UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

The Library has numerous electronic, print, and multimedia resources suitable for those seeking health information. Information Services staff provide individualized assistance to visitors to the library during regularly scheduled library hours or by appointment. For appointment, please call 217-244-0607 or send an e-mail to lib-lhsu@uic.edu

Location of the Library
Although part of the University of Illinois at Chicago campus, the Library of the Health Sciences-Urbana is located on the Urbana-Champaign campus. The entrance to the Library is on the first floor of the Medical Sciences Building. The Medical Sciences Building is located on South Mathews Street south of Green Street. When walking down South Mathews Street from Green Street, it is on the left side of the street and is the second university building after the church on the corner. If driving, parking is available at meters (25 cents for 30 minutes) along the streets. Parking is also available in the parking garage at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, with entrances on both Illinois and Oregon Streets east of South Goodwin Avenue.

Borrowing Privileges
No special card is required to visit the library or to use any of the resources within it. It is possible to borrow books by obtaining a courtesy card issued by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library. Cards may be obtained by applying at Room 203 Main Library (8.00am - 5.00pm, weekdays) or at the Bookstacks Main Circulation Desk on the second floor of the Main Library (evenings and weekends). The Main Library is located at West Gregory Drive and Sixth Street. There is no charge for the courtesy card. Photo identification and proof of your current address is required. Detailed information about acceptable forms of identification and address as well as the privileges and responsibilities associated with a courtesy card may be found at http://gateway.library.uiuc.edu/library/circ/courtesy.htm.

Books at the Library of the Health Sciences-Urbana

Like a natural woman: the black woman's guide to alternative healing
Ziba Kashef. Mallard, c2001.
On order, April 2001

Mosby's complementary and alternative medicine
Lyn W. Freeman. Mosby, c2001.
WB890F855m 2001

Encyclopedia of complementary health practice
Carolyn Chambers Clark. Springer Pub. Co., c1999.
WB13 E56279 1999

PDR for herbal medicines
Montvale, NJ: Medical Economics Co., c2000.
REF WB 925 P348

Tyler's honest herbal: a sensible guide to the use of herbs and related remedies
Steven Foster. Haworth Herbal Press, c1999.
WB925 F757t 1999

Journals at the Library of the Health Sciences-Urbana

Alternative therapies in health and medicine

Alternative medicine review

Complementary therapies in nursing and midwifery

Journal of alternative and complementary medicine

Web Resources

Alternative Medicine from MEDLINEPlus
National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/alternativemedicine.html

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
National Institutes of Health
http://nccam.nih.gov

Alternative Medicine HomePage
University of Pittsburgh
http://www.pitt.edu/~cbw/altm.html

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