AMED: Resource of the week #38

What is it?

AMED is the Allied and Complementary Medicine Database. It is a key database that offers access to complementary and alternative medicine topics, such as acupuncture, chiropractic, herbalism, homeopathy, hospice care, hypnosis, palliative care, physiotherapy, podiatry, and rehabilitation. You can search across a range of nursing and allied health focused publications, to find articles for your search.

Key Features

We provide access to the AMED database via 2 routes:

Ebsco databases – for Keele staff and students
HDAS databases – for NHS staff

Both these routes allow you to use the following functionality:

Perform simple and advanced searching
Use thesaurus searching
Save searches
Export results
Access some full-text articles

How can it help you?

The AMED database allows you to search a wide range of nursing, allied health and complimentary health focused publications, to find the research you need for your assignments, dissertations and research.

How to access it?

AMED is available on the Internet via 2 different suppliers.

Keele users should use the the Ebsco database
NHS users should use HDAS to access AMED, supplied via OVID

You will need to log on:

Keele staff and students should use the AMED link on their subject page and log on with their Keele computer log in details.
NHS staff should log in to the HDAS database using their NHS Athens username and then select the AMED database to search.

More help?

For more help check our online guides section:

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