The MANTIS™ Database brings you the world of alternative medicine. Manual    Alternative and      Natural        Therapy          Index            System

OVERVIEW

Coverage:	1900-PRESENT
File Size:	OVER 300,000 RECORDS & OVER 1,000 JOURNALS
Updates:	WEEKLY

MANTIS^TM addresses all areas of alternative medical literature. It has also become the largest index of peer reviewed