National Library of Medicine & Health

MedlinePlus
From the U.S. National Library of Medicine – this one-stop site contains many links to information published by government agencies about different health conditions and links to organizations, directories, dictionaries, and clearinghouses.

MEDLINE with FULL TEXT
MEDLINE with Full Text is the world’s most comprehensive source of full text for medical journals, providing full text for more than 1,370 journals indexed in MEDLINE. Of those, more than 1,340 have cover-to-cover indexing in MEDLINE, and of those, 528 are not found with full text in any version of Academic Search, Health Source or Biomedical Reference Collection.

PubMed
This site was designed to provide access to the current MEDLINE and then link to full-text articles where available from citations retrieved. A nice feature of PubMed is the ability to link to “related articles” when you find an article on your topic.

 

Complementary Medicine Resources

Acufinder Herbs Topics- Alphabetically
Acufinder

Acufinder
Look up Acupuncture Health Topics A-Z, Learning and Resource Center.

Alt HealthWatch
This full-text article database includes over 150 alternative medicine and complementary health magazines, journals and proceedings. Among the publications available are several Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine journals. It focuses on complementary, holistic, integrated approaches to health care and wellness.

Ask the Acupuncturist
Acufinder.

Ask Dr. Weil
Andrew Weil, M.D. is a leader in the movement toward “integrative medicine” — combining the best of conventional Western medicine and the so-called “alternative” therapies. This site highlights Dr. Weil’s previous work as well as his answers to questions about complementary, alternative, and integrative approaches to health problems.

CAM on PubMed
This is a direct link to the NLM’s Pub Med subset of Complementary Medicine Literature. This database allows users to limit their searches only to Complementary Medicine resources and by pass the need to search the entire PubMed system. Don’t forget to look at PubMed Central on the library’s links for a list of the full text journals available free.

PubMed Dietary Supplement Subset

Search Acupuncturist over 30,000 listed
Acufinder

 

Nutrition and Dietary Resources

American Dietetic Association, (ADA)
Includes abstracts of articles from Journal of the American Dietetic Association; ADA’s Nationwide Nutrition Network, and national registered dietitian referral service; and links to food and nutrition resources.

Food and Nutrition Topics – Medline Plus
This one-stop site contains information on diverse food and nutrition topics including dietary supplements, dietary needs, and vegetarianism. Authoritative nutrition information contained in this website comes from The US National Library of Medicine, The National Institutes of Health and other government, non-profit and health-related organizations.

Food Pyramids
An Independent academic review of the USDA 2005 Pyramid, with a recommended Healthy Eating Pyramid from Harvard School of Public Health.

Nutrition and Physical Activity – CDC
Topics related to nutrition, health promotion, and disease prevention can be found on this CDC website. Links are also provided on using nutrition for infant care, curbing obesity, and weight control.

Nutrition.gov
A service of the National Agricultural Library , US Dept. of Agriculture. Provides a search window to food and dietary information.

Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
A website with accurate and respected news on nutrition, including the “Tufts Health and Nutrition Newsletter” and “Tufts Nutrition Magazine.”

 

Herbs

Chinese Medicine Specimen Database
This database was established by Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) and the Library to promote awareness of the variety, authenticity, and effective use of CM.

Medicinal Plant Images Database (MPID)
From Hong Kong Baptist University, award winning American Library Association (ALA) Chinese Medical Digital Project. The over 1100 Images listed are a collaboration of the School of Medicine and the Library.