Daniel Webster College :: Library :: Alternative Medicine

SCOPE: An estimated 34% of Americans have tried a non- traditional approach to treating a medical problem. Alternative medicine includes homeopathy, herbal therapy, spiritual healing, and acupuncture. Dismissed by some as sheer quackery, others consider in a more natural, less controversial, approach to treating medical problems. The purpose of this pathfinder is to serve as a guideline for students in locating library resources available on the topic of alternative medicine. It is not intended as a comprehensive listing of all materials available, but as a selective sampling of the types of materials available in the library.

SUBJECT HEADINGS

Books dealing with alternative medicine are listed in the Baddour Library's online catalog under the following subject headings:

Alternative medicine
Holistic medicine
Mental healing

There are sources located in the Reference Section of the Baddour Library that give a general overview or summary of the topic you are researching. The following is a list of some of the sources available in the library.

OVERVIEW SOURCES

CQ Researcher (online database, also available in the Reference Section)

Alternative Medicine 01/31/1992
Alternative Medicine's Next Phase 02/14/1997

Issues and Controversies database from Facts on File

REF RS164.C4437 The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants

REF E98.M4 L96 1996 Encyclopedia of Native American Healing

REF RC 81.A2 M492 1996 The Medical Advisor: The Complete Guide to Alternative & Conventional Treatments

Some representative books from the Circulating Collection that are located upstairs in the library are:

CIRCULATING BOOKS

Gazzaniga, Michael S. Nature's Mind: The Biological Roots of Thinking, Emotions, Sexuality, Language, and Intelligence. New York: Basic Books, 1992.

Raso, Jack. "Alternative" Healthcare: A Comprehensive Guide: Natural Medicine, Hands-On Healing, Spiritualism, Occultism, and Much More. Amherst, N.Y: Prometheus Books, 1994.

Ruggie, Mary. Marginal to Mainstream: Alternative Medicine in America. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Weil, Andrew. Eight Weeks to Optimum Health: A Proven Program for Taking Advantage of Your Body's Natural Healing Power. New York: Random Hosue, 1997.

Some of the specific periodicals that the library subscribes to that focuses on the topic of alternative medicine are:

PERIODICALS, JOURNALS & TRADE PUBLICATIONS

Click the link for a list of full text journals available through our databases in:

Alternative Medicine

WEBSITES

The Alternative Medicine Homepage
http://www.pitt.edu/~cbw/altm.html

Medline Plus: Alternative Medicine
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/alternativemedicine.html

Updated 02/08/2007