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A Special Note from AAAOM President Jeannie Kang

The AAAOM is working to designate acupuncture as an Essential Health Benefit under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Designation of acupuncture as an Essential Health Benefit serves as a catalyst to increase opportunities for all practitioners of acupuncture in mainstream medicine across the nation.

More information and how to help can be found here.

• Coalition for safe acupuncture practice. http://www.csap.us/

• ACUBriefs Database covering subject of acupuncture and acupuncture research.
  
  
• AcuTrials Created by OCOM's own Research Department, AcuTrials is a comprehensive collection of citations to randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews that address the use of acupuncture for a variety of health conditions. Sign up for a free account to recieve instant access
• BioMed Central  BioMed Central publishes original research articles in their 185 peer-reviewed journal articles.  Journals cover subjects of medicine, life sciences, and some complementary and alternative medicine.
  
  
• BioText Search Engine  Created by UC Berkeley, this is a freely available web-based search engine for scientific literature. Links to full-text in PubMed, but what makes this database stand out is the ability to search figures and tables within the articles 

• ClinicalTrials.gov Information on current clinical research studies: purpose, location and participants of trials.
  
  
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)  The directory of open access journals is a database of quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. They are searchable by journal title and subject area. The "Health Sciences" area is most useful.
  
  
• Free Medical Journals  This site allows you to search for articles in medical journals by specialty, title, or keyword.  Only publications free on-line are available.
  
  
• Google Scholar  Search for scholarly literature using Google's familiar search engine. Not as precise as using a database like Ebsco or Gale, but can be a good starting point to help narrow down your search. Google Scholar's focus is mostly on the humanities.
  
  
• HighWire  HighWire Press has a large archive of full-text science and biomedical articles. Some restrictions apply.  Searchable by keyword.
  
  
• The Institute for Traditional Medicine  The Institute for Traditional Medicine (ITM) has included many recent articles from their publications about Chinese medicine and herbal treatments on this site. Articles are also available about the history of Chinese medicine, general information about acupuncture and herbal therapies, and lots of articles on herb safety, interactions, and therapeutic uses.
  
  
• Interactions Guide InteractionsGuide™ is an innovative web-based application delivering access to the content of the landmark publication Herb, Nutrient and Drug Interactions: Clinical Implications and Therapeutic Strategies through a powerful suite of access, search and analysis functions.
  
  
• MedlinePlus  MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, it brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. Great starting point for general information.
• Natural Standard Natural Standard was founded by healthcare providers and researchers to provide high-quality, evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies. Grades reflect the level of available scientific data for or against the use of each therapy for a specific medical condition.
• OCOM Journal Article Index Database of bibliographic citations from journals on Oriental medicine.  All the journals indexed in this database can be found in the OCOM library.
  
• Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) PEDro is a free database of over 17,000 randomised trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy.
• Qigong & Energy Medicine Database The Qigong and Energy Medicine Database™ is a collection of over 5000 abstracts collected by Dr. Sancier and the Qigong Institute over the past twenty years.