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 Starting Points: Guide to Natural Healing
 REFERENCE BOOKS - Available for your use in the library, these books cannot be checked out.
R 615.5 Alt The Alternative Advisor   Time-Life's illustrated treatments for 100s of conditions. Nutrition & vitamin information.
R 615.5 Alt Alternative Medicine: an Objective Assessment Journal of the American Medical Association articles assess the efficacy of many alternative/complementary medicines & therapies.
R 615.5 Ill The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Body-Mind Disciplines 125 body-mind disciplines: homeopathy, Kripalu Yoga, Alexander Technique & others.
R 615.5 Woo Encyclopedia of Healing Therapies 90+ complementary therapies for 200+ health problems. Illustrated, with therapy ratings.
R 615.535 Bro  The Alternative Pharmacy Safe and natural non-drugstore treatments for 200 everyday ailments.
R 615.535 Mur Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine        Over 70 medical conditions in detail & how to maintain good health.
R 615.854 Bal  Prescription for Nutritional Healing A to Z reference to drug-free remedies using vitamins, minerals, herbs, & supplements.
FINDING BOOKS AND OTHER LIBRARY MATERIALS/ Dewey Decimal browsing numbers: 615.5-615.8
In addition to reference books, you may want to search for other books and materials (videos, audiobooks, etc.) on your topic. The best way to find good sources of information is to do a subject search in our Library catalog. You can access the Library’s online catalog from the Library or home by going to our Web page (www.wppl.org), then to Search Our Catalog.  Good subject headings for this topic are health, and alternative medicine.
eBOOKS
You may also want to check out the collection of thousands of online books (eBooks) the Library offers located on the Web site www.netlibrary.com. Initially, you must open an account from Library computer terminals, but you will then be able to use the account from home as well.  See a reference librarian for more details.
FINDING ARTICLES
The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing with your topic:

· The Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature - Adult Reference R 050 R Search for articles on a subject within any given year.
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EBSCOhost and InfoTrac OneFile - Access from the Library or at home using your library card number at www.wppl.org.

Search for full text articles on these online databases using your choice of keywords. You can limit your search to a certain year or even a certain magazine.
WEBSITES
The Alternative Medicine Homepage Links to associations, specific conditions, databases, practitioners’ directory & more from the University of Pittsburgh.
MedlinePlus' Alternative Medicine News, research, statistics & links from the US National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
North American Society of Homeopaths Includes a practitioner finder. See also The National Center for Homeopathy: www.homeopathic.org/index.htm
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine The NCCAM, 1of the 27 institutes that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), supports research on complementary & alternative medicine, trains researchers, & disseminates information to the public and professionals.
North American Society of Homeopaths NASH is the professional organization for the practice of homeopathic medicine (a method of treatment based on a theory known as the “law of similars” - the notion that the substance that caused a symptom can, in minuscule amounts, cure the symptom.) Includes a practitioner finder.  Also The National Center for Homeopathy: www.homeopathic.org.
Preventive Medicine Research Institute Dean Ornish’s site for disease prevention & reversal via lifestyle, yoga, & diet.
Yoga Journal Online articles, tips, ask an expert, health, wisdom and much more from one of the leading magazines on yoga.


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