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Primary Databases	Reference Materials
UMass Library databases (Medicine) (Biology)	USDA Plant Names Database
UMass Library catalog	Medline Plus Drug Info
UMass e-journals	epocrates
Interlibrary Loan	Dietary Supplements Labels Database
	Medline Plus Medical Dictionary
PubMed (UMass subscription)	Clinical research dictionary
PubMed (open access)	Basic medical dictionary
Academic Search Premier $
ToxNet	Pharmacy acronym definitions
Cochrane Library $	Pharmacology glossary
HerbMed	Cochrane Collaboration glossary
Clinc Pharmacol Ther database
Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database	Pharmacist resource center (great)
	Drug interaction resources
National Toxicology Program	PharmGkb
	CYP 450 clinically relevant interactions
Secondary Databases	Other Resources
On-line updates to Herb Contraindications and Drug Interactions* book by F. Brinker, N.D.	Home care group* (the most accurate, free, herb-drug interaction resource) I haven’t found an index page, but use google site search to find specific herbs or drugs
HerbMed Pro*	ODS supplement factsheets
Aurora Health Care herb info*	American Botanical Council*
Natural Standard Patient Herbal Monographs
Standard Process Inc. contraindications*	Canadian adverse reactions information
Natural Medicines Comprehensive database $	Eclectic texts
Texas Herb Safety database*	Henriette’s Herbal Homepage
Natural Standard Professional Monograph database $ (UMass doesn’t yet have a subscription)	Herbal Therapeutics Research Library
	Michael Moore’s SWSBM
Training & Tutorials	Especially nerdy research tools
Soaring Bear PubMed tutorial	Field codes for medical databases
PubMed tutorials
Cochrane Collaborative training page	Herbal reference book meta-index
	Full dose equivalents for mg/kg doses
Links marked with * are included in the custom search engine.  Links marked with $ require a subscription (some are accessible to UMass affiliates). The page was created by Zoë Gardner ©2008	This page is being used to revise the Botanical Safety Handbook

Below is a custom search engine that searches the sites marked with a “*” listed to the left. Results will show on a separate page.