Books – Browsing the shelves Alternative medicine is also often called complementary medicine and traditionally is holistic in nature, treating the whole person rather than a specific disease or symptom. A number of the alternative medicine practices are well-known by their own names and can be found at their own Dewey number. Most books dealing with alternative medicine will be found among the 615s close to the other books dealing with traditional western medicine.
Magazines Australian Men’s Health
Healthy Options
Nature & Health
Organic NZ
Searching the catalogue To help you find the books on the topic you want, try searching on our online catalogue using Quickfind and type in the keyword(s).
- Aromatherapy
- Homeopathy
- Reflexology
- Reiki
- Ayurveda
- Chinese medicine
If the Quickfind search brings up too many titles or titles that are not relevant go into one title which is similar to what you want and note the subject heading. Select Subject as the Search field e.g. you may want books on aromatherapy which you can do yourself. If you type aromatherapy in the search box it will bring up all the subject headings relating to aromatherapy. Scroll down and tick the box next to Aromatherapy – Amateurs’ manuals.
Online Resources Resources that are available online about alternative medicine can be found here
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