JEFFSelects: Alternative and Complementary Medicine
General Information & "Ask a Doctor" Sites
| Herbs & Drugs | News,
Journals & Communications | Databases
| Standards, Quality & Consumer Protection
| Research Centers | Organizations,
Associations & Professional Societies
Major Subject Gateways (directories of links)
- The
Alternative Medicine HomePage (Univ. of Pittsburgh)
Compiled and well-annotated by librarians at the University of Pittsburgh,
with a special section for Pennsylvania resources. Sections include
practitioner directories, Internet resources grouped by disease or
condition, mailing lists and newsgroups, and government information.
Geared mainly to the health consumer, but useful to practitioners
& students.
- Ask
NOAH About: Complementary and Alternative Medicine (New York Online
Access to Health)
New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) is a project of the New York
Academy of Medicine in partnership with other New York libraries,
universities and institutions. NOAH's alternative medicine section
is diverse and well-organized, but entries are not annotated.
- healthfinder® Alternative Medicine (U.S.
DHHS)
Compiled by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this
service provides links to fact sheets, reports, and university and
foundation resources as well as government agencies involved with
health promotion and alternative therapies.
- HealthWWWeb
Provided by the Integrative Medical Arts Group, HealthWWWeb provides
resources, forums and current news for healthcare practitioners, as
well as links to Internet sites in a broad spectrum of alternative
therapies. Includes a substantial list of organizations.
- MEDLINEPlus Alternative Medicine (NLM)
Provided by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINEPlus provides links from all the National Institutes, as well as disease-related associations and foundations.
- Several of the major search engines offer directories for Alternative
Medicine:
