Osteopathic Resources

Osteopathic Databases

OSTMED.DR
The only bibliographic index devoted solely to osteopathic medicine. OSTMED.DR contains some 30,000 citations and abstracts of journal articles and selected book chapters. It comprehensively indexes 38 core journals, with selected articles from 279 additional titles covering all aspects of osteopathic medicine and osteopathic manipulative treatment from 1893 to 2003. OSTMED.DR is the only index searchable by unique osteopathic diagnostic and therapeutic terms as well as standard NLM subject headings and keywords.

PubMed (Medline) and OVID (Medline)

National Library of Medicine database that cover broad medical topics. Suggested search terms when searching PubMed and OVID:

• Search the exact condition or illness, example, (Diabetes)
• Osteopathic Medicine
• Manipulation, Osteopathic
• Manipulation
• Manipulation, Orthopedic
• Manipulation, Spinal
• Musculoskeletal Manipulations

Electronic Journals

• Chiropractic and Osteopathy
• JAOA: Journal of the American Osteopathic Association
• Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
• Movement Disorders
• Osteopathic Medicine and Primary Care
   

Collections

• Early American Manual Therapy E-Book Collection  
  This is a collection of more than 50 early osteopathic and chiropractic manipulation books, including the Autobiography of Andrew Taylor Still.
• Michigan State University Osteopathic Collection
  This digital collection has early textbooks and collections of articles on osteopathy and the Autobiography of Andrew Taylor Still.
• KCUMB Osteopathic Collection
  This is a predefined subject search of more than 668 osteopathic materials available, dating from the 1890s to the present. The Library has an extensive collection of books, journals and multi-media on osteopathic medicine. They can be located using the Online Catalog.

Osteopathic Websites

• AACOM- American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
• American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP)
• AOA Yearbook and Directory
• AOA- American Osteopathic Association  
• International Academy of Osteopathy
• Osteopathic Fact Sheet
• Osteopathic Research Web
• Osteopathy the Art of Practice
• Still National Osteopathic Museum