http://www.compmed.umm.edu/Databases.html
Description: Developed and maintained by the Center for Integrative Medicine, this bibliographic database contains world-wide scientific literature on CAM for arthritis sufferers. This database is free.

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Site: Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Pain Database (CAMPAIN)
Location: http://www.compmed.umm.edu/Databases.html
Description: Another free database, CAMPAIN is, likewise, a bibliographic database produced by the Center for Integrative Medicine. Comprehensive electronic and hand searches of the scientific literature comprise this database on CAM for pain.

Site: International Bibliography on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS)
Location: http://ods.od.nih.gov/databases/ibids.html
Description: The Office for Dietary Supplements (NIH) produces this database which covers scientific literature on vitamins, minerals and botanicals and is geared for consumers, practitioners, educators and researchers.

Site: Herbalgram.org
Location: http://www.herbalgram.org
Description: A useful grouping of scientific resources on herbal medicine is found at this site. It includes a clinical guide to herbs, Commission E information, and recommended books.

Site: HerbMedPro
Location: http://www.herbalgram.org/youngliving/herbmedpro/index.asp
Description: This professional version of HerbMedPro offers scientific data covering herbal medicine. Clinical trials, PubMed searches, and basic clinical information are included.

Site: Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database
Location: www.naturaldatabase.com
Description: Compiled by the Therapeutic Research Center, the Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database is evidence-based and was designed for health care professionals to fill the void of available literature in the mid 1990’s. It is purported to be the gold standard database in its field.

Site: Native American Ethnobotany
Location: http://herb.umd.umich.edu
Description: This is a bibliographic database of plants used as drugs, foods, dyes, fibers and more as used by the Native Americans of North America.

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Site: Essential Oil Resource
Location: www.essentialoilresource.com
Description: In this fee-based resource can be found unique scientific research on the biological activity of essential oils and their components.

Site: Qigong and Energy Medicine Database
Location: http://www.qigonginstitute.org/html/database.php
Description: This fee-based database, the only English language compilation, focuses on scientific studies with some reviews included. Qigong, the ancient Chinese art of health maintenance and healing, is the focus of this database which now covers 3,500 references.

Site: Dr. Duke’s Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
Location: www.ars-grin.gov/duke/index.html
Description: Dr. Jim Duke is co-compiler of this group of databases of information from published and, rarely, personally communicated sources.

Site: About Herbs
Location: http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/11570.cfm
Description: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center’s site on herbs is encyclopedic in its coverage. Included are clinical summaries, scientific names, purported uses, drug interactions and adverse reactions.

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