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Chapter 16 / A Guide for Physicians 261<br />

Table 2<br />

Health Science Library Meta-Directories<br />

Ask NOAH<br />

http://www.noah-health.org/<br />

NOAH is a consortium of several New York libraries and institutions and<br />

provides rapidly updated, neutral information on a range of health topics. It is<br />

available in English and Spanish. Click on the relevant topics, <strong>Complementary</strong><br />

and <strong>Alternative</strong> <strong>Medicine</strong> or Heart Disease and Stroke. The latter includes some<br />

complementary approaches to care.<br />

Health Sciences Library System<br />

http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/guides/internet/<br />

This collection of Internet guides is compiled and maintained by the Health<br />

Sciences Library of the University of Pittsburgh. Click on <strong>Alternative</strong> <strong>Medicine</strong>.<br />

HealthWeb<br />

http://healthweb.org<br />

Another useful meta-directory from a consortium of health science libraries,<br />

contracted by the National Library of <strong>Medicine</strong> (NLM).<br />

MedlinePlus<br />

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus<br />

MEDLINEplus, a project of the NLM provides evaluated resources on more<br />

than 500 diseases and conditions. There are a medical encyclopedia and<br />

dictionaries, health information in Spanish, extensive information on<br />

prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and<br />

links to thousands of clinical trials. Click on Health Topics then A and scroll<br />

down to <strong>Alternative</strong> <strong>Medicine</strong>.<br />

MedWeb<br />

http://www.MedWeb.Emory.Edu/MedWeb/<br />

Select Subject Index in the sidebar and then <strong>Alternative</strong> and <strong>Complementary</strong><br />

<strong>Medicine</strong>. By selecting Focus Further, you access a further categorized listing.<br />

An effective way to gain an overview of health resources on the World Wide Web is<br />

to use one of the Internet meta-directories that provides categorized listings of relevant<br />

sites. Health science libraries or consortia usually compile these free public domain<br />

resources. Directories include academic sites, online journals and newsletters,<br />

professional organizations, information services, and self-help and discussion groups.<br />

There is considerable overlap between the lists. Few of them provide crosslinking<br />

between complementary and alternative resources and conventional specialties.

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