Chattanooga State Technical Community College
Augusta R. Kolwyck Library
HS 123: Introduction to Radiation Oncology
Researching Alternative Cancer Treatments



Library Instructor:  Vicky Leather, 697-2576
Course Instructor:   Lisa Legg

Assignment:     Students will research alternative cancer treatments and present findings to their classmates on Friday, November 16, 2001.


Tennessee Electronic Library:  Health Reference Center

Cancer - Alternative Treatments
    (258 articles)

Cancer - Alternative Treatments
    (61 full-text articles in professional journals only)

Cancer and alternative treatment*
    (93 full-text articles in professional journals only)

Cancer and herb*
    (63 articles)



Tennessee Electronic Library:  Expanded Academic Index

Cancer - Alternative Treatments
    (158 articles)

Cancer - Alternative Treatments
    (63 full-text articles in refereed publications only)

Cancer and alternative treatment*
    (277 articles)

Cancer and alternative treatment*
    (103 full-text articles in refereed publications only)


Tennessee Electronic Library:  General Reference Center Gold

Cancer - Alternative Treatment
    (104 articles)

Cancer - Alternative Treatment
    (68 full-text articles)

Cancer and alternative treatment*
    (236 articles)

Cancer and alternative treatment*
    (126 full-text articles)


EBSCOhost:
MasterFILE Premier, HealthSource, Advice for the Patient

 

Check one, two, or three of the databases above.
Click "Enter".
Type  cancer and alternative treatment.
Check the CSTCC and Full Text boxes if desired.

 MEDLINE: PubMed

--Type cancer AND alternative therapy
--Click GO
--Look at the number of results you get.
--If you want to eliminate some of the less useful results:

--Click Limits
--Select the following limits:
        English
        Human



Reference Books

The American Holistic Health Association Complete guide to alternative medicine / William Collinge
      New York, N.Y. : Warner Books, 1996.
               MAIN Reference R733.C65 1996

Alternative medicine sourcebook : basic consumer health information about alternatives to conventional medicine, including acupressure, acupuncture, aromatherapy, ayurveda, bioelectromagnetics, environmental medicine, essence therapy, food and nutrition therapy, herbal therapy, homeopathy, imaging, massage, naturopathy, reflexology, relaxation and meditation, sound therapy, vitamin and mineral therapy, and yoga, and more / edited by Allan R. Cook.
     Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, c1999.
               MAIN Reference R733.A475 1999

Reader's guide to alternative health methods / John F. Zwicky ... [et al.].
     Chicago, Ill. : American Medical Association, c1993.
               MAIN Reference R733.R4 1993

Created by:  Vicky Leather
Last updated:  October 15, 2001