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This blog will no longer be updated..

2005-02-11T15:04:00.000+11:00

It has been fun developing this blog and learning lots...

I no longer work at ACNM in a full time capacity so I won't have time to do the fun things like blogging.

Even though I'm not updating this blog it can still be used as a reference hub.

bye

ACNM Library Research Update - Vol. 2 No. 3

2004-11-23T11:04:00.000+11:00

Including only a selection of print journals, electronic journals from subscription databases, and free online journals

Including news and research tools

For alerts on other resources see: How to keep up-to-date!

For ACNM news and research portals see: Recent News and Research
Also see: HEALTH NEWS LINKS

NOTE: Electronic Journals from subscription databases are accessed only from ACNM, also these databases have embargoes on some journals.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

News

New Journal Issues

Latest on BioMed Central

Research tools

Feature web-tool of the week!

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News

CLICK HERE: search for Natural Medicine in the news

CLICK HERE: search for Health Sciences in the news

Below are some features and highlights

FEATURE

HIV/AIDS Nutritional Supplement Donation Initiative
By Chris Gupta
"Sadly, this initiative does not include Selenium, a key ingredient, hopefully will could be supplied separately until such time the formulation is upgraded. The Fawzi study mentioned below might have had a significantly stronger outcome had this not been overlooked..."
See more, and yet more

TIME TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT VACCINATIONS
By Chris Gupta
"The petition letter at www.autismtruth.org/ itself is an education. Please read and foreword as appropriate. Chris Gupta E-NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL VACCINE INFORMATION CENTER Vienna, Virginia http://www.nvic.org * * * * * * * * * * * * *..."

Vioxx Shows: FDA Unable To Protect Public From Deadly Medical Drugs
By Josef Hasslberger
"According to recent congressional testimony, "the FDA as currently configured is incapable of protecting America against another Vioxx. We are virtually defenceless," said David Graham, associate director of the agency's Office of Drug Safety. The quote is from an article published in South Africa, titled Doctor: FDA is too cosy with drug firms. The FDA is the national food and medicines regulatory agency of the US but it has been held in high esteem in countries world wide, where drug safety is the issue. So much so, that many drugs are approved around the world as if by an invisible domino effect. Once the FDA gives it the green light,..."

Loic le Ribault's Resistance
By Candida International
"The creation of a treatment for arthritis and the persecution of its author, France's foremost forensic scientist by Martin J Walker "In 1985 while working as an independent forensic scientist for the French judiciary, Le Ribault joined forces with a..."

BUTTER VERSUS MARGARINE
By Chris Gupta
"The following article (extracted from Dr. Lawrence Wilson's information dense site) is one of the best that I have seen on this issue. While the propaganda mill of the industry has hood winked us into thinking that their counterfeit copy is better - the real reason is the considerable profit that margarine, and other processed foods bring over the more expensive natural products."

HIGHLIGHTS

Via Life Extension Foundation
Folic acid supplementation could prevent 70 percent of neural tube defects
Grape juice raises HDL and lowers inflammation
Higher selenium levels equal lower colorectal cancer risk
Folic acid supplementation could prevent 70 percent of neural tube defects

Via Friends of Freedom
Vaccines Are Good Business for Drug Makers
Shiatsu Massage - Another Valuable Therapy Now under Threat
Doctors and drug companies are locked in vicious circle-British Medical Journal
PRESS RELEASE: Vitamin E meta-analysis misleads consumers
Shiatsu Massage - Another Valuable Therapy Now under Threat

Via MedlinePlus
Whole Medical Systems: An Overview
Biologically Based Practices: An Overview
Energy Medicine: An Overview
Mind-Body Medicine: An Overview
Manipulative and Body-Based Practices: An Overview
See MedlinePlus topic: Alternative Medicine

H E A L T H: Acupuncture may help kids' nasal allergies

High standards have been laid down in alternative medicine

New Support for Acupuncture in Knee Arthritis

Low dietary intake of folate may be a risk factor for severe depression

Vaccine shortage boosts sales of alternative remedies for flu

Homeopathy: Press Conference on the 12th of November 2004

Expanding the boundaries of Aromatherapy

Chocolate may cure coughs

Acupuncturist releases CD-ROM on pain relief

Acupuncture codes now available

Cocoa ingredient may provide cough remedy

Out of Control Kids

Aussies develop diabetes vaccine

Low-Dose Supplements Ward Off Cancer in Men

Study Finds Health Benefit in Low-Glycemic Diet

Emugetresults.com - Emu Oil Has Attracted the Attention of Health Conscious Individuals Worldwide and Yes, Even the Cosmetic and Healthcare Industries

Medical Conference Explores Alternative Treatment of Arthritis

Few Kids Get Alternative Medicine

New Journal Issues

PRINT (incl. subscription e-journals)

New England Journal of Medicine - Vol. 351, No's 20, 21; 11, 18 Nov 2004
Publisher Full-text (ask for password)
Proquest Full-text

Alternative Medicine Alert - Vol. 7, No. 11, Nov 2004
Publisher Full-text (ask for password)
Publisher host Full-text (ask for password)

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine - Vol. 10, Nov. 5, Oct 2004
Publisher TOC
Publisher host Abstract
Ebsco Full-text

Journal of Essential Oil Research - Vol. 16, No. 6, Nov/Dec 2004
Publisher Search

Massage Therapy Journal - Vol. 43, No. 3, fall 2004
Publisher Abstract (also search)

Herbalgram - No. 64, 2004
Publisher Full-text (ask for password)
Ebsco Full-text

Phytomedicine - Vol. 11, No. 6, Sep 2004
Publisher TOC
Publisher host Abstract
Proquest Full-text
Ebsco Full-text

Complementary Therapies in Medicine - Vol. 12, No.2-3, June-Sep 2004
(electronic only)
Science Direct Full-text

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine - Vol. 10, No. 5, Sep/Oct 2004
Publisher Full-text (ask for password)
Proquest Full-text
Ebsco Full-text

FREE

British Medical Journal - Vol. 329, No. 7476, 20 Nov 2004

CLICK HERE: see the Free Journal Title list… and Source lists

OTHER

Footage (Newsletter of Reflexology Association of Australia) - Sep/Oct 2004

Sun Ten Newsletter - Sep/Oct 2004

The New Frontier (Australian Centre for Complementary Medicine Education & Research) - No. 1, Spring 2004

American Neutraceutical E-Newsletter - Fall 2004

Blackmores Online - 25 Nov 2004
Click on View a sample newsletter

Latest on BioMed Central

Research article Evaluation of an inter-professional workshop to develop a psychosocial assessment and child-centred communication training programme for paediatricians in trainingNestel D, Taylor S, Spender QBMC Medical Education 2004, 4:25 (21 November 2004)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Research article Use of the bootstrap in analysing cost data from cluster randomised trials: some simulation resultsFlynn TN, Peters TJBMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:33 (18 November 2004)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Methodology article Use of a highly sensitive two-dimensional luminescence imaging system to monitor endogenous bioluminescence in plant leavesFlor-Henry M, McCabe TC, de Bruxelles GL, Roberts MRBMC Plant Biology 2004, 4:19 (18 November 2004)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Research article Molecular cloning and functional expression of geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase from Coleus forskohliiBriqEngprasert S, Taura F, Kawamukai M, Shoyama YBMC Plant Biology 2004, 4:18 (18 November 2004)[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Research article An evaluation of a communication skills seminar for students in a Japanese medical school: Non-randomized controlled studyMukohara K, Kitamura K, Wakabayashi H, Abe K, Sato J, Ban NBMC Medical Education 2004, 4:24 (18 November 2004)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Methodology article The "Transport Specificity Ratio": a structure-function tool to search the protein fold for loci that control transition state stability in membrane transport catalysisKing SCBMC Biochemistry 2004, 5:16 (17 November 2004)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]

Research article The effect of short-duration sub-maximal cycling on balance in single-limb stance in patients with anterior cruciate ligament injury: a cross-sectional studyAgeberg E, Roberts D, Holmstrom E, Friden TBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2004, 5:44 (17 November 2004)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]

Research article Zygapophysial joint blocks in chronic low back pain: a test of Revel's model as a screening testLaslett M, Oberg B, Aprill CN, McDonald BBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2004, 5:43 (16 November 2004)[Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]

Research article Myasthenia gravis and pregnancy: clinical implications and neonatal outcomeTellez-Zenteno JF., Hernandez-Ronquillo L, Salinas V, Estanol B, da Silva OBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2004, 5:42 (16 November 2004)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]

Research article Reserpine methonitrate, a novel quaternary analogue of reserpine augments urinary excretion of VMA and 5-HIAA without affecting HVA in ratsSreemantula S, Boini KM., Nammi SBMC Pharmacology 2004, 4:30 (16 November 2004)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]

Research article Effects of heparin on the uptake of lipoprotein lipase in rat liverNeuger L, Vilaro S, Lopez-Iglesias C, Gupta J, Olivecrona T, Olivecrona GBMC Physiology 2004, 4:13 (15 November 2004)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]

Research article Inconsistent self-reported mammography history: Findings from the National Population Health Survey longitudinal cohortBancej CM, Maxwell CJ, Snider JBMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:32 (12 November 2004)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]

Research article Enhanced Dupuytren's disease fibroblast populated collagen lattice contraction is independent of endogenous active TGF-beta2Tse R, Howard JC, Wu Y, Gan BSBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2004, 5:41 (12 November 2004)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]

Research article S-adenosylmethionine (SAM-e) for the treatment of depression in people living with HIV/AIDSShippy RA, Mendez D, Jones K, Cergnul I, Karpiak SEBMC Psychiatry 2004, 4:38 (11 November 2004)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]

Research tools

CLICK HERE: search the Research Tool database

Institutional Archives Repositry
By IAR
"We are promoting open access to the research literature pre- and post-peer-review through author self-archiving in institutional eprint archives. Open access to research maximises research access and thereby also research impact, making research more productive and effective."
Browse or search for a repositry...you cannot search all repositries at once.

The Psi Cafe: A Psychology Resource Site
By Psi Cafe
"It is the vision of the Psi Cafe to operate as a gateway to the vast amount of information and resources that can be found on the Internet about the general field of psychology; the various sub fields; classic, as well as current, theories/research in psychology; psychology programs, institutes, associations, and organizations; as well as application of psychological issues in everyday life."

AcuLinks WWW Directory
By John Tropea
Part of Gancao.net, AcuLinks as over 700 quality website links in the field of acupuncture. This website also offers a mailing list, forum, select articles, a weblog, etc...

Diseases Database
By Diseases Database
"The Diseases Database is a cross-referenced index of human disease, medications, symptoms, signs, abnormal investigation findings etc. This site provides a medical textbook-like index and search portal covering areas including:
General internal medical disorders, Symptoms and signs, Congenital and inherited disorders, Infectious diseases and organisms, Drugs and medications, Common haematology and biochemistry investigation abnormalities"

Drug Information by RxList
By RxList
"The database of approximately 5,000 product names is updated every several days. The professional monographs, derived from FDA approved labeling, are reviewed annually and revised when necessary (licensed material is updated quarterly). Dates of revision are located at the bottom of each page.
Search the RxList database for brand name, generic name and pharmacologic category. Many of the most popular entries have links to professional and/or patient oriented material."

Feature web-tool of the week!

Google Scholar
By Google
"Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web."

Of course a subscription is needed to access full-text for fee paying journals

For more see: The Scholarly Search Engine: Google Scholar

Have you seen: Pubmed features

Index: all issues

ACNM Library Research Update - Vol. 2 No. 2

2004-11-15T08:55:00.000+11:00

Medscape - Your Credibility is on the Line...
By Canida International
"With Medscape, a simple look at your Editorial Board, by a consumer, will instantly reduce your credibility to ZERO. Why? As your first listed "Editor" you have North America's top health CRACKPOT, delicensed and failed MD Stephen Barrett..."The sole purpose of the activities of Barrett & Baratz are to discredit and cause damage and harm to health care practitioners, businesses that make alternative health therapies or products available, and advocates of non-allopathic therapies and health freedom."

PRESS RELEASE: Vitamin E meta-analysis misleads consumers
By Alliance for Natural Health
"The following release is made by the ANH in the wake of a raft of negative publicity on Vitamin E following the meta-analysis released by Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions."

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: Enzyme Related Toxic Overdose
By Josef Hasslberger
"More than 200 diseases have been linked to pollution by a recent study, according to an article published in The Independent. Although it has been known for some time that increased cancer incidence is linked to pollution, it is seldom we see an open acknowledgement in the mainstream press that we are actively poisoning ourselves with chemicals and other pollutants released freely into the environment. Those substances are so ubiquitous that most people have a toxic cocktail mixed in with their blood. Although some tentative steps in the right direction are being taken - there is the recent announcement of a National Institutes of Health study that recommends Doctors and..."

Prozac, Painkillers & Hormones Found in Tap Water
By Candida International
"Residues of hormones are well known to disrupt the reproductive abilities of amphibians and fish. There is also suspicion that antibiotic residues working their way up the food chain may promote resistance to the drugs, while many other medications could..."

Jonathan Wright on Forthcoming Vitamin Legislation
By Jonathan V. Wright
"You've taken supplements for years. You're out of vitamins C and E. You go to your natural food store, but you can't find the kind you want on the shelf. You ask a clerk to find them for you. She says you can't get your vitamin E as mixed tocopherols (the best natural form) anymore, and asks if you like your vitamin C in the 100 or 200 milligram size. The 1,000 milligram size, you say."

The Day CODEX Will Protect You From High-Dose Dietary Supplements?
By Friendsoffreedom
"Here is a good summary of how unscientific these so called scientific bodies can be when it comes to protect their cronies. Given such huge benefits from supplements, these shenanigans should be countered and the whole sham initiative turned against the preparators. Sadly the authorities know that such a counter initiative is difficult and costly, hence unlikely, and they will continue to blatantly abuse us. Hopefully we can prove their assumption wrong as per the following:.."

Companies may face tighter regulation over promoting drugs
By Friendsoffreedom
"The drug industry may be facing the same kind of sea change in business practices and regulation that other segments of corporate America faced in the wake of Enron and other corporate scandals, says an article in the New England Journal of Medicine ( 2004;351: 1891-900)..."

Second Flawed Study Slams High-Dose Vitamins
By Bill Sardi
"The common error in both reports is that people who are diabetic or have cardiovascular disease, and therefore are at higher risk of dying due to their disease, are more likely to be taking high-dose vitamin pills. The vitamin C researchers concede "there is a possibility that patients with more severe diabetes tend to consume more supplemental vitamin C." Researchers involved in the vitamin E study admit to no such possibility."

World Report on Knowledge for Better Health
By NELH
"This report from the World Health Organisation focuses on bridging of the "know do" gap, the gulf between what we know and what we do in practice, between scientific potential and health realization. The bridging of this gap is central to achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDG's) by 2015."

HIGHLIGHTS

GM poppy offers anti-malarial hope

Latest at the APS

Alternative Medicine: Loss

WHO warns of diabetes epidemic

WA research could spell end to blood glucose pricks

Study urges expanded water fluoridation

Opposing Japanese Patent Right Over Thai Herbal Plant

Acupuncture Master Shares His Secrets

Herbal tea could be dangerous for infants

Complementary medicines We spend GBP1.6bn on them a year. But are they doing us any good?

Vegetables are more than nutritious

Treating malaria with herbal medicines

FDA Recalls Chinese Herbal Supplements

New Journal Issues

PRINT (incl. subscription e-journals)

European Journal of Clinical Nutririon - Vol. 58, No. 11, Nov 2004
Publisher Full-Text

Journal of Chinese Medicine - no. 76, October 2004
CD-Rom (ask at desk)
Publisher TOC (current Abstract only)
Publisher Search

American Herb Association Quarterly Newsletter - vol. 20 no. 2, Autumn
(electronic only)
Ebsco Full-Text

Reflexions: The Journal of Reflexology Research Project - vol. 25 no. 9, Aug 2004
(electronic only)
Ebsco Full-Text

Vegetarian Journal - vol. 23 no. 4, 2004
(electronic only)
Ebsco Full-Text

Nutrition Action Health Letter - vol. 31 no. 9, Nov 2004
(electronic only)
ProQuest Full-Text
Ebsco Full-Text

New England Journal of Medicine - Vol. 351, No. 20, 11 Nov 2004
Publisher Full-text (ask for password)
Proquest Full-text

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine - Vol.10, No.5, Oct 2004
Publisher TOC
Publisher host Abstract
Ebsco Full-text

FREE

Chinese Medicial Journal - Vol. 117, No. 11, Nov 2004

Plos Medicine - 4 new articles
one, two, three, four

British Medical Journal - Vol. 329, No. 7475, 13 Nov 2004

Journal of the American Dietetic Association - Sep 2004

Today's Chiropractic - Nov/Dec 2004

Nutrition Research Newsletter - Oct 2004

Journal of Emotional and Behavioural Disorders - Fall 2004

Journal of General Psychology Issues - Jul 2004

Journal of Vibrational and Flower Essences - Nov 2004

OTHER

Blackmores Online Newsletter - 11 Nov 2004
Register to read

CLICK HERE: see the Free Journal Title list… and Source lists

Latest on BioMed Central

Research article Increasing response to a postal survey of sedentary patients - a randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN45665423]Harrison RA, Cock DBMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:31 (10 November 2004)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Study protocol Rationale and design of a multicenter randomized controlled trial on a 'minimal intervention' in Dutch army personnel with nonspecific low back pain [ISRCTN19334317]Helmhout PH, Harts C, Staal JB, De Bie RABMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2004, 5:40 (9 November 2004)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Study protocol Conservative treatment in patients with an acute lumbosacral radicular syndrome: design of a randomised clinical trial [ISRCTN68857256]Luijsterburg PAJ, Verhagen AP, Ostelo RWJG, van den Hoogen HJMM, Peul WC, Avezaat CJJ, Koes BWBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2004, 5:39 (9 November 2004)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Book review Review on "Atkins Diabetes Revolution: The Groundbreaking Approach to Preventing and Controlling Type 2 Diabetes"by Mary C. Vernon and Jacqueline A. EbersteinArora S, McFarlane SINutrition & Metabolism 2004, 1:14 (9 November 2004)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Research article Effect of dietary palm olein oil on oxidative stress associated with ischemic-reperfusion injury in isolated rat heartNarang D, Sood S, Thomas MKADALI, Dinda AKUMAR, Maulik SKUMARBMC Pharmacology 2004, 4:29 (9 November 2004)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Research article Sick leave among home-care personnel: a longitudinal study of risk factorsHorneij EL, Jensen IB, Holmstrom EB, Ekdahl CBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2004, 5:38 (8 November 2004)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]

Research Comparison of energy-restricted very low-carbohydrate and low-fat diets on weight loss and body composition in overweight men and womenVolek JS, Sharman MJ, Gomez AL, Judelson DA, Rubin MR, Watson G, Sokmen B, Silvestre R, French DN, Kraemer WJNutrition & Metabolism 2004, 1:13 (8 November 2004)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Research article A randomised controlled trial to determine the effect on response of including a lottery incentive in health surveys [ISRCTN32203485]Roberts LM, Wilson S, Roalfe AK, Bridge PBMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:30 (8 November 2004)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]

Research article Overweight, obesity, and colorectal cancer screening: Disparity between men and womenHeo M, Allison DB, Fontaine KRBMC Public Health 2004, 4:53 (8 November 2004)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]

Research article Clinical education of ethicists: the role of a clinical ethics fellowshipChidwick P, Faith K, Godkin D, Hardingham LBMC Medical Ethics 2004, 5:6 (8 November 2004)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]

Research article Older age does not influence CD4 cell recovery in HIV-1 infected patients receiving Highly Active Anti Retroviral TherapyTumbarello M, Rabagliati R, de Gaetano Donati K, Bertagnolio S, Montuori E, Tamburrini E, Tacconelli E, Cauda RBMC Infectious Diseases 2004, 4:46 (6 November 2004)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]

Research article Effect of 50% ethanolic extract of Syzygium aromaticum(L.) Merr. & Perry. (clove) on sexual behaviour of normal male ratsTajuddin , Ahmad S, Latif A, Qasmi IABMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2004, 4:17 (5 November 2004)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]

Review Role of a critical visceral adipose tissue threshold (CVATT) in metabolic syndrome: implications for controlling dietary carbohydrates: a reviewFreedland ES.Nutrition & Metabolism 2004, 1:12 (5 November 2004)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Research article The impact of two multiple-choice question formats on the problem-solving strategies used by novices and expertsCoderre SP, Harasym P, Mandin H, Fick GBMC Medical Education 2004, 4:23 (5 November 2004)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]

Research article Psychiatric diagnoses in 3275 suicides: a meta-analysisArsenault-Lapierre G, Kim CD, Turecki GBMC Psychiatry 2004, 4:37 (4 November 2004)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]

Research article Selective inhibition of c-Myb DNA-binding by RNA polymersNordgard O, Andersen TO, Gabrielsen OSBMC Biochemistry 2004, 5:15 (4 November 2004)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]

Research article Protective role of Scoparia dulcisplant extract on brain antioxidant status and lipidperoxidation in STZ diabetic male Wistar ratsPari L, Latha MBMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2004, 4:16 (2 November 2004)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]

Research tools

CLICK HERE: search the Research Tool database

NOW LIVE ! The Australian Psychotherapy and Counselling Referral Directory
By Psychoz
"ANNOUNCING THE AUSTRALIAN PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELLING REFERRAL DIRECTORY
This Referral Directory continues online what was provided by the NATIONAL DIRECTORY OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTITIONERS IN PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELLING published by PsychOz in 1997, 1998 and 1999. We have received many requests to recommence the Directory and are pleased to once again bring together detailed information about psychotherapy and counselling practitioners in an independent form that is useful, practical and accessible. This time we are online and can ensure that the information is up to date at all times."

