MTABC members and full text journals – CAM

MTABC members have access to over 1800 full text journals in OVID and EBSCO databases. This access is through our membership in the Electronic Health Library of BC (e-HLbc).

Please take a look at the sample below of journal available to you. MTABC members can access them through the MTABC member website under the research tab and then library. Look for this logo and click on it to find the journal you are interested in.

CAM Journals

Journal of the Australian Traditional-Medicine Society

Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Alternative Medicine Review

Alternative Therapies in Women’s Health

Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine

JAOA – The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Filed under: EBSCO, OVID, Professional journals, Resources, CAM, EBSCO, journals, OVID

All Canadians now have one-click access to The Cochrane Library!

Canadians now have online access to the world’s largest library of systematic reviews of health care treatments.

The Cochrane Library is now available on the web at www.thecochranelibrary.com, opening up a renowned international vault of reputable reviews of medical studies.

Cochrane studies are peer-reviewed and not funded by third parties, such as pharmaceutical companies. They offer abstracts for health care professionals and 300-word summaries in plain English.

Filed under: Announcements, Evidence Based Practice, Library, Research databases, Resources

PubMed Tutorial

PubMed has developed and released a new online tutorial that will show you how to search PubMed®.

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• Understand PubMed’s scope and content.
• Understand how the MeSH vocabulary is used to describe and retrieve citations.
• Build a search using MeSH and PubMed search tools (Details, Limits, History, etc.)
• Manage your results using display, sort, the Clipboard, save, print, e-mail and order features and My NCBI filters.
• Save your search strategies.
• Link to full-text articles and other resources.
• Use special queries and other PubMed/NCBI tools.

Filed under: PubMed, Research databases, Resources, Tutorials

Top 10 Things to Know about EBSCO: No.1

You can do a search that maps to MeSH terms. In Advanced Search, above the three search fields, check the “Suggest Subject Terms”. Search one term at a time (i.e. ignore the other 2 search fields) for best results. Use the “Search History/Alerts” link to combine searches with boolean logic.

Click here to see a video demonstration (3 min 21 sec).

If you can’t find the “Suggest Subject Terms” checkbox, click on the MeSH link in the top blue bar instead.

Filed under: EBSCO, Research databases, Resources, Tutorials

Massage Therapy Research Fund – 2008 Grant Awards

In 2008, Holistic Health Research awarded a total of $38,910.00 for three pilot projects:

University of Saskatchewan ($8,929.00) – Donelda Gowan-Moody, RMT and Anne Leis, PhD:  Massage Therapists’ Research Utilization and Perceptions Towards Research.

Carleton University ($15,000.00) – Diane Sliz, MSc (Cand) and Dr. Shawn Hayley:  Psychological and Neuro-immune Effects of a Long-term Massage Therapy Treatament in Individuals Suffering from Major Depressive Disorder.

Wilfred Laurier University ($14,981.00) – Peter Tiidus, PhD, Kimberley Dawson, PhD and Lance Dawson, RMT: Effectiveness of regular proactive massage therapy for novice recreational runners.

The Massage Therapy Research Fund is partially funded by the MTABC

For further information on the Massage Therapy Research Fund please go to www.massagetherapyresearch.ca

Filed under: Announcements, Funding, Resources

Introduction to EBSCOhost 2.0

Take a look at the new EBSCOhost 2.0 features here

Filed under: EBSCO, Research databases, Resources

Seed grants

There’s still time to apply for MTABC’s 2009 Seed Grants. The deadline for proposals is March 1st, 2009.

A total of three awards, valued at up to $3,000 each, are available to support research teams and the development of research projects.

For more information please visit the MTABC website grants page

Filed under: Funding, Resources

Free Massage Therapy publications

Below is a list of free online massage therapy magazines, newsletters, articles etc.

Massage Matters - A Journal for Registered Massage Therapists – Canada

International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork - USA

Soft Tissue Therapy - Australia

Massage Therapy Practice - Canada

Massage Therapy Journal -  Continuing Education Articles - USA

Massage and Bodywork magazine - USA

Massage Magazine – some free access articles. – USA

Massage Therapy Journal – some free articles. – USA

Massage Today – USA

Terra Rosa Bodywork e-news magazine and newsletter - Australia

If you know of any more please post it in the comments section below

Filed under: Resources

MyNCBI: Pubmed Your Way

Filed under: PubMed, Resources

Google for Life Science Researchers

Filed under: Research databases, Research education, Resources, Tutorials