Palmer College of Chiropractic

David D. Palmer
Health Sciences Library

Complementary & Alternative Medicine Subject Guide

Directories and Associations

• ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE FOUNDATION
  Provides professionals and consumers with evidence-based information on alternative and complementary medicine.

• NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
  This website is sponsored by the NIG and supports research on complementary and alternative medicine.

Internet Guides and Resources

• ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE CHANNEL
  This website is a comprehensive source of information on alternative treatments and medicines.
• ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE HOMEPAGE
  A comprehensive web directory maintained by Falk Library of the Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh.
• ALTERNATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICAL CENTER
  Covers lots information on natural therapies, diet, fitness, diseases, professional courses and family health.

• AMERICAN MEDICAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION-CAM SECTION
  This website is divided into eights sections dealing with complementary and alternative medicine.

• ASK DR.WEIL
  "Dr. Andrew Weil is a leader in the integration of Western medicine and the exploding field of alternative medicine."

• ASK NOAH: COMPLEMENTARY & ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
  This site is in English and Spanish and its goal is to provide easily accessible, understandable, and reliable consumer health information.

• Bandolier Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  This website is comprised of information about complementary and alternative therapies for patients and professionals.

• CANADIAN ACADEMY OF MANIPULATIVE THERAPY
  A website maintained by the Canadian Physiotherapy Association affiliated CAMT.

• COURSES ON COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE AND ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES (CAM)
  Lists courses on complementary medicine and alternative therapies in United States medical schools.

• HEALTHWEB-CAM SECTION
  Site lists links to evaluated, non-commercial, health related websites.

• HERBMED
  Provides professionals and consumers reliable evidence-based information on the medicinal use of herbs.

• HOLISTIC PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION
  This website promotes an understanding of physical, nutritional, environmental, emotional, and mental well being as essentials in creating healthy children.

• NATIONAL CENTER FOR ALTERNATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE
  The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health conducts and supports basic and applied research and training and disseminates information on complementary and alternative medicine to practitioners and the public. 

• NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
  Alternative Medicine page with current articles in alternative medicine and links to government resources. 

• NORTH AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ORTHOPAEDIC MANUAL THERAPY
  Is dedicated to the advancement of orthopaedic manual therapy.

• ROSENTHAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE (COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY)
   Provides a resource guide for choosing a practitioner; lists professional organizations; conducts clinical trials, and more. 

• THE OFFICE OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS
  This database is sponsored by the NIH and currently contains more than 320,000 citations to scientific literature.

Print Books on Complementary & Alternative Medicine

• Alternative medicine: the definitive guide / Larry Trivieri, Jr. and John W. Anderson, editors; introduction by Burton Goldberg. Reference R733 .A46 2002

• Alternative medicine sourcebook : basic consumer health information about alternative medicine and complementary medical practices, including acupuncture, chiropractic, herbal medicine, homeopathy, naturopathic medicine, mind-body interventions, ayurveda, and other non-Western medical traditions / edited by Dawn D. Matthews. Reference  R733 .A475 2002

• Complementary and alternative medicine for child and adolescent care / Fiona Mantle; foreword by Anne Casey. Circulating Books RJ52 .M36 2004

• Complementary and alternative medicine in rehabilitation / Eric Leskowitz. Circulating Books RM930. L476 2003

• Complementary therapies and wellness: practice essentials for holistic health care / Jodi L. Carlson Circulating Books R733 .C367 2003

• Herbal drugs and phytopharmaceuticals : a handbook for practice on a scientific basis / edited by Max Wichtl ; translated from the German by Josef A. Brinckmann and Michael P. Lindenmaier ; with contributions from Franz-Christian Czygan ... [et al.] Reference RM666.H33 T43813 2004

• Mosby's complementary & alternative medicine: a research-based approach/ Lyn W. Freeman. Circulating Books R733 .F73 2004

• PDR for herbal medicines. Montvale, NJ: Medical Economics Company, 2000. Reference RM666. H33 P37 2000

• Textbook of complementary and alternative medicine / edited by Chun-Su Yuan and Eric J. Bieber. Circulating Books R733 .T48 2003

• The encyclopedia of complementary and alternative medicine / Tova Navarra; foreword by Adam Perlman.  Reference R733. N382 2004

• The handbook of clinically tested herbal remedies / Marilyn Barrett, editor. Reference RM666.H33 H363 2004

Electronic Books

• ABC of Complementary Medicine/ Catherine Zollman and Andrew Vickers. (netLibrary)

• African American Alternative Medicine: Using Alternative Medicine to Prevent and control chronic diseases/ Eric J. Bailey. (netLibrary)

• Exploring Complementary and Alternative Medicine/ Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Lectures; 2003. (netLibrary)

Print Journals 

• Alternative & complementary therapies : a new bimonthly publication for health care practitioners.  R733 .A47

• Alternative medicine. R733 .A445

• Alternative medicine review. R733 .A46

• Alternative therapies in health and medicine. R733 .A483

• Complementary therapies in medicine.  R733 .C67

• The journal of alternative and complementary medicine: research on paradigm, practice, and policy. R733 .J67 

• The scientific review of alternative medicine. R730 .S35

Electronic Journals

• Alternative Medicine (Alt HealthWatch)

• Alternative Medicine Review (Alt HealthWatch)

• Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine (Alt HealthWatch)

• BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine (FREE Access, 2001-present)

• Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (DOAJ)

• Internet Journal of Alternative Medicine (Academic Search Premier)

Audio Visual

• A different way to heal? [videorecording]: written, produced, and directed by John Angier, David Huntley; edited by David Berenson, David Huntley. Circulating AV R733 VI 1142

• Alternative medicine [videorecording]: producer/writer, Jamie Guth. Circulating AV R733.A47 VI1140

• Alternative medicine: implications for clinical practice [videorecording]. Circulating AV R733 VI 1070

• Body, mind and soul: the mystery & the magic [videorecording]: Mojo Production in association with KCET Circulating AV RC489.M53 VI 1131

• Neural organization techniques [videorecording]/ with Carl A. Ferreri ; produced and directed by Scot J. Mathisson, Gary Licker. Non-Circulating AV RZ999 VI 865