FAO: Food and Nutrition
By FAO
"Create sustainable improvements in nutrition, especially among nutritionally vulnerable households and population groups;Raise awareness of the benefits of combating hunger and reducing malnutrition;Assist countries in identifying people who are food insecure and vulnerable to nutritional problems;Promote food safety and prevent food borne diseases; Focus on consumer protection and fair practices in food trade."

TibetMed - for Tibetan Medicine Information and Research
By TibetMed
"The First International Congress on Tibetan Medicine provided the impetus for this community information network to keep scholars, researchers, practitioners, patients, and enthusiasts of Tibetan Medicine in contact and to continue the dialogue started at the conference."

Infoxchange Service Seeker
By Infoxchange
"The Infoxchange Service Seeker currently contains details on 103,368 government and non-government services and agencies in Victoria. The update cycle is weekly with the goal of all information being updated twice each year. In the week ending 14-11-2004 :218 new records were added2,123 records were updatedTotal records in the database were 103,368"

PEDro - The Physiotherapy Evidence Database
By PEDro
"PEDro is the Physiotherapy Evidence Database. It has been developed to give rapid access to bibliographic details and abstracts of randomised controlled trials, systematic reviews and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy. Most trials on the database have been rated for quality to help you quickly discriminate between trials which are likely to be valid and interpretable and those which are not."

OT seeker - Occupational Therapy
By OT Council
"OTseeker is a database that contains abstracts of systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy. Trials have been critically appraised and rated to assist you to evaluate their validity and interpretability. These ratings will help you to judge the quality and usefulness of trials for informing clinical interventions. In one database, OTseeker provides you with fast and easy access to trials from a wide range of sources."

Feature web-tool of the week!

CiteULike
By CiteULike
"CiteULike is a free service to help academics to share, store, and organise academic papers that they are reading. When you see a paper on the web that interests you, you can click one button and have it added to your personal library. CiteULike automatically extracts the citation details, so there's no need to type them in yourself.
Because your library is stored on the server, you can access it from any computer. You can share you library with others, and find out who is reading the same papers as you. In turn, this can help you discover literature which is relevant to your field but you may not have known about."

Have you seen: How to locate an article!

Index: all issues

ACNM Library Research Update - Vol. 2 No. 1

2004-11-08T13:21:00.000+11:00

NIH Clinical Research Studies
By NIH
"This is a collection of clinical studies being conducted by the National Institutes of Health at the Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland."
Includes currently 6 protocols from the National Center of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)

Supplement Watch
By Supplement Watch
"SupplementWatch, Inc. is a corporation consisting of a small group of scientists, physiologists, nutritionists and other health professionals dedicated to educating people about the pros and cons of dietary supplementation. The SupplementWatch™ service was started in 1999 in response to the growing public confusion surrounding nutrition in general and dietary supplements in particular. Our mission is to provide timely, relevant and balanced information to help our visitors and members make more informed decisions."

Food and Nutrition Library
By Human Info NGO
"The Food and Nutrition Library 1.0 was developed in January 2000 by the United Nations University and the Humanity Libraries Project (now called Human Info NGO). It contains 260 publications (28,000 pages) of ideas, experiences and solutions in the fields of Food and Nutrition, Food Policy, Nutrition Research, including the Food and Nutrition Bulletin."

Feature web-tool of the week!

Furl

This free service enables you to collect websites as an alternative to your favourites folder.

Benefits:

Your account becomes a full-text searchable database of all the sites you've collected...these sites can be shared via email. Anyone who knows the password can add sites to an account.
In effect it is your own mini search engine that searches websites that you've hand selected.

Your account can be accessed from any computer...it's like accessing your favourites folder from anywhere.

An electronic alternative to the ACNM drop file system...soon we will be able to add local files, such as word documents from our c:drives (at the moment you can only add web-pages)

Discussion Group Lists

2004-11-04T13:47:00.000+11:00

Sourced from general discussion groups websites

Information related to discussion groups
http://www.webliminal.com/search/search-web11.html

CHECK SUBJECT PORTALS OR GUIDES

See: http://www.furl.net/members/acnm

EXAMPLE

Holistic Healing Webpage
http://ps1.cim3.net/ps.php?theurl=http://www.holisticmed.com/#purp338

Rosenthal Center
http://ps1.cim3.net/ps.php?theurl=http://www.rosenthal.hs.columbia.edu/Botanicals.html#purp326

GENERAL LIST

L-soft
www.lsoft.com/

Medicine
www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?qL=medicine&F=L&F=T

Health science
www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?qL=health+science&F=L&F=T

Alternative medicine
www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?qL=alternative+medicine&F=L&F=T

Counselling
www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?qL=counselling&F=L&F=T

Nutrition
www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?qL=nutrition&F=L&F=T

Massage
www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?qL=massage&F=L&F=T

Tile.net
http://www.tile.net/
Also choose news then search

Altmed-l
http://tile.net/lists/showlists.php?list_id=21123
Alternative medicine

Cucca
http://tile.net/lists/showlists.php?list_id=768
Counseling

Herbal Digest
http://tile.net/lists/showlists.php?list_id=18076
Herbal

Tcm herbal
http://tile.net/lists/showlists.php?list_id=18614
Herbal

Aromatherapy1
http://tile.net/lists/showlists.php?list_id=2232
Aromatherapy

Natphil-l
http://tile.net/lists/showlists.php?list_id=33483
Naturopathy

Topica
http://lists.topica.com/

Alternative medicine news and discussion
www.topica.com/dir/?cid=451

Nutrition and diet news and discussion
www.topica.com/dir/?cid=259

Yahoo groups
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/dir/
Top>Health & Wellness>Alternative Medicine

Cyberfiber Newsgroups
http://www.cyberfiber.com/healsupp.htm
Health & Medical list

Jiscmail
http://tinyurl.com/5faaz
Medicine & Health list

SEARCHING

Netnewstracker
www.netnewstracker.com/

Cyberfiber newsgroups
www.cyberfiber.com/

Usenet and mailing list searching
www.fravia.com/usenet.htm

Google Groups 2
http://groups-beta.google.com/?sourceid=ghpp

Lycos discussion search
http://discussion.lycos.com/default.asp

Boardreader
www.boardreader.com/

Tile.net
http://www.tile.net/

Australian Associations - Natural Medicine

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GENERAL

ARCHI
www.archi.net.au

Health Insite
www.healthinsite.gov.au/

TGA - CAM
www.tga.gov.au/cm/cm.htm

Better Health Channel
www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/

Natural Therapy Pages
www.naturaltherapypages.com.au/

Health Tree.com.au
www.healthtree.com.au/

AIMA
www.aima.net.au/

ACUPUNCTURE

Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association
www.acupuncture.org.au/

HERBAL MEDICINE

National Herbalists Association of Australia
www.nhaa.org.au/

HOMEOPATHY

Australian Homoeopathic Association
www.homeopathyoz.org/

NATURAL THERAPIES

Australian Complementary Health Association
www.diversity.org.au/about.html#acha

Australian Natural Therapists Association
www.anta.com.au/

Australian Centre for Complementary Medicine Education and Research
www.accmer.edu.au/

Complementary Healthcare Council of Australia
www.chc.org.au/

Centre for Complementary Medicine Research
http://apps.uws.edu.au/research/complemed/

REMEDIAL THERAPIES

Australian Association of Massage Therapists
www.aamt.com.au/

Australian Kinesiology Association
www.kinesiology.com.au/

REFLEXOLOGY

Reflexology Association of Australia
http://reflexology.org.au/www/

HEALTH SCIENCES

Australian Traditional Medicine Society
www.atms.com.au/

Australasian Integrative Medicine Society
www.aima.net.au/

NUTRITION

Dieticians Association of Australia
www.daa.asn.au/

Nutrition Australia
www.nutritionaustralia.org/About_Us/About_Us_Index.asp

AROMATHERAPY

International Federation of Aromatherapists – Aus branch
www.ifa.org.au/

COUNSELLING

Australian Counselling Association
www.theaca.net.au/

Australian Psychological Society
www.psychology.org.au/

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association of Australasia
http://www.ppaa.net/

FLOWER ESSENCES

Australian Bush Flower Essence Society
www.ausflowers.com.au/society.asp

Free Journal Titles related to Health Science (Natural Medicine)

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Create a blog!

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FREE! Make you own blog like this one, using Blogger.

For more click here.

A ROUGH GUIDE TO BLOGS

Web-logs or Blogs are essentially web-sites that are generally updated frequently, entries or posts are marked by date (each post has its own web-page/web-address/URL) similar to a diary format.

Web-logs are used for various types of content, such as personal journals, journalism, newsletters, etc., can include images, audio, video

No programming knowledge is required, only minimum computer skills are needed to run a simple blog.

The real power of blogs is that you can broadcast news and messages to many people.

Great to capture daily thoughts, dilemma’s, insights, to the company or world at large for feedback …this works as a collaborative tool.

Documenting personal experiences are a key to gaining some knowledge from a person which would have otherwise stayed in their head…good for sharing implicit skills in the workplace, skills you didn’t even know you possessed.

Main problem that a blog overcomes is e-mail silos and hard drive silos. There may be information in personal e-mails and hard drives that is useful for more than one person. Also using a blog to store information or as a link storage to information is much more manageable and retrievable than current methods.

At the moment we have little islands of information, where the inhabitants don’t know where things are let alone sourcing knowledge from other islands.

The result is that blogs spore a collaborative environment where common interests are shared, idle information is tapped, and knowledge is transferred.

E-mail

Blogs complement the e-mail system.

E-mail’s strength is in one to one personal contact, and its privacy.

Blogs can be private to a company, by hiding behind a company firewall, so they are not visible to the World Wide Web, and private channels can also be accessed. Again for one to one personal contact email is more appropriate.

Problem with email is searching for stuff that is filed in a folder somewhere, you hope!
E-mail is not built to be a repository to store information; further more attachments filed away in folders take up lots of server space, especially when mail has been forwarded around resulting in many people having the same attachments.

A far more efficient solution is using a blog entry with a link to where the document (attachment) is stored.

Blogs can be searched by date, keyword, or by category (some blogs let you designate a topic/s to each entry), acting as a personal filing cabinet.

In organisations each staff member can post an entry to their own blog or group blog or project blog, that is assigned with a topic that is simultaneously syndicated to a master blog; acting as an intranet or share-drive where staff can find communal documents or links pointing to where documents are stored.

This works better than looking for attachments in an email based system, or documents stored in a folder in the share-drive.
The blogs and/or master blog can link to files kept in a document server instead of using attachments.

Reference

Blogs also act as a reference hub, as you can store: links of articles, other blogs, favourite sites, search boxes, etc. , on the sidebar of the blog.

Favourite links can also be stored in an electronic filing cabinet such as FURL, see the ACNM library research tools archive.
These are only for web-pages; local files such as WORD, PDF, etc are coming soon!

This type of archive can be used as an alternative to our current ACNM “Drop files” or e-mail accounts, ie. some teachers supply students with a log-in to an email address where they can access materials for their studies.

Notification

To find out if there is any new content on someone’s blog you don’t necessarily have to visit the web-site. A better way is for the site to visit you when there is new content; this is handy when you subscribe to 10 or more blogs or web-sites.

To do this you need to set up a news reader or feed reader and subscribe to the feed URL of the web-site, usually visible by an orange XML button, click here for instructions.

The beauty of RSS feeds as a publisher is that you don’t need to manage a mailing list, people can subscribe or unsubscribe with minimal fuss. The advantage for the consumer is they can pull the information to themselves rather than being pushed the information.

Collaborative

All posts or entries have a comments feature where readers can leave feedback or discussion.

Instead of leaving a comment in your blog, people may want to post an entry in their own blog, referring or linking to your entry. You can track who is talking about you by, trackback (if your blog supports it) or by entering the web-address of your particular web-log post or entry in a RSS/Blog search engine such as Bloglines, Feedster, Technorati, Waypath, etc.

Blog conversations are not as easy to follow, but can be done.

Blogs are more about an authors insight, where discussion lists are restricted to a topic, and administered by a moderator.

Discussion lists are confined to the community of members, whereas blogs can be open to input from the public on the WWW, people are hesitant to add comments if they have to register first.

If blogs do initiate discussion, further discussion can be moved to a discussion list, such as Quicktopic.

How to keep up-to-date!

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ACNM Library Research Update is available by subscribing to: http://acnmlibrary.blogspot.com

Including only a selection of print journals, electronic journals from subscription databases, and free online journals

Including news and research tools

Also see:

Recent News and Research
http://acnmlibrary.blogspot.com/2004/10/recent-news-and-research.html

All other alerts are available below, set up your own personalised system!

Three ways to be notified:

Email alert, if provided by the website
Monitor the webpage for changes if they don’t offer email subscriptions http://acnmlibrary.blogspot.com/2004/09/web-site-monitoring.html
RSS feeds
http://acnmlibrary.blogspot.com/2004/09/list-of-healthmedical-rss-feeds.html

Some systems offer free space where you can access your saved search via a log-in.

JOURNAL DATABASE ALERTS

PUBMED

PubMed – Natural Medicine @ ACNM [RSS]
http://groups.blogdigger.com/groups.jsp?id=155
This database is searchable, conducting a search generates a new RSS feed
On the far right is the group roll, click on any of these to see content solely from these sites

Pubcrawler [EMAIL]
http://pubcrawler.gen.tcd.ie/
Update alerting service for PubMed

Biomail [EMAIL]
http://biomail.org/
Update alerting service for PubMed

Hubmed [RSS]
www.hubmed.org/
Conducting a search generates a new RSS feed

MyPubMed [EMAIL] [RSS] [LOG-IN]
www.mypubmed.com/

PubMed – Cubby [LOG-IN]
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/cubby.fcgi?call=QueryExt.Query.last.Show&call=QueryExt.CubbyQuery..ShowAll

Medportal (Infotrieve) [EMAIL]
www4.infotrieve.com/journals/toc_main.asp
Need to pay for this alert

PubMedCentral – New [EMAIL]
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mailman/listinfo/pmc-news
Free journals within PubMed

BIOMEDCENTRAL

BioMed Central @ ACNM [RSS]
http://groups.blogdigger.com/groups.jsp?id=160
This database is searchable, conducting a search generates a new RSS feed
On the far right is the group roll, click on any of these to see content solely from these sites

My BioMed Central [EMAIL] [LOG-IN]
www.biomedcentral.com/registration?url=%2Fmy%2F
Includes subject preference alerts and search alerts
For Table of Contents alert, tick journal titles and hit return leaving the search box blank.

BioMed Central [RSS]
www.biomedcentral.com/info/about/rss/

my.OAI [EMAIL] [RSS] [LOG-IN]
www.myoai.com

EBSCO

My EBSCOhost [EMAIL] [LOG-IN]
http://search.epnet.com

Save searches, Search alerts, Publication alerts

NOTE: Alerts you only when a new issue is added to the database, not when a new issue of the journal is released. This needs to be kept in mind when the journals have an embargo on the database where the publisher doesn't allow issues to be placed on the database until they are 3 months old or 6 months old or whatever they have stipulated.

PROQUEST [EMAIL] [LOG-IN]

http://proquest.umi.com/login
www.il.proquest.com/division/pqnext/previews/alerts/

Save searches, Search alerts, Publication alerts (coming in November 2004)

SCIENCE-DIRECT [EMAIL] [LOG-IN]

My Profile
www.sciencedirect.com/
Click tab on home page

Alerts
www.sciencedirect.com/
Click tab on home page

Save searches, Search alerts, Publications alerts

New, Changed and Discontinued Titles Alert
www.info.sciencedirect.com/sd_updates/

HIGHWIRE

Free online full-text articles [MONITOR]
http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl

My Highwire [EMAIL] [LOG-IN]

http://highwire.stanford.edu/customize/#myalerts

My favourite journals, My sitebar, My email alerts, PDA channels, My access, My topics, My folders, My searches

DOAJ [MONITOR]

New titles
www.doaj.org/new

VIRTUAL MED ONLINE [MONITOR]

Pick a subject area
www.virtualmedonline.com/journalcentral/subject%20index.htm

FREE MEDICAL JOURNALS [EMAIL]

Journal Alert
www.freemedicaljournals.com/htm/alert.htm

MEDJET.NET [EMAIL]

Journal Jet
www.medjet.net/cgi-bin/mvi.exe/LIST.SERV.FORM.START

LEAD DISCOVERY [EMAIL]

Daily updates
www.leaddiscovery.co.uk/dailyupdates%20registration.html

FREE ABSTRACT ALERTS (pay full-text journals)

ELSEVIER [EMAIL]

Elsevier alerts/lifesciences
www.elsevier-alerts.com/elsevier/lifesciences/index.asp

for more see: ACNM Library – What’s new!
http://acnmlibrary.blogspot.com/2004/09/free-abstract-publisher-databases-pay.html

SEARCH ENGINE/DIRECTORY ALERTS

GOOGLE

Google Alerts – Alt Comp Nat Med [RSS]
http://groups.blogdigger.com/groups.jsp?id=264
This database is searchable, conducting a search generates a new RSS feed
On the far right is the group roll, click on any of these to see content solely from these sites

Google Alerts [EMAIL]
www.google.com/alerts

GoogleAlert [EMAIL] [RSS]
www.googlealert.com/

LII [EMAIL] [RSS]
http://lii.org/search/file/mailinglist

DMOZ [RSS]
www.xmlhub.com/odp_feed.php

OMNI

News records, BIOME Service News [RSS] [MONITOR]
http://omni.ac.uk/whatsnew/index.html

INFOMINE

New Resources Alert Service [EMAIL]
http://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/alert_service_editor

NEWSALERTS

Natural Medicine @ ACNM [RSS]
http://groups.blogdigger.com/groups.jsp?id=161
This database is searchable, conducting a search generates a new RSS feed
On the far right is the group roll, click on any of these to see content solely from these sites

Health Sciences news @ ACNM [RSS]
http://groups.blogdigger.com/groups.jsp?id=162
This database is searchable, conducting a search generates a new RSS feed
On the far right is the group roll, click on any of these to see content solely from these sites

Eurekalert [EMAIL]
www.eurekalert.org/

MEDLINEPLUS [EMAIL]

Medlineplus email list
http://medlineplus.gov/

for more see: ACNM Library – What’s new!
http://acnmlibrary.blogspot.com/2004/09/health-news-links.html

BRANDS

See BRANDS folder at:
www.furl.net/members/acnm

ASSOCIATION/ PORTALS

NATURAL MEDICINES COMPREHENSIVE DATABASE FREE [EMAIL]

eUPDATE
www.naturaldatabase.com

IM GATEWAY [EMAIL]
www.imgateway.net

HEALTHTREE [EMAIL]
www.healthtree.com.au

HEALTHINSITE [EMAIL]

Health Insite Newsletter
www.healthinsite.gov.au/content/newsletters/maillist_subscribe.cfm

NCCAM [EMAIL]

