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Indexes by Specific Subject

Indexes that primarily cover the subject "Alternative Medicine"

AGRICOLA Authentication Required
Coverage: 1970 - present, updated monthly.
Search here to find citations and abstracts for articles from over 600 periodicals, as well as USDA and state experiment station and extension publications, and selected books on agriculture, animal husbandry, animal and human nutrition, forestry, plant pathology, plant science, human ecology, agricultural economics, rural sociology.
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AMED - Allied and Complementary Medicine Authentication Required
Coverage: 1985 - present
Subjects covered include acupuncture, terminal care, symptom control, osteopathy, Chinese medicine, homeopathy, rehabilitation, occupational therapy, chiropractic, holistic treatments, and podiatry.

The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 4 users at any one time.
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CINAHL Authentication Required
Coverage: 1982 - present, updated monthly.
CINAHL, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health, has a multidisciplinary scope covering nursing, 17 allied health disciplines, biomedicine, consumer health, health sciences librarianship and selected standards of professional practice.

The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 35 users at any one time.
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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
These databases contain information on the activity of chemicals in plants, and ethnobotanical uses for plants.
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Hypnosis and Related States Research Database
Database from the Society of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis containing 11465 references to hypnosis related materials in journals and books.
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IBIDS - International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements
Coverage: 1986 - present
IBIDS contains bibliographic records, including abstracts published in international scientific journals on the topic of dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, herbal and botanical supplements from the Office of Dietary Supplements at the NIH.
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Index to Chiropractic Literature
Coverage: 1985 - present
Index to Chiropractic Literature is created by a group of health science librarians working in chiropractic colleges throughout the world.
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MEDLINE (OVID) Authentication Required
Coverage: 1966 - present, updated weekly.
MEDLINE covers the fields of medicine, public health, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and the basic biomedical sciences.

The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 40 users at any one time.
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Native American Ethnobotany Database
-- Database of the materials found in the book, American Indian Ethnobotany by Daniel E Moerman PhD at University of Michigan.
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Native Health History Database
-- Database by the Indian Health Service and the University of New Mexico covering the history of Native Heath with citations from 1652 to 1970.
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PubMed - U of M Students, Staff & Faculty Authentication Required
Coverage: 1950 to present
Primary source of journal article access for the health sciences - the campus version provides full text access to all Medline e-journals subscribed to by the University of Minnesota TC Libraries.
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Other Indexes that may include resources for "Alternative Medicine"

Academic Search Premier Authentication Required
Coverage: Coverage varies, some starting with 1975 - present, updated continuously.
This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education.
The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals.
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Health and Medicine in the News
Coverage: May 1994 - present.
Lists citations to health-related articles reported in the Star Tribune - Newspaper of the Twin Cities [Minneapolis Edition].
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HerbMed
An interactive, electronic herbal database - provides hyperlinked access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health.
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LexisNexis Academic Authentication Required
Coverage: Varies by title.
LexisNexis Academic is a collection of online databases: News, Business (plus corporate news and corporate financials), Legal, Medical, and Reference.
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Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database Authentication Required
This database contains authoritative, current information on herbal medicines and supplements, including safety, effectiveness, known constituents, and possible interactions with other substances.
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