### **TCIM research databases and indexes** **TCIM on PubMed** *PubMed provides access to more than 28 million citations for biomedical literature from the database MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. TCIM on PubMed is a subset of PubMed citations that focus on TCIM:* [http://nccam.nih.gov/research/camonpubmed](http://nccam.nih.gov/research/camonpubmed) **MEDLINE** *The leading bibliographic database of biomedicine administered by the US National Library of Medicine. The free online version is called PubMed.* [http://www.pubmed.gov](http://www.pubmed.gov) [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/) **EMBASE** *The second largest biomedical database after Medline. Paid source.* [http://www.embase.com/](http://www.embase.com/) **COCHRANE LIBRARY** *One of the largest databases of certified information on biomedicine.* [https://www.cochranelibrary.com/search](https://www.cochranelibrary.com/search) **ClinicalTrials.gov** *A database of clinical studies conducted in various countries, provided by the US National Library of Medicine:* [http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/](http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/) **CINAHL – Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature** *A database of selected journal articles about nursing, allied health, biomedicine and healthcare, including CAM.* [http://www.ebscohost.com/cinahl/](http://www.ebscohost.com/cinahl/) **GOOGLE SCHOLAR** *An online search engine for scientific literature run by Google Inc.* [https://scholar.google.com/](https://scholar.google.com/) **NCCIH Clinical Trials A–Z** *The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health’s (NCCIH) website with CAM references to the ClinicalTrials.gov database of clinical studies:* [https://nccih.nih.gov/research/clinicaltrials/alltrials.htm](https://nccih.nih.gov/research/clinicaltrials/alltrials.htm) **MedlinePlus.gov** *An online service with links to various information about CAM from the website MedlinePlus, run by the US National Library of Medicine:* [https://medlineplus.gov/complementaryandintegrativemedicine.html](https://medlineplus.gov/complementaryandintegrativemedicine.html) **Cancer Research UK** *Research on CAM and cancer care in the United Kingdom and internationally.* [http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-in-general/treatment/complementary-alternative-therapies/research/complementary-therapy](http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-in-general/treatment/complementary-alternative-therapies/research/complementary-therapy) **CAM Quest** *A European-wide search portal for clinical CAM studies, possible to searched according to method and disease:* [http://www.cam-quest.org/en/](http://www.cam-quest.org/en/) **AMED Allied and Complementary Medicine** *A database by the British Library that focuses on complementary medicine.* [http://www.ovid.com/site/catalog/databases/12.jsp](http://www.ovid.com/site/catalog/databases/12.jsp) **CAMBASE** *A literature database of complementary and alternative medicine provided by the Department of Medical Theory and Complementary Medicine at the Witten/Herdecke University in Germany.* [http://www.cambase.de](http://www.cambase.de) **Cochrane Complementary Medicine** *A database of clinical CAM studies provided by the Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Maryland.* [http://cam.cochrane.org/](http://cam.cochrane.org/) *Lists of research databases that also include research on CAM:* [http://www.amfoundation.org/dir_databases.htm](http://www.amfoundation.org/dir_databases.htm) [http://libguides.gwumc.edu/c.php?g=27780&p=170378](http://libguides.gwumc.edu/c.php?g=27780&p=170378) [http://researchguides.uic.edu/complementarymedicine](http://researchguides.uic.edu/complementarymedicine) **Probably the largest summary of scientific research on Reiki** *It contains about 105 clinical studies and 33 published articles (December 2017).* *See the PDF document Reiki – The Scientific Evidence.* [https://www.reikifed.co.uk/research/](https://www.reikifed.co.uk/research/) *Some other lists of research on Reiki:* [http://www.reikicouncil.org.uk/Reiki-Research.php](http://www.reikicouncil.org.uk/Reiki-Research.php) [http://www.cancer-support.eu/wellness/reiki/reiki-studies-and-use-in-hospitals](http://www.cancer-support.eu/wellness/reiki/reiki-studies-and-use-in-hospitals) *A Czech list of scientific databases by the Centre of Scientific Information of the Institute of Physiology CAS:* [http://sun2.biomed.cas.cz/fgu/knihovna/ezdroje_databaze.html](http://sun2.biomed.cas.cz/fgu/knihovna/ezdroje_databaze.html)