Acupuncture & Massage Library

Book and Article Databases

Find Books, Audiovisual, and Journal Articles in :

• The Acupuncture & Massage College Library (also called "Lao Tsu Library").


• Journal List (includes mostly print journals available at the Lao Tsu Library)


• PubMed Central Journals (list of free full text online journals from the National Library of Medicine)


• Free Medical Journals

Find Article Databases A-Z:

• eMedicine: leading provider of clinical medical information for medical professionals and consumers (register for free access)


• Health & Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health (requires Public Library card) Enter card number, scroll down to "Health & Fitness"


• Health Reference Center Academic (requires Public Library card) Enter card number, scroll down to "Health & Fitness"


• Medline in PubMed (National Library of Medicine´s premier database) For full-text click "limits" button and check box next to "Links to free full text"


• Medline Plus (Consumer Health)


• National Guideline Clearinghouse (evidence-based clinical practice guidelines)


• Open-J-Gate (gateway to millions of English language articles from more than 4,300 online journals. Searches may be limited to peer-reviewed journals or to trade and industry publications)


• PubMed Central (National Library of Medicine providing free access to the full text of articles)


• eMedicine leading provider of clinical medical information for medical professionals and consumers (register for free access)


• IBIDS (International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements)


• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine


• Nursing & Allied Health Collection (requires Public Library card) Enter card number, scroll down to “Health & Fitness”. Includes many titles cited in CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature)


• Herbalgram.org (American Botanical Council)

Other databases of interest:

• ACUBASE, by the Bibliotheque Universitaire de Medicine de Nimes: database dedicated specifically to the discipline of acupuncture and Traditional Chinese medicine


• CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)


• The Cochrane Library (The gold standard in evidence-based health care)


• Complementary & Alternative Medicine at MedlinePlus


• HerbMed


• MedlinePlus Herbs and Supplements


• Medscape


• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine


• National Institutes of Health


• World Health Organization


• A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia


• Bookshelf in PubMed


• FreeBooks4Doctors


• Gale Medical Encyclopedias (requires Public Library card) Enter card number, scroll down to "eBooks-Virtual Reference Library", then click on "Medicine" link to view the encyclopedias


• Gray´s Anatomy


• Merck Manuals

Getting Help

Individual Research Assistance available: ask your librarians Database search tutorials:

• Click on "help" tab of the Public Library databases "Health & Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health" and "Health Reference Center Academic" as listed under Find Article Databases A-Z.


• PubMed tutorials


• Tips on accessing free full-text resources


• Understanding Medical Words (a tutorial from the National Library of Medicine)

How to cite research materials using the APA Style format:

• Citation Machine (choose "APA" before starting to type)


• KnightCite Citation Service (choose "APA" before starting to type)


• APA Documentation (University of Wisconsin-Madison)


• APA Formatting and Style Guide (Purdue University)


• APA Style Essentials (Vanguard University of Southern California)


• APA Style Homepage


• APA Style Electronic Formats


• APA Style Examples (Long Island University)


• APA Style Guide 5th Edition (The University of Southern Mississippi)


• How to Prepare APA Citations (Rollins College)

Study Guides for Certification

• National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (click on 2010 Study Guide and Exam Content Outlines)