Alt HealthWatch database includes full-text articles from more than 180 journals, reports, proceedings and newsletters on subjects relating to complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. Alt HealthWatch also includes hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts.

Use this database to answer questions like

• I would like some up to date information on cranial therapy.
• Where can I find articles about goldenseal?
• I’m looking for alternative treatments for renal failure.
• Is echinacea all that it's hyped up to be?

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• End user tips - Searching EBSCO Databases
• End user tips - Using a Visual Picture to Search EBSCO databases
• End user tips - How to Create Alerts

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• EBSCO

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• End user tips - Searching EBSCO Databases
• End user tips - Using a Visual Picture to Search EBSCO databases
• End user tips - How to Create Alerts

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• EBSCO

Free instructor-led interactive online courses for adults for professional development and personal enrichment

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• Training - Tours, Fact Sheets, Tutorials

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• CENGAGE

Welcome to the Family Behavior Toolbox! The Family Behavior Toolbox (FBT) is designed to be a self-help resource for parents and family members to understand the behavior they are encountering and the options available to deal with it. FBT has been created by the same team responsible for the Child, Adolescent and Autism editions used by professionals around the world. You may have been given access to this site after visiting an education, mental health or healthcare professional, or you may have gained access through your library service or through other approved organizations but your objective will be the same, to find a solution to behavior displayed by a son or daughter or other family member. To help you understand some of the fundamental issues surrounding challenging behavior we have prepared some general guidance which suggests the things you need to consider and the possible reasons for the difficult behavior. You may already know where the problem lies but it is worth taking a moment to consider all the possibilities. To learn more, visit the general guidance pages.

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• Conduct Management

The Health & Wellness Resource Center includes many current Thomson Gale reference sources, full-text journals and pamphlets, articles from 2,200 general interest publications plus the new Disease Profiler module. The database includes an Alternative Health module for information on complementary therapies. Health & Wellness Resource Center gets you to the health information you need, either directly or through links to authoritative web sites.

Use this database to answer questions like

• What information is available about Avian Flu?
• Can I expect any side effects when I use kava kava?
• What kinds of treatment are available for particular diseases?

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• Training - Tours, Fact Sheets, Tutorials
• End user tips - Using Health & Wellness Resource Center

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• CENGAGE

Health Source: Consumer Edition contains information on many health topics. It features full text searching on nearly 300 journals, including Harvard Health Letter, Men's Health, Prevention and Vegetarian Times, 20 health research books and nearly 1,190 health-related pamphlets. Also included is USP Pharmacopoeia DI: Volume II Advice for the Lay Patient and Stedman's Medical Dictionary.

Use this database to answer questions like

• I'm writing an essay about small pox.
• I need a definition for the word abasia. I can’t come into the Library.
• Yesterday CBC mentioned an article about calcium in Prevention magazine and I’d like to read it.
• Can you find me some articles about the use of melatonin for sleep disorders?

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• End user tips - Searching EBSCO Databases
• End user tips - Using a Visual Picture to Search EBSCO databases
• End user tips - How to Create Alerts

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• EBSCO

offers access to nearly 550 full text journals (many peer reviewed) dealing with a vast array of medical specialties. Abstracts and indexing are also available for approximately 850 journals. This database also contains the Lexi-PALS information for all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new drugs and a medical dictionary.

Use this database to answer questions like

• What is the prognosis for brain cancer?
• What clinical trials are taking place for patients with diabetes?
• I would like a peer reviewed article concerning the diagnosis of muscular dystrophy.

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• End user tips - Searching EBSCO Databases
• End user tips - Using a Visual Picture to Search EBSCO databases
• End user tips - How to Create Alerts

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• EBSCO

Created by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, Medline contains over 14 million bibliographic citations and author abstracts from more than 4800 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries dating back to the mid-1960's. Coverage is worldwide. Most records are from English-language sources or have English abstracts. Medline is useful for finding authoritative articles and for information that has not yet been published in more popular sources. It is also a useful resource to see if there have been any scientific studies on a specific health-related topic.

Use this database to answer questions like

• How effective is the new prescription drug SAMe (s-adenosyl-methionine) for treating depression?
• I want to know if I should I buy a LiteBook. Does light therapy really work to prevent Seasonal Affective Disorder?
• What is the role of education in treating autism?
• I need current statistics on teenage sexual activity in Canada.
• I'd like to investigate a claim I saw on television about electrical allergies.

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• End user tips - Searching EBSCO Databases
• End user tips - Using a Visual Picture to Search EBSCO databases
• End user tips - How to Create Alerts
• End user tips - MEDLINE User Guide

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• EBSCO

This is a complementary and alternative medicine database designed for consumer health researchers. The database contains almost two hundred articles on medical conditions, presenting in an evidence-based manner the alternative medicine therapies proposed for use in their treatment. It also contains detailed, evidence-based information on herbs and supplements, functional foods and other alternative therapies such as acupuncture and homeopathy, and drug/herb/supplement interactions. The content has been developed and reviewed by a team of physicians and pharmacologists.

Use this database to answer questions like

• Are there any natural therapies which can help in treating hypertension?
• Does echinacea really make colds less severe? Does it have any side effects?
• Are there any proven health benefits of doing yoga?
• What are some good dietary sources of omega-3 fatty acids?
• Is it safe to take garlic and aspirin at the same time?

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• End user tips - Searching EBSCO Databases
• End user tips - Using a Visual Picture to Search EBSCO databases
• End user tips - How to Create Alerts

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• EBSCO

a comprehensive database providing 574 full text publications, including 550 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for all journals in the collection which include Canadian and international journals. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1965.

Use this database to answer questions like

• How common is bullying in the workplace and what can you do to deal with it?
• Why are some people generally happier then others?
• I have to write a paper on the prevalence of suicide in Australia.
• I'd like some information on dream interpretation in a therapeutic setting.

Documentation

• End user tips - Searching EBSCO Databases
• End user tips - Using a Visual Picture to Search EBSCO databases
• End user tips - How to Create Alerts

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• EBSCO