Veterinary Science and Complimentary Alternative Medicine (CAM)
Alternative and Complementary Medicine Resources
"...Acupuncture has been a part of veterinary medical care in China for a millennium. In Europe it has been used for a century. Now in recent decades it has been finding its way into veterinary practice in the United States. The earliest known book on veterinary acupuncture, Bai Le Zhen Jing (Canon of Veterinary Acupuncture), was believed to have been authored during the 6th century CE. It described treatment for a variety of farm animal diseases. During subsequent periods the literature on veterinary medicine grew significantly, including works on herbal therapy and specialized texts focusing on specific animals..." Source; Characteristics and Correlations Between Human and Pet Use of Acupuncture: A Cross-sectional Survey of Four Clinics By Ella Woods, DAOM, Adam Burke, PhD, MPH, LAc, and Katrina S. Rodzon, MA in American Acupuncturist, Spring2011, Vol. 55, p18-27; , 5p, 4 Charts
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Alt HealthWatch
Biome (University of Nottingham) BIOME is a collection of internet sites providing access to evaluated, quality resources in the health and life sciences
CAM on PubMed (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and the NLM partnered to index articles on complementary medicine. This research data has been added to the larger PubMed database. CAM on PubMed is a subset of PubMed and is searched through restricting PubMed searches to those items indexed as "related to complementary and alternative medicine". Access CAM on PubMed through this link to be automatically directed to the full text resources available only to students, faculty and staff at the Auraria Campus.
Cochrane Library (Wiley Interscience) The Cochrane Library consists of a regularly updated collection of evidence-based medicine databases, including The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
Google Scholar (login required) (Google, CrossRef)
Health Reference Center Academic
Holistic. Health, Medicine and Complimentary Therapies (Auraria Library Resource Guide)
Journals@Ovid (Ovid)
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Total Access Collection (Ovid)
Medline (Multiple sources)
Medline is the research-oriented medical and health indexing and abstracting service from the U.S. National Library of Medicine. The Medline link above uses the NLM Gateway. Medline records are indexed with NLM's Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) using these subject headings adds accuracy to a search. See also:
Medline (Thomson ISI) A keyword search engine incorporated in Web of Science.
PubMed Medline is the primary component of PubMed.
MEDLINEplus (US National Library of Medicine) This is the consumer help version (also available in Spanish).
Alternative Medicine - Herbal Medicine, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health
MEDLINEplus Informacion de Salud (Espanol)
MetaLib (U.S. Government Printing Office) MetaLib is a federated search engine from the U.S. Government Printing Office that searches multiple U.S. Federal government databases, such as EPA, ERIC, Library of Congress, PubMed, and usa.gov, retrieving reports, articles, and citations while providing direct links to selected resources available online.
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), National Institutes of Health
Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database (Therapeutic Research Center) A database of evidence-based, clinical information on natural medicines. Access to 2 seats provided by the UC Denver Health Sciences Library, Florence G. Strauss Indigenous Medicine Collection Fund.
Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine (OCCAM), National Institutes of Health
Taylor and Francis Online Journals
Web of Science (Thomson ISI) A multidisciplinary database that provides access to Science Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index. Over 7000 scholarly journals are indexed.
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