NCCAM Newsletter
http://nccam.nih.gov/news/

CHC [MONITOR]
www.chc.org.au

AAMER [MONITOR]
www.accmer.edu.au

AIMA [MONITOR]
www.aima.net.au/content/Media/Media.asp

For more see ASSOCIATIONS folder at:
www.furl.net/members/acnm

Also see: Australian Associations – Natural Medicine
http://acnmlibrary.blogspot.com/2004/11/australian-associations-natural.html

For more see PORTALS folder at:

www.furl.net/members/acnm

Some Journals are published by Associations

CLINIC

See CLINIC folder at:
www.furl.net/members/acnm

E – LISTS (discussion)

See E-LISTS folder at:
www.furl.net/members/acnm

Also see: Discussion Group links
http://acnmlibrary.blogspot.com/2004/11/australian-associations-natural.html

CONFERENCES

CONFERENCE ALERT
www.conferencealerts.com

Most Journals mention conferences

WEBLOGS

Weblogs – Natural Medicine @ ACNM [RSS]
http://groups.blogdigger.com/groups.jsp?id=278
This database is searchable, conducting a search generates a new RSS feed
On the far right is the group roll, click on any of these to see content solely from these sites

Yahoo Health & Medicine Weblogs [RSS]
http://tinyurl.com/4hxyk

Medical News Feeds [RSS]
www.medlogs.com

NOTE: Websites that don’t have RSS or Email subscriptions can be monitored for changes:
http://acnmlibrary.blogspot.com/2004/09/web-site-monitoring.html

Or create your own RSS feeds for sites that haven’t made their own:
www.feedfire.com

List of Medical Images

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LISTS

UTHSCSA Library

University of Nebraska - McGoogan’s Library

University of Kansas Medical Center

Karolinska Institute medical images

Martindale Virtual Medical Center - scroll down to find the images

Most below are mentioned in the lists above

GENERAL

Fagan Finder – Image Search Engines

Google Image search

Ithaki

Clusty - Images

Lycos – Image Search

Seekscan

Findfoward

AllRefer.com Health

Bartleby – anatomy of the human body

GOVERNMENT

Dream anatomy

History of medicine images

Health on the Net Media

MedlinePlus Encyclopedia

Public Health Image Library

Atlas of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

NLM - Anatomic Images Online

DPDx – Parasite Image Library

ACADEMIC

Bristol Biomed Image Archive (free registration)

Hardin MD, University of Iowa

University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

Harvard Medical School - SPL

Harvard – Whole Brain Atlas

ASSOCIATION

Medical Matrix (free registration)

images.MD

TRIP database

Welcome trust

Medscape

Helpmd.com

Medicinenet.com (free registration)

Science Photo Library

Dermatology Image Atlas

HOSPITAL

Providence Hospital

Massachusetts General Hospital

Recent News and Research

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View these links daily.

All items are stored by date in an archive that can be searched.

Natural Medicine News @ ACNM

Health Science News @ ACNM

PubMed - Natural Medicine @ ACNM

BioMed Central @ ACNM

ACNM Library Research Tool Archive -update or see archive

Google alerts - alt comp nat med

Weblogs Natural Medicine @ ACNM

Notifications of new content is available via RSS feeds (orange XML button)
Also subscribe to an RSS feed of a search query.

How to locate an article!

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STEP ONE

Search inside single Journal Titles

All computers have a folder called ACNM Melb JOURNAL GUIDE

Includes:

ACNM Melb Print Journals
Links to Publisher websites to search table of contents or full-text

ACNM Melb Print Journal Holdings
List of the volumes and issues we hold on the Melbourne campus

ACNM Free Online Journals
A selection of free online journals plus their source lists.

Also see: Free Journal Titles related to Health Science (Natural Medicine)
http://acnmlibrary.blogspot.com/2004/11/free-journal-titles-related-to-health.html

Melbourne Journals are not as of yet in the library catalogue.

Check Brisbane Catalogue as their journals have been entered into the catalogue

Subscription Journal Databases listed below are currently being entered into the library catalogue, included so far are AltHealthWatch, and Science-Direct journal titles, ProQuest soon to follow.

STEP TWO

Search across the full-text of hundreds of journals

Other Journal sources via desktop icons (library access only):

Proquest Health & Medical
http://proquest.umi.com/login
Over 500 online full-text journals

Ebsco AltHealthWatch
http://search.epnet.com
Over 140 online full-text journals

Ebsco AMED
http://search.epnet.com
An Alternative Medicine abstract database from over 400 sources

Science – Direct
http://www.science-direct.com
Over 50 online full-text journals, free abstract for unsubscribed journals
Click Journals > Subscribed > All

Free access databases:

Pubmed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
Pubmed contains bibliographic citations and author abstracts from more than 4,800 biomedical journals

Pubmed Central
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/
Includes only the free journals that appear in Pubmed

GUIDE:

PubMed features
http://acnmlibrary.blogspot.com/2004/09/pubmed-features.html

SEE MORE HERE:

ACNM free journals information guide
http://acnmlibrary.blogspot.com/2004/09/acnm-free-journals-information-guide.html

Free Abstract Journals (pay full-text)
http://acnmlibrary.blogspot.com/2004/09/free-abstract-publisher-databases-pay.html

also see REPOSITORIES folder at:
www.furl.net/members/acnm

STEP THREE

Sourcing a Journal outside of our college:

Coolcat
http://www.coolcat.edu.au
Searches several Victorian Universities in one go

RMIT has a list of catalogues of several Victorian Universities
http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=rk8vojhg1qxi

Openly Jake
http://jake.openly.com/servlet/Jake?
Type in Journal Title or ISSN and it will tell you which databases have full-text

STEP FOUR

Pay for an article to be delivered:

Ingenta
www.ingentaconnect.com

Infotrieve/Pumed Articles
http://www4.infotrieve.com/newmedline/search.asp

REMEMBER:

Try a search on Google as someone may have the rights to re-publish an article such as the publishers own website or the institutions archive or repository.

Eg. “Acupuncture treatment for depression” journal article

Try variations of this search query, maybe using the publishers name or the author’s name.

GUIDE:

Google features
http://acnmlibrary.blogspot.com/2004/09/google-features.html

Search Engine and Specialised Web Directories
http://acnmlibrary.blogspot.com/2004/09/search-engines-specialised-web.html

HANDY RESOURCES:

Gale via public library
http://www.libraries.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/library_links/dbases.cgi

Cochrane Library
http://www.update-software.com/clibng/cliblogon.htm
Log on anonymously

Omni
http://omni.ac.uk/

Omnimedical search.com
http://www.omnimedicalsearch.com/

Free Abstract Publisher Databases (pay full-text)

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HIGHBEAM

INGENTA: [Various Subjects]

HIGHWIRE: [Various Subjects]
also has a free full-text section

SCIENCE-DIRECT: [Various Subjects]
also subscribe to full-text of various journals
or Scirus

KLUWERONLINE: [Subject – Medicine, Psychology]

SPRINGERLINK: [Subject – Medicine]

WILEY-INTERCIENCE: [Subject – Medicine]

LWW ONLINE: [Various Journals]

CAMBRIDGE JOURNALS ONLINE: [Various Subjects]

OXFORD JOURNALS: [Various Subjects]

THIEME-CONNECT: [Various Subjects]

BLACKWELL SYNERGY: [Various Subjects]

TAYLOR & FRANCIS ONLINE: [Various Subjects]

BIOONE: [Various Journals]

SMART: [Subject - Sports Medicine]

NATURE: [Various Subjects]

List of Health&Medical RSS feeds (Natural Medicine)

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Start your own account, it only takes 2 minutes. AND IT’S FREE!!

Visit this site for an ultimate guide to an introduction on RSS:
http://www.lo.redjupiter.com/gems/weblogged/RSSFAQ2.doc

Weblogs or ‘blogs’ usually are web-sites that are in a diary format. They are commonly personal accounts or daily, weekly, monthly happenings on certain subject matter or issues-the most common being daily news sites. Regularly checking your favourite blog helps you keep on top of the latest information you want to know.

More on blogs see: http://acnmlibrary.blogspot.com/2004/11/create-blog.html

To keep on top of information people check their favourites or bookmark folder daily, subscribe to websites that email the latest updates, or belong to list-discussion groups.

Another way of keeping up-to-date is using RSS (rdf site syndication) enabled sites. At the moment these are on most blog or news related web-sites.
These sites have a label saying ‘syndication’ or orange label saying ‘XML’ or ‘RSS’. Click this link, then cut and paste the information in the address bar, into your RSS reader or aggregator in order to subscribe to the site.

A personal reader is where your sites are stored, usually every hour your reader checks your collection of web-sites for any new information and presents the results. Generally the headlines and abstract are shown, clicking on links will take you to the actual site for further information.

Here is an explanatory article: www.llrx.com/features/rssforlibrarians.htm.

Concise explanation: www.commoncraft.com/archives/000528.html

This is an instruction of how to get started: http://lii.org/search/file/liirss/

More instructions on Bloglines: www.lawlibtech.com/archives/000129.html

Free aggregator: Bloglines www.bloglines.com

A list of some popular Health RSS feeds

BMC feeds
http://pscontent.com/biomedcentral.html

News is free
Health - www.newsisfree.com/sources/bycat/?where=23
Alternative Medicine - www.newsisfree.com/sources/bycat/?where=235
Diseases - www.newsisfree.com/sources/bycat/?where=69

Medscape
www.medscape.com/pages/public/rss

PR Web
www.prweb.com/newsbycategory/index.htm

Moreover
http://w.moreover.com/categories/category_list_rss.html

Topix.net
www.topix.net/health

Medicinenet.com
www.medicinenet.com/rss/article.htm#rss

more from Medicinenet.com
www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=100

Medical News Today
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/index.php?page=newsfeed

All headline news
choose from “more headlines” drop down menu
www.allheadlinenews.com/

about.com
choose a topic and scroll down for the feed
http://home.about.com/health/

Homeopathy in the news
http://baltimore-homeopathy.org/homeonews.html

Analysis and discussion on alternative health and medical news
www.mychiro.com/health/index.php

CounsellingResource.com
http://counsellingresource.com/index.shtml

Gancao.net – Acublog: Western Research, Eastern Medicine
http://gancao.net/weblogs/acublog/

Rocketnews.com
search query feeds
http://www.rocketnews.com/news/index.jsp

WebMDHealth
http://my.webmd.com/webmd_today/rss/default.htm

Biome Headline News
http://biome.ac.uk/whatsnew/news/BIOMEnews.xml

Waypath
Health & Medical - http://www.waypath.com/topic/health.html
Low-carb diets - http://www.waypath.com/topic/health_lowcarbdiets.html
Mental Health - http://www.waypath.com/topic/health_mentalhealth.html
Trends in Fitness - http://www.waypath.com/topic/health_trendsinfitness.html

HubMed
www.pmbrowser.info/,

This is a rewired version of PubMed developed by University of Glasgow Division of Immunology, Infection & Inflammation.

