This research guide provides a starting point for finding information about holistic health, and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). It is not meant to be an exhaustive list of resources, but a place to begin your research.
 

The CSC library liaison for the Master of Arts in Holistic Health Studies (MAHS) program is Sue Gray. Contact her by phone (651-690-7898), e-mail (sagray@stkate.edu) or stop by her office in the Library if you have questions or need assistance. She is also available via IM chat Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to noon. Click on the link to find out more information about using instant messaging.

 

 

 

Contents of this guide:

 

What's New
Finding Books: Searching CLICnet
Background Resources: Reference Books
Finding Journal Articles
Internet Resources
Citation Style Assistance
RefWorks
 

What's New (articles, news, and tidbits)

 

 

Finding Books: Searching CLICnet

 

Use CLICnet, the online library catalog, to search for books and media in the CSC Library and the seven other CLIC libraries. Click on the red "Request" button to get an item not at the CSC Minneapolis Campus Library.
 
Subject Terms for Searching
 
You can use any of the following terms to search Subject in CLICnet:
 
Alternative medicine
Herbs – Therapeutic use
Holistic medicine
Homeopathy
Integrative health
Medicine, Ayurvedic
Mental healing
Mind and body
Naturopathy
Self-care, health
Touch - Therapeutic use
Traditional medicine
 
Other search terms:
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)
Complementary therapies
Energy healing
Healing touch
Holistic health
Holistic therapies
Integral health
 

Background Resources: Reference Books

 

Reference books are a good place to start to find background information and overviews on a variety of holistic health topics. Reference books (labeled REF) cannot be checked out of the library.
 
Alternative Medicine Sourcebook
REF R733 .A475 2002
 
Encyclopedia of Folk Medicine: Old World and New World Traditions
REF R733 .H376 2004
 
Encyclopedia of Homeopathy
REF RX41 .L625 2006
 
Fundamentals of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
REF R733 .F86 2001
 
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
REF R733 .G34 2000
4-volume set
 
Mosby’s Dictionary of Complementary & Alternative Medicine
REF R733 .M678 2005
 
Natural Standard Herb & Supplement Reference: evidence-based clinical reviews
REF RM666 .H33 N44 2005
 
Nursing 2004 Herbal Medicine Handbook
REF RM666 .H33 N87 2004
 
Professional Guide to Complementary & Alternative Therapies
REF R733 .P755 2001
 

Find Journal Articles and Online Databases

 

Recommended CSC databases for holistic health:

(*Alternative medicine databases)

 

Alt HealthWatch *

AMED *

CINAHL

The Cochrane Library

Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI)

Health and Wellness Resource Center

Health Reference Center Academic

Health Sciences: A Sage Full-Text Collection

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition

MEDLINE or PubMed

 

Click this link to access CSC databases. You can also access all of the health sciences databases by browsing databases by subject. Click on the drop-down arrow and scroll to Health & Medicine.

 

Need help using databases?  Click this link to access library database handouts.

 

Ask Sue for assistance with accessing journal articles or to recommend additional databases that might be useful for your research.

 

Journals in the CSC Collection
 
To see if the CSC Library has the journal you need, in print or online, use The Periodical Cat: Journals A-Z.
Be sure to compare the issue dates available to those that you need.
 
The following print journals are available at the Minneapolis Campus Library:
 Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine
Massage
Natural Health
Veggie Life
 

Internet Resources

 

This page links to CAM institutions, government resources, non-profit organizations, and practitioner websites.

 

The Alternative Medicine Foundation

http://www.amfoundation.org

 

Provides consumer and professionals with "responsible, evidence-based information on the integration of alternative and conventional medicine."

 

The Alternative Medicine Homepage

http://www.pitt.edu/~cbw/altm.html

 

Provides a "jumpstation for sources of information on unconventional, unorthodox, unproven, or alternative, complementary, innovative, integrative therapies."

 

CAM on PubMed

http://nccam.nih.gov/camonpubmed

 

Provides "access to citations from the MEDLINE database and additional life science journals on complementary and alternative medicine. It also includes links to many full-text articles at journal Web sites and other related Web resources."

 

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=241&action=archive

 

A free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), vols. 1-4, 2004-2007.

 

HerbMed 

http://www.herbmed.org

 

An interactive, electronic herbal database which provides hyperlinked access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health

 

MedlinePlus: Alternative Medicine

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/alternativemedicine.html

 

This site is an extension of the National Library of Medicine's database and provides information on alternative medical therapies, clinical trials, research, laws and policies, organizations, and publications.

 

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

http://nccam.nih.gov/

 

This site provides links to publications, databases, patient education materials, research information, and fact sheets.

 

Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Cancer Institute

http://www.cancer.gov/cam

 

OCAM was established to coordinate and enhance the activities of the National Cancer Institute in the areas of complementary and alternative medicine.

 

The Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

http://www.rosenthal.hs.columbia.edu

 

The Rosenthal Center, based at Columbia University's College of Physicians & Surgeons, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, is "one of the first comprehensive programs at a major medical center to examine alternative therapies with academic focus and scientific rigor."

 

Citation Style Assistance

 

Most MAHS faculty prefer that students use APA (American Psychological Association) for citing sources in their research papers. Click on the link to access our APA citation style guide.

 

 

 

RefWorks

 

RefWorks is a web-based citation manager that allows you to store and organize your research citations. It will also create bibliographies formatted in the citation style of your choice, and can be used to insert citations into your paper.

 

See all of our guides and tutorials to get you started.

 

If you'd like one-on-one or small group instruction in using RefWorks, please contact Sue.

 


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