Taubman Library Databases

ALTMEDEX (Micromedex, Inc.)
Search for summaries and detailed monographs for drugs, disease, alternative medicine, toxicological managements, reproductive risks, and emergency care.

To access MICROMEDEX click on the following link: http//ummciisweb8.mcit.med.umiche.d:81/hcs/librarian . Elsewhere on UM Ann Arbor Campus, or from Off Campus, use this link to teh UMHS Level 1 Authentication Service http://level1.med.umich.edu ["level" followed by the numeral one]. You will be prompted for your uniqname, then your kerberos password.  Select the default "Standard Sign-on" and you will reach a page with a number of UMHS services; MICROMEDEX is teh eighth item on the list.

Biosis
Citations and abstracts for 5500 life sciences journals from 1985 to the present. Some coverage of book and conference publications. Covers traditional areas of biology, such as botany, zoology and microbiology, as well as related fields such as biomedicine, agriculture, pharmacology and ecology and interdisciplinary fields such as medicine, biochemistry, biophysics, bioengineering and biotechnology. Produced by BIOSIS.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/taubman/eres/data/

Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Collaboration is an international organization that brings together health care providers, consumers, and scientists who volunteer to compile up-to-date systematic reviews of evidence regarding the benefits and risks of health care. The Collaboration publishes these reviews quarterly in the Cochrane Library.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/medsearch

eFacts Home Page
Composed of a number of subsets including Herbal Interaction Facts, Off-label Drug Facts, Drug Identifier, and Review of Natural Products.
Alternative access via: http://www.efactsweb.com/index.asp

Embase
Subscription bibliographic database to biomedical journal literature, especially strong in coverage of the pharmacologic/toxicologic literature and thus useful for researching herbs, medicinal plants and their extracts.

HerbMed
Maintained by the Alternative Medicine Foundation, this database includes published information on contraindications, toxicity and adverse effects. It provides scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health and is an evidence-based resource suitable for professionals, researchers, and the general public, as well.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/taubman/eres/data/

International Pharmaceutical Abstracts
Citations to clinical and technical drug information, pharmacy practice, pharmaceutical, educational, and legal aspects of pharmacy and drugs. Also indexes state pharmacy journals.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/medsearch

Medline
Subscription bibliographic database to biomedical journal literature, especially strong in coverage of the pharmacologic/toxicologic literature and thus useful for researching herbs, medicinal plants and their extracts.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/medsearch

MEDLINEplus: Alternative Medicine
Sponsored by National Library of Medicine and geared toward consumers, site includes general information, clinical trials, research resources, directories, links to news, and information on specific conditions.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/taubman/eres/data/

Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database
This Database provides the most comprehensive listing of brand name product ingredients available. Information includes all of the documented interactions related to natural products.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/taubman/eres/data/

Natural Standard
Natural Standard was founded by clinicians and researchers to provide high quality, evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies. This international multidisciplinary collaboration now includes contributros from more than 100 eminent academic institutions.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/taubman/eres/data/

Scopus
Scopus includes content from EMBASE, which provides unique drug-related literature not found in MEDLINE. So, both databases cover the drug literature and there is overlap between them; however searching both databases is recommended for a more thorough search of the drug literature.  A limitation of Scopus is the poor indexing; searches must rely on keyword searching.  Those needing more advanced EMBASE searches may contact hte Taubman Medical Library Reference Department for assistance with a search mediated by a medical librarian. (EMBASE is especially strong in coverage of the pharmacologic/toxicologic literature and this useful for researching herbs, medicinal plants and their extracts.)
http://www.lib.umich.edu/taubman/eres/data/

UM Medsearch includes:
•Ovid MEDLINE (R) -- Search Filters for Ovid MEDLINE (R): Short version Long version
• CINAHL
• EBM Reviews - ACP Journal Club
• EBM Reviews - Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
• EBM Reviews - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
• EBM Reviews - Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
• EMBASE
• International Pharmaceutical Abstracts

Government Agencies

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)

Association Resources

American Association of Naturopathic Physicians

American Board of Holistic Medicine (ABHM)

American Botanical Council

American Herbal Products Association

American Holistic Medical Association

American Naturopathic Medical Association

Association for Integrative Medicine

Consortium for Holistic Studies

Herb Research Foundation