Hubmed lets you create an RSS feed on a search query…every time the search term appears in PubMed it appears in your reader as an update.

Eg. Perform a search such as acupuncture. On the results page an XML logo is located on the top right hand corner, click on this and cut n’ paste the web-site address into your reader.
Now anytime the word, acupuncture, appears in PubMed you will be notified.

MY BLOGLINES ACCOUNT

The above news websites and more can be viewed at
http://www.bloglines.com/public/acnm
This is a public version of my Bloglines account.

Start your own account and populate it with entries from my account in 2 minutes.
AND IT’S FREE!!

To register email: johntropea@acnm.edu.au

Otherwise register directly at: www.bloglines.com

View explanation:

LEFT PANE

collection of bookmarks or websites/pages

RIGHT PANE

every-hour these bookmarks are scanned, alerting the user of any new content...these bookmarks are rss enabled
(there are directories and search engines available to collect rss enabled sites) see below

What happens is the collection of bookmarks (left pane) highlight in bold if there is new content, but since I'm sharing my viewer this won't happen for others. Instead when you click on a bookmark (left pane), the right pane will give you a choice of seeing the last session, last hour, 24 hours, week, etc..

This isn’t too innovative as you have to click on the bookmarks to see if there is any new content - whereas if it's your own personal viewer the bookmarks highlight in bold alerting you of new content. Once finished reading the new content the bold disappears in the bookmark (left pane), or to read the rest later choose "mark unread" so it stays bold in the bookmark (left pane)…you even save individual content posts (right pane) into a folder.

You can even search the full-text of all your bookmarks, and many more features.

There are many aggregators to choose from, usually at a price.
A popular one is Newsgator: www.newsgator.com/, costs $29
This delivers news straight into your Microsoft outlook folders.
Here is a screen shot: www.newsgator.com/ShowImage.aspx?url=ss_newspage.gif

Collect RSS feeds to add to your reader and/or search within RSS feed search engines

These 2 websites list RSS related sites

News Search Portal
www.newssearchportal.com/

Faganfinder – Blogs
www.faganfinder.com/blogs/

Search for RSS feeds

Yahoo! – advanced search
http://search.yahoo.com/web/advanced?vf=rss

Syndic8
www.syndic8.com

Search in RSS feeds

Feedster
www.feedster.com/

Technorati
www.technorati.com

Daypop
www.daypop.com

Electronic Filing Cabinet

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Need a place to keep all your favourite bookmarks which is more manageable then the favourites folder on your browser.
Trying to keep track and manage all the web-sites you visit when you are researching to add to your bibliography.

There are many filing cabinets on the web that have differing features.
The one that stands out at the moment is FURL – a free web based bookmark management resource.

What it does is save web-pages on a server also including an archived version that will always be available, even if the website no longer operates. This way you have a desktop of your favourite web-pages that can be accessed from anywhere with an internet connection.

Web-pages are saved in default or customized topic folders, a comment box is available to annotate or describe the web-page, and a keyword box is provided.
All these bookmarks are stored in a personal database that can be searched by date, topic, assigned keyword or free-text.

In all you have a personalized version of the web!!

You can share your account with the public - people can subscribe to your account, or topics within your account, and are automatically sent email updates as you update.

It takes minutes to set up and is very user friendly.

See the FURL website for many other features and instructions on setting up an account.
www.furl.net/index.jsp

Here are some articles about FURL:

To file Web addresses efficiently, Furl them
http://tinyurl.com/2uxjf

Saving Web Pages the Easy Way
http://newsletter.timeatlas.com/e_article000240652.cfm

New site delivers personal web archive
www.itworld.com/nl/ecom_in_act/02182004/

Here is the ACNM FURL account:

http://www.furl.net/members/acnm

Web-site Monitoring

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If you want to keep up-to-date with a particular website and they don’t have a regular email (update) newsletter or an RSS feed, try monitoring the web-pages and having the updates emailed.

There are many services that provide monitoring; one of the free providers is WatchThatPage.

WatchThatPage will find changes on web-pages and collect this new content for you to browse.

This allows monitoring of web-pages (not entire web-sites), so you may need to enter many web-pages for the same web-site. These monitored web-pages can be managed with folders.

When filling out your profile you can choose what day (or everyday) and what time (or every hour) you would like the updates emailed, you can also halt all emails and view your updates only on your watchthatpage account.

All the updates are included in the one email.
If you don’t want to mix your personal updates with your work updates, try creating another channel, so you get two separate emails of updates.

You can also get updates according to changes that match keywords of your choice.

It takes minutes to set up and is very user friendly.

See that WatchThatPage website for more information and setting up an account.
www.watchthatpage.com

Reference material

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Including dictionaries, encyclopedia’s…

FEATURE SITES!

Gale - via public library
http://www.libraries.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/library_links/dbases.cgi

MedBioWorld – Dictionaries
www.medbioworld.com/advice/dict.html

Online Medical Dictionaries & Glossaries
www.interfold.com/translator/medlinks.htm#engelska

AusPharamacist.net.au
www.auspharmacist.net.au/

Martindale Center
www.martindalecenter.com/MedicalD_Dict.html

Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/home.jsp

MedlinePlus – Encyclopedia
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html

MedlinePlus – Dictionary
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html

MedicineNet.com – Dictionary
www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp

General Web Directories

Librarians Index to the Internet
http://lii.org/search/file/reference

Infomine
http://infomine.ucr.edu/?view=reference

Bubl Link
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/types.html

Internet Public Library
www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref00.00.00

Open Directory Project
http://dmoz.org/Reference/

Yahoo
http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/

Digital Librarian
www.digital-librarian.com/reference.html

Beaucoup
www.beaucoup.com/1refeng.html

Faganfinder
www.faganfinder.com/aref/

Langenberg
www.langenberg.com/

All-In-One Web Tools

Refdesk.com
www.refdesk.com/index.html

ITools
www.itools.com

Faganfinder
A selection of websites and databases that can be searched from the same page
www.faganfinder.com

InfoGrid
www.infogrid.com/

Langenberg
www.langenberg.com/

Catalogue instructions - ACNM Library

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www.acnm.edu.au

Follow the links from the homepage: current>library>search catalogue>Melbourne Campus

Consult the help menu to learn different types of searches in more detail.

When an item reads NEWLY ACQUIRED this means it is a REFERENCE ITEM.
When an item reads IN TRANSIT this means it is CHECKED IN.

Home
general keyword search.

Search (Basic)
choice of field to search within.

General keyword
Title keyword or browse
Author keyword or browse
Subject keyword or browse

* browsing allows scrolling through alphabetical lists.

Search (Advanced)
search multiple fields simultaneously.

* results can be limited to a collection, campus, etc..

Search (Power)
sophisticated searching with refining and limiting features.

Boolean searching allows to use AND, OR, NOT.

Australia AND Plants finds results with only Australia and Plants.

Australia OR Plants finds results with the term Australia and also results with the term
Plants, not necessarily both in the same result.

Australia NOT Plants finds results with Australia but not Plants.

* Boolean searching can be used on any of the 4 search screens.

Truncation allows for multiple variations on a term.

Nutri* finds results like Nutrition, Nutrient, Nutritional, etc...

History keeps a log of all search queries.

My List stores a list of your findings.

Request Item automatically puts a title on request.

My Account access library details entering barcode number on the back of the student card.

DON’T FORGET TO LOG-OUT

Brisbane journals are in the catalogue, Melbourne journals can be browsed via a folder on the library computer desktops.
A list of all MCNM Journal Holdings (incl. vol. & no.) is located at the Journal Desk.

Also available on the library computer desktops are Journal databases such as, ProQuest, AltHealthWatch, and Science-Direct.

ACNM free journals information guide

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LISTS OF FREE FULL-TEXT JOURNALS ONLINE

FEATURE SITES

Free Medical Journals
www.freemedicaljournals.com/htm/special.htm

DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
http://www.doaj.org/

Highwire Press (free journals)
http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl
search via: http://bmj.com/search.dtl

Journal Central Free Medical Directory
http://www.virtualmedonline.com/journalcentral/subject%20index.htm

PUBMED RELATED

BioMedCentral
www.biomedcentral.com/browse/bysubject/
search available
or search via: PubMed www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
or search via: PubMedCentral www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/

Free Journals in PubMed (University of Iowa)
www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/pm/freejournals.html
or search via: Subject www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/ej.html

Free LINKOUT Journals in PubMed
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/journals/free_noprov/free_full_noprov.html

Free Health Science Journals in PMC and Index Medicus
www.internatlibs.mcgill.ca/freeim.htm

UNIVERSITIES

Scholarly Journals via WWW: free : University of Houston
http://info.lib.uh.edu/wj/webjour.html
via New Jour http://gort.ucsd.edu/newjour/

Electronic Journals Library: Max Planck Institute
http://rzblx1.uni-regensburg.de/ezeit/fl.phtml?bibid=MPII&colors=3&lang=en

Free-full text journals in Chemistry: BSU
www.chemistry.bsu.by/abc/current/fulltext.htm

Online books page
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/serials.html

Biomedical Online Journals List : free : University of Massachusetts Medical School
http://library.umassmed.edu/ejournalsFaction.cfm

SUBJECT DIRECTORIES

Looksmart (find articles)
www.findarticles.com/cf_0/PI/subject.jhtml?topic=health
search available

Electronic Journal Miner
http://ejournal.coalliance.org/
search: check free box

Infomine
http://tinyurl.com/63kno
search: resource access=free, resource type=electronic journals

Goldrush
http://goldrush.coalliance.org/
search: check free box

Omni
http://omni.ac.uk
search: resource type=journal/full-text, search= free

OTHER

Australian Journals Online
www.nla.gov.au/ajol/
search individually to find free journals

FreeFullText.com: Yahoo - over 7000 titles alphabetical search
www.freefulltext.com/
Enter search term as follows in Google www.google.com [eg. nutrition site:www.freefulltext.com]
This finds occurrences of the word nutrition in a journal title(s), then go back to FreeFullText and retrieve title

Journalserver.org
http://journalserver.org/
search available

J-Stage
www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/_journallist

Neurosciences on the Internet (Journals with full-text of articles)
www.neuroguide.com/neurojour_1.html#text

Medscape hosted journal articles
www.medscape.com/pages/public/publications#MedJournals
free registration

also see: Free Journal Titles related to Health Science (Natural Medicine)

Health News Links

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These links can be clicked on daily to get the latest news

Keep this document on your desktop for daily access

Some of these sites provide an RSS feed or email mailing lists, otherwise try monitoring.

