title: AMED: The Allied and Complementary Medicine Database.
abstract: AMED: The Allied and Complementary Medicine Database is a resource from the Health Care Information Service of the British Library. AMED offers access to complementary and alternative medicine topics, such as acupuncture, chiropractic, herbalism, homeopathy, hospice care, hypnosis, palliative care, physiotherapy, podiatry, and rehabilitation. This column features a sample search to demonstrate the type of information available within AMED. AMED is available through the EBSCOhost and OVID platforms.
authors.affiliation: a School of Information and Library Science , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina , USA.
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vardell
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D002684:Chiropractic; D000529:Complementary Therapies; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006705:Homeopathy; D006801:Humans
keywords: Alternative medicine; British Library; complementary medicine; online databases