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Clinical Pharmacology Online (CPO) provides timely, concise drug information for medical professionals, with "full" monographs, describing the most common and classic medications in clinical practice as well as "mini" monographs including investigational, less common, combination, nutraceutical, and nutritional products. (Access restrictions: Licensed through a partnership with the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic for users on the Dartmouth or Hitchcock computer networks (IP address)

UpToDate is a clinical information resource which offers up-to-date, fully-referenced expert answers to patient-care, diagnosis, and treatment questions. Topic reviews are written by recognized authorities who review the topic, synthesize the evidence, summarize key findings, and provide specific recommendations. (Access Restrictions: UpToDate is licensed for on-site use only at Dartmouth College, Dartmouth Medical School, and the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Remote access is not permitted.)

Online Textbooks:

• Rakel: Integrative Medicine, 1st ed. (Elsevier, 2003)
  (Access restrictions: Licensed for use by Dartmouth College/DMS/DHMC Lebanon).
• Jonas: Essentials of Complementary & Alternative Medicine (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1999)
  (Access restrictions: Licensed for use by Dartmouth College/DMS/DHMC Lebanon).

National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and the National Library of Medicine (NLM) offer CAM on PubMed -- a new subset of PubMed -- providing free, web-based access to CAM sources of information. PubMed provides access to over 11 million citations and abstracts in the MEDLINE database and additional life science journals.

Complementary/Integrative Medicine Education Resources (CIMER)
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center's CIMER contains evidence-based reviews of complementary or alternative cancer therapies as well as links to other authoritative resources. These reviews evaluate the designs and the results of published research on herbal, mind-body, energy, nutrition, and other biological/organic/pharmacological (e.g., cartilage) substances. Detailed scientific reviews are provided to assist health care professionals in guiding patients who would like to integrate these therapies with conventional treatments.

The International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) Database
From the National Institutes of Health's Office of Dietary Supplements. IBIDS is a database of published, international, scientific literature on dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, and botanicals.

University of Pittsburgh's Alternative Medicine
This page is a jumpstation for sources of information on unconventional, unorthodox, unproven, or alternative, complementary, innovative, or integrative therapies.

Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
This center was formed to foster and conduct research to determine the efficacy and safety of alternative and complementary remedies and practices, and to probe their underlying mechanisms.

HerbMed
This site is an interactive, electronic herbal database that provides hyperlinked access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health. It is an evidence-based information resource for professionals, researchers, and the general public.

Alternative Medicine - Health and Age
Offers information on alternative medicine, including herbs and nutritional supplements.

MEDLINEplus: Alternative Medicine

Ask NOAH About: Complementary and Alternative Medicine

HealthWeb: Alternative and Complementary Medicine