Most of these news sites are secondary providers of news as they aggregate news from different sources. To try and decrease
overlap some health-related news websites have been ignored as sources are already covered by other entries in this list.

FEATURE - CUSTOM MADE NEWS SITES FOR ACNM

Health Sciences news @ACNM
http://www.blogdigger.com/groups/groups.jsp?id=162

Natural Medicine @ ACNM
http://www.blogdigger.com/groups/groups.jsp?id=161

NEW!! News Search Portal
Ultimate News Portal
www.newssearchportal.com/

NEW!! Findhealthnews.com
A dedicated Health News search engine
Type in a search term and the search engine will return results gathered from news sources.
www.findhealthnews.com/

Google News – Health News
http://news.google.com.au/news/en/au/health.html

NEW!! Google News Alert
www.google.com/alerts

Yahoo! - Health News
http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=34&tmpl=fc&in=Health

Alternative Medicine
http://tinyurl.com/3hrv4

Diet and Nutrition
http://tinyurl.com/3p4lt

Mental Health
http://tinyurl.com/create.php?url=http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=34&amp;amp;amp;tmpl=fc&in=Health&cat=Mental_Health
and others

NEW!! Yahoo! News
Type in a query in the search box as per usual, including the term news
Eg. news acupuncture
www.yahoo.com/

ABC news online - health
www.abc.net.au/news/health/default.htm

ABC Health Matters – health news
www.abc.net.au/health/healthnews/default.htm

Medline plus
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/newsbydate.html

By topic
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/alphanews_a.html

All Headline News – Top Health
www.allheadlinenews.com/news/Health

Acupuncture
www.allheadlinenews.com/news/Acupuncture

Alternative Medicine
www.allheadlinenews.com/news/Alternative Medicine

Herbal Medicine
www.allheadlinenews.com/news/Herbal Medicine

Medicine
www.allheadlinenews.com/news/Medicine

Mental Health
www.allheadlinenews.com/news/Mental Health

Naturopathy
www.allheadlinenews.com/news/Naturopathy

Nutrition
www.allheadlinenews.com/news/Nutrition

Psychology
www.allheadlinenews.com/news/Psychology

and others

News is free - health
www.newsisfree.com/sources/browse/?cat=23
source list www.newsisfree.com/sources/bycat/?where=23

Alternative Medicine
www.newsisfree.com/sources/browse/?cat=235
source list www.newsisfree.com/sources/bycat/?where=235

Diseases
www.newsisfree.com/sources/browse/?cat=69
source list www.newsisfree.com/sources/bycat/?where=69

PR Web
www.prweb.com/newsbycategory/index.htm

Medical
www.prweb.com/newsbycategory/29/2004-04-25/0/index.htm

Alternative Medicine
www.prweb.com/newsbycategory/1005/2004-04-25/0/index.htm

Mental Health
www.prweb.com/newsbycategory/1170/2004-04-25/0/index.htm

Nutrition
www.prweb.com/newsbycategory/1200/2004-04-25/0/index.htm

Physical Therapy
www.prweb.com/newsbycategory/1230/2004-04-25/0/index.htm

and others

Tucows Newshub
www.newshub.com/health/

Topix.net
www.topix.net/health

Subject menu on the left of screen

BigNewsNetwork.com - health
www.bignewsnetwork.com/cat/656c762851046e9d/

Alternative Health News Online
www.altmedicine.com

Natural Health Line
www.naturalhealthvillage.com/

HealthWorldOnline HealthyNews
www.healthy.net/library/news/index.asp

CLICK IN DROP DOWN MENU
Acupuncture
Alternative medicine
Herbal medicine
Homeopathy
Nutrition
and others

WellNut – Alternative Medicine News
http://alternative.wellnut.com/Alternative-Medicine.html

Well Nut - Homeopathy news
http://homeopathic.wellnut.com/Homeopathy-News.html

World Health Organisation
www.who.int/en/

Also covered in News is free listed above, but is included as it has a wealth of information.

Medscape
www.medscape.com/pages/homepages/splash?src=hdr

Also covered in News is free listed above, but is included as it has a wealth of information
- Free registration

Health insite
www.healthinsite.gov.au/content/news/news.cfm

Baltimore Homeopathic Study Group
http://baltimore-homeopathy.org/homeonews.html

MedicineNet
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/hp.asp

Medical News Today
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/

MedbioWorld news
http://www.medbioworld.com/home/lists/dailymednews.html

This is another list of compiled health related news links
Click on links by topic (some are covered by websites in this list)

1st headlines
www.1stheadlines.com/health.htm

Intelihealth: Harvard
www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/333/333.html?k=menux408x333

Complementary & Alternative Medicine
www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/333/28815.html

Mental Health
www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/333/8014.html

Nutrition
www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/333/8015.html

and others

Counselling resource.com – Daily Psychology and Mental Health News
http://counsellingresource.com/sitenews/mental-health-news.shtml

Gancao.net – Acublog: Western Research, Eastern Medicine
http://gancao.net/weblogs/acublog/

Acupuncture Today – Breaking News
www.acupuncturetoday.com/

News Journals via VirtualMedOnline
http://www.virtualmedonline.com/journalcentral/news%20journals.htm

Medical News Feeds
http://www.medlogs.com/indexfeed.php?category=Med%20News

Rocketnews.com
search query feeds
http://www.rocketnews.com/news/index.jsp

WebMDHealth
http://my.webmd.com/webmd_today/rss/default.htm

Biome Headline News
http://biome.ac.uk/whatsnew/news/BIOMEnews.xml

Waypath
www.waypath.com

Health & Medical
http://www.waypath.com/topic/health.html

Low-carb diets
http://www.waypath.com/topic/health_lowcarbdiets.html

Mental Health
http://www.waypath.com/topic/health_mentalhealth.html

Trends in Fitness
http://www.waypath.com/topic/health_trendsinfitness.html

Search Engines & Specialised Web Directories

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Know your way around the web

DEEP WEB

Most popular general search engines only search the surface of the web as they cannot index web-pages inside dynamic websites (dynamic websites store information in a database, each page does not have its own address like static websites - you have enter the home page first) Some search engines specialise in mining into web-pages others cannot reach, this is the difference between the surface web and the deep web (sometimes called the invisible web)
Although, many general search engines are wising up to this and developing new technologies to mine deeper into the web.

Also, both surface and deep web search engines cannot index subscription journal databases as most charge a fee and require a password. Students need to come into the library to access these databases and electronic journals as they are not reachable by any search engines – at the moment we do not have remote access (ie. license to use a library journal database out of the library via a student password)

The library needs to be consulted when researching for assignments, as search engines cannot always retrieve the qualitative scholarly information required at tertiary levels.

Since there is so much ‘noise’ (non-academic/non-authoritative material) on the web, there is a need to filter out the useable or more qualitative information. Otherwise it takes too long scrolling through irrelevant results from a search engine. Directories are like a virtual library….handpicked sites, ‘the best of the web’ according to scholars and librarians.

New!!

Google Scholar
Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web.

FEATURE SITES!

Search-it-all
Scroll down to categories, choose Health>Alternative or any other…or use the search feature
www.search-it-all.com/directory.aspx/

Incy-Wincy
Click on Health>Alternative
www.incywincy.com/search-engine/directory/directory

All.info
http://all.info/directory/Science_and_Health/Health_and_Medicine/

WOlist
Click on Health>Alternative
www.wolist.com

Scirus
Click advanced search to view subject areas…searches science/medical websites, journals, archives, etc
www.scirus.com

Omni
Click browse to view topics… searches science/medical websites
http://omni.ac.uk

OmniMedicalSearch.com
http://www.omnimedicalsearch.com/

Search-22
Click on Health
www.search-22.com

Faganfinder
A selection of websites and databases that can be searched from the same page
www.faganfinder.com/med/

Martindale’s The Reference Desk
http://www.martindalecenter.com/HSGuide.html

Complete Planet
A searchable directory of specialised databases and search engines
www.completeplanet.com/

Search.com
Click research by topic>Health
www.search.com/

Invisible-web.net
www.invisible-web.net/

Pro Fusion
Click on Health
www.profusion.com/

The WWW Virtual Library
Click on Health
www.vlib.org/

Open Directory Project
Commendable attempt to classify all the quality sites on the web in an intuitive searchable directory.
http://dmoz.org/

Librarians Index to the Internet
http://lii.org/

Infomine
http://infomine.ucr.edu

GENERAL SEARCH ENGINES

A sample of the most popular

Google
www.google.com

NEW!! Google Web Alerts
www.google.com/webalerts

Faganfinder
A selection of websites and databases that can be searched from the same page.
www.faganfinder.com/engines/

Kartoo
Results are returned in clusters, also can refine searches.
www.kartoo.com

Teoma
Results are returned in clusters.
www.teoma.com/

Ask Jeeves
www.ask.com/

META-SEARCH ENGINES

Search multiple search engines at once or from the same search screen

Search-22
www.search-22.com

Vivisimo
Choose a search engine. Results are returned in clusters.
http://vivisimo.com/

Turbo 10
Collect and store deep web search engines making your own collection
Results screen can be seen in topic clusters and different search engines
http://turbo10.com/

Academic Index
Reference meta-search engine
www.academicindex.net/

Queryster
A list of 10+ search engines to choose from. Type in a search term and click on the icon of your choice. The 10 search engines icons are overlayed on the results page, just click through them for results from different search engines.
www.queryster.com/

Faganfinder
A selection of websites and databases that can be searched from the same page.
www.faganfinder.com/meta/

Langenberg
Also includes reference tools.
www.langenberg.com/

Finderseeker
A search engine directory for search engines, organised by country and subject area.
www.finderseeker.com

Seekscan
Searches the web, images, news, reference, multimedia, weblogs
http://www.seekscan.com/

Ixquick
Searches the web, mp3, news, pictures
http://ixquick.com/

Findforward
Searches too many things to mention
www.findforward.com

DIRECTORIES

These resources are of a general nature to help find subject specific directories and resources

Beaucoup
www.beaucoup.com/index.html

Yahoo
www.yahoo.com

Digital Librarian
www.digital-librarian.com/

About.com
www.about.com

Bubl link
Search by academic subject area
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/
Search by discipline (Dewey Classification)..click 600’s then click 610’s
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/ddc.html

Internet Public Library
www.ipl.org/

Internet Collegiate Reference Collection
http://icrc.bloomu.edu/

A Virtual Library of Useful URL's
www.aresearchguide.com/virtual.html

META-DIRECTORIES

Search multiple directories at once or from the same search screen

Faganfinder
A selection of websites and databases that can be searched from the same page
www.virtuallrc.com/

For more info: What is the Invisible Web?
http://websearch.about.com/library/weekly/aa061203a.htm

The Deep Web
http://library.albany.edu/internet/deepweb.html

Search the Web More Efficiently: Tips, Techniques and Strategies
www.web-design-in-new-york.com/search-the-web.html

Google features

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http://www.google.com/

NEW!!

