June 28, 2004

Natural Standard Online now available

Thanks to funding from the UW CAM Education Grant, HSL is able to offer the
Natural Standard Online database for a year. This database provides evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies. It is searchable by name for herbs, supplements, conditions and alternative modalities and browsable by the same topics. Patient-oriented monographs as well as professional-oriented monographs are available. Evidence is presented in a graded format to designate the quality of the information.

Because Natural Standard Online is available to us as a site-license and restricted to UW IP addresses, you may ignore the login/logout buttons on
the left side of the search screen. At the start of a session, you may be
asked to accept the click-through license. Do click on accept if you wish to
view the monograph. Special Reports prepared by Natural Standard are not
part of the UW subscription.

Evidence is gathered by searching 9 databases, additional journals not
indexed in these databases and reviewing bibliographies from secondary
references. For more information about the preparation of the monographs,
grading of evidence, and the database, click on the Methodology or About Us
buttons on the left side of the search screen.

Please provide feedback about your use of this database by sending
responses to hsl@u.washington.edu In this way we can take your comments
into consideration when we look at our budget after the first subscription
year.

Posted by admin at June 28, 2004 01:11 PM to Electronic Resources