Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM): Find Articles
The CAM subject guide provides links to Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine resources available through the UCI Libraries. URL:https://guides.lib.uci.edu/ebcam
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Established by Executive Order No. 13147 in March 2000, the report address: the coordination of research to increase knowledge about CAM products; the education and training of health care practitioners in CAM; the provision of reliable and useful information about CAM practices and products to health care professionals; and Guidance regarding appropriate access to and delivery of CAM.
Databases
AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access)This link opens in a new windowProduced by the National Agricultural Library, this database contains citations for journal articles, monographs, proceedings, and technical reports pertaining to all aspects of agriculture and related fields from across the world.
BIOSIS PreviewsThis link opens in a new windowIndex to biology, life sciences, biomedical research and botany articles in journals, meetings, and books. Can search by keywords, scientific name, and taxonomic family. Includes references to articles cited and articles citing an article.
中 醫藥標本資料庫 Chinese Medicine Specimen DatabaseThe Chinese Medicine Specimen Database is a collaboration project between the School of Chinese Medicine and the Hong Kong Baptist University Library. The goal is to promote people's awareness of the variety, authenticity, and effective use of Chinese Medicines. The database currently has a collection of all exhibits of Chinese Materia Medica specimen that are displayed in the Chinese Medicine Centre.
Cochrane LibraryThis link opens in a new windowThe Cochrane Library is a collection of high-quality databases that consists of the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Cochrane Clinical Answers, and Epistemonikos Systematic Reviews. CDSR includes all Cochrane Reviews (and protocols) prepared by Cochrane Review Groups. CENTRAL is a highly concentrated source of reports of randomized and quasi-randomized controlled trials. CDAs provide a readable, digestible, clinically-focused entry point to rigorous research from Cochrane Reviews.
Dietary Supplements Labels DatabaseThe database offers information about label ingredients in more than 6,000 selected brands of dietary supplements. It enables users to compare label ingredients in different brands. Information is also provided on the "structure/function" claims made by manufacturers.
HerbMed Pro - American Botanical Council:HerbMedPro is an interactive, electronic herbal database that provides hyperlinked access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health.
This is a free web-based database funded by the Association of Chiropractic Colleges. Librarians from 13 different chiropractic colleges contributed to its indexing. This database indexes 41 chiropractic journals using terms from MeSH and CHIROSH from 1985 to the present.
藥 用植物圖像數據庫 Medicinal Plant Images DatabaseThis open access Medicinal Plant database, is a collaborative project between the School of Chinese Medicine and the Hong Kong Baptist University Library. The database contains thousand images of Chinese Medicinal plants with annotations. Its mission is to promote the popularization, internationalization, resource sharing, and to support teaching and learning of medicinal plants and the culture of Chinese Medicine.
Natural MedicinesThis link opens in a new windowNatural Medicines provides evidence-based information on herbal products, dietary supplements, vitamins, minerals, homeopathic products, and many other natural remedies. It contains multiple databases and interactive features including an Effectiveness Checker, Nutrient Depletion Checker, and Natural Product/Drug Interaction Checker. Browsable diseases and conditions allow you to see which natural products might be effective.
For mobile access instructions, go to "Mobile Resources in Medicine" and select the Tab, "Natural Medicines" https://guides.lib.uci.edu/mobilemedicine.
The ODS provides a Web-searchable database of funded research and scientific papers on dietary supplements. It contains two databases called CARDS and IBIDS. The International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) database provides access to bibliographic citations and abstracts from published, international, scientific literature on dietary supplements. Computer Access to Research on Dietary Supplements (CARDS) is a database of federally funded research projects pertaining to dietary supplements.
PEDro is the Physiotherapy Evidence Database. It has been developed to give rapid access to bibliographic details and abstracts of randomised controlled trials and systematic reviews in physiotherapy. Most trials on the database have been rated for quality to help users quickly discriminate between trials that are likely to be valid and interpretable and those which are not. Reliability of the PEDro scale for rating quality of randomized controlled trials has been published in Physical Therapy 83(8):713-21, 2003 August. Abstract can be viewed at http://www.ptjournal.org/info/pt_abs.cfm. PEDro also contains evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
PsycINFOThis link opens in a new windowPublished by the American Psychological Association (APA), PsycINFO provides an international index for scholarly literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences. The database includes material of relevance to psychologists and professionals in related fields such as psychiatry, management, business, education, social science, neuroscience, law, medicine, and social work.
PubMed@UCIThis link opens in a new windowProvides access to millions of citations from MEDLINE and life science journals. Includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
SciFinder-nThis link opens in a new windowSciFinder-n, from CAS, is one of the core databases for chemistry and related sciences, including biochemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, nanotechnology, environmental science, physics, mechanical engineering, health sciences, and more. It indexes references from journal articles, patents, conference proceedings, and more, aw well as chemical substances, protein and nucleic acid sequences, and single and multi-step reactions.
Web of Science (WoS)This link opens in a new windowGlobal citation database provides access to the Science Citation Index expanded from 1900 to the present, Social Sciences Citation Index from 1956 to the present, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index from 1975 to the present.