Google Scholar
Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web.

MAIN SCREEN

Selection of links for different searching needs

WEB common web searching

IMAGES searches only images

GROUPS post and read comments in Usenet discussion forums

NEWS searches news sources

MORE choice of services, tools, and features

Advanced Search: www.google.com.au/advanced_search?hl=en

Google Australia: http://www.google.com.au/

Type these terms in the query box and press search

when two terms are entered google assumes this means “and”
dream catcher

to search a phrase (two or more terms appearing next to each other) use quotations marks, otherwise it searches occurrences of all terms resulting in many hits
“the association for the study of dreams”

find first term but don’t find second term by using “-“ (use a space before the -)
dreams –catcher

find results that contain the first term or the second term (returns lots of hits)
dreams OR catcher

finds synonyms by using “~” (words that can be interchanged)
~nutrition
this finds nutrition, health, food, etc

searches more than one site at the same time
nutrition (site:health.nih.gov site:healthatoz.com site:mayoclinic.com)

type in a term such as “dreams” and view results

for a definition of the search term click on the search term which appears in the blue strip near the top of the screen where in white writing it says:

Searched the web for dreams (only works if the term is underlined)

Otherwise try this:

dictionary
define:dreams

finds terms with a specific filetype
dreams filetype:pdf

searches for terms that have to appear in the title
allintitle:dream catcher

searches for first term in the title and second term anywhere
intitle:dream catcher

finds terms within type of domain (this is finding dreams restricted to “.edu” sites)
dreams site:edu

combine these
intitle:dreams site:edu

displays types of information available from the URL (a website address)
info:www.cleargreen.com

finds terms within a specific URL (this is helpful as not all websites have their own search box)
dreams site:www.cleargreen.com

searches for terms that have to appear in the URL
allinurl:dream catcher

searches for first term in the URL and second term anywhere
inurl:dream catcher

finds webpages that have links to a specific webpage
link:www.cleargreen.com

finds webpages that are similar to a specific webpage
related:www.cleargreen.com

see this page for more information:
www.google.com.au/help/features.html

see advanced news search - run by google.com
http://tinyurl.com/2g6mf

see google labs - projects in development
http://labs.google.com/

calculator/conversions

2+2, then press search
18 miles in kilometres, then press search
1/4 litres in millilitres, then press search
4 squared, then press search
38 degrees celsius in fahrenheit, then press search

see this page for more information:
www.google.com.au/help/calculator.html

see Google Cheat Sheet:
www.google.com/help/cheatsheet.html

see Google Guide: interactive tutorial:
(not operated by google)
http://www.googleguide.com/

see Google Q-Card:
(not operated by google)
www.pandia.com/q-cards/google.html

TOOLS

toolbar - http://toolbar.google.com/

linksbar - www.google.com/options/winexplorer.html

deskbar - http://toolbar.google.com/deskbar

desktop search - http://desktop.google.com/

ggsearch - www.frysianfools.com/ggsearch/

FEATURES

soople - easy expert search
(not operated by google)
http://www.soople.com/

google ultimate interface - most advanced yet
(not operated by google)
www.faganfinder.com/google.html

more google - includes snapshot picture of all websites
http://www.moregoogle.com/

google personalised search - set up a profile with your preferences…slide scale to right on results page, and the result items will reorder according to preferences
http://labs.google.com/personalized

site flavoured google search - Customize search results based on the content of your website.
http://www.google.com/services/siteflavored.html

fresh goo - search Google for sites added today, yesterday, within the last seven days, or last 30 days.
(not operated by google)
http://www.freshgoo.com/

google web alerts - runs daily google searches for you and emails you when new results appear.
www.google.com/webalerts

google alert - runs daily google searches for you and emails you when new results appear
(not operated by google)
www.googlealert.com/about.php

google sets - enter a few terms and other related will be predicted
http://labs.google.com/sets

googleblaster - enter multiple queries and get multiple results
(not operated by google)
http://www.googleblaster.com/

google proximity search - search words 1-3 spaces apart
(operated by google)
www.staggernation.com/cgi-bin/gaps.cgi

searchgrid - enter multiple keywords
(not operated by google)
http://blog.outer-court.com/search-grid/

advanced news search with google - run by newssearchportal.com
(not operated by google)
http://tinyurl.com/3yefs

google api search tool - different interface with personal features
www.searchenginelab.com/products/gapis/

googleget - google for ipod
(download latest google news)
http://mesmerized.org/teki/extra/googleget/

NEWS

search engine info -
(has some interesting hacks!)
www.researchbuzz.com/toolbox/goofresh.shtml
http://www.buzztoolbox.com/

watching google like a hawk - http://www.watchinggooglelikeahawk.com/

indicateur.com: google world - http://google.indicateur.com/

google watch - http://www.google-watch.org/

google zeitgeist - www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html

BLOGS

googleblogoscoped - http://blog.outer-court.com/index.html

google weblog - http://google.blogspace.com/

googleblog - www.google.com/googleblog/

unofficial google weblog - http://google.weblogsinc.com/

Pubmed features

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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/

PubMed is an abstract database of medical literature developed by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.A.) PubMed searches a vast amount of medical information covering various document types.

JOURNALS

Search only Journal Titles, click the top black tool bar

LIMITS

Search can be limited to a specific field such as author, publication type, date, subject field (mesh terms) and subset such as complementary medicine, aids, cancer, etc…

PRE-VIEW/INDEX

Searching by field eg. author, subject, journal, date
Also using AND, OR, NOT

HISTORY

Automatically records a history of your searching session
Search History will be lost after eight hours of inactivity

SORT

Results by author, journal or date

DISPLAY

Main choices are summary, concise citation, abstract, and link out
LINK OUT is a list of databases that provide full-text of article – if available (campus only)
Also available as link on right of results screen.

Eg. If you find an abstract and would like to find the full-text, click on LINK OUT.
If ProQuest is listed as a full-text provider of this article you can click directly to the article.

If not successful check for the journal title in our other databases; Ebsco Alt-Health-Watch, Science-Direct or in our Print Journal collection – via desktop on library computers

SAVE via CUBBY

Create an account to save an store searches via a free registration log-in See left hand column under PubMed Services

SENT TO

Text
Printer friendly version (otherwise it may print off the edge of the page)

Clipboard
Check box next to articles and collect them to your clipboard to view later
Clipboard will hold a maximum of 500 items.
Clipboard items will be lost after eight hours of inactivity

Email
Check box and email an article/s

File
Check box and save an article/s

STATISTICS 2003

A general search on acupuncture has nearly 9000 results

A general search on aromatherapy over 300 results

A general search on homeopathy has over 2700 results

A general search on nutrition has nearly 21000 results

DIFFERENT SEARCH SCREENS

HubMed
www.pmbrowser.info/

Publist Infotrieve
search PubMed and pay for article
http://www4.infotrieve.com/newmedline/search.asp

MyPubMed
search and store pubmed results via a free registration
log-in, also email fresh results of search queries.
www.mypubmed.com

ClusterMed
results are organised into headings
http://vivisimo.com/clustermed

SUBSETS OF PUBMED

CAM on PubMed
also available as a subset in LINKS in PubMed
www.nlm.nih.gov/nccam/camonpubmed.html

Pre-Done Subject Searches on PubMed
http://doccismef.chu-rouen.fr/liste_des_meta_termes_anglais.html

Free Journals in PubMed
www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/pm/freejournals.html

PubMedCentral
free journals open-access program
(also available in the top black tool bar)
www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/

Free linkout journals
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/journals/free_noprov/free_full_noprov.html

Health Science Journals
indexed in INDEX MEDICUS and/or in PubMedCentral and which offer FULL-TEXT access to CURRENT and older content without charge or registration.
http://www.internatlibs.mcgill.ca/freeim.htm

Mesh subject headings
Thesaurus developed by the NLM for subject headings
Finds terms which are about the article not just appearing in the article
Enter a term of your choice and it will respond with the proper term to use as well as related terms
www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html

Mesh Subject Tree Tool
http://mesh.kib.ki.se/swemesh/swemesh.cfm

TOOLBARS

Pubmed toolbar via Mozilla browser
http://pubmed.mozdev.org/

BMC toolbar includes searching Pubmed
http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/about/toolbar/ie/

ALERTS

PubCrawler
alerting service of new entries to PubMed
also includes many other alerting services
http://pubcrawler.gen.tcd.ie/

INSTRUCTIONS

PubMed Brochure
http://nnlm.gov/nnlm/online/pubmed/pmtri.pdf

PubMed Tutorial
(also on left blue bar on PubMed database)
www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/pubmed_tutorial/m1001.html

Pubmed searching tips
http://www.azhealthinfo.org/handouts/PubMedSearchingTiptable.doc

ACNM Library Research Update (archive)

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ACNM Library Research Update - Vol.2 No. 1

ACNM Library Research Update - Vol. 2 No. 2

ACNM Library Research Update - Vol. 2 No. 3

Welcome..

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In the future an update report will be posted weekly:

ACNM Library Research Update

Also see: Recent News and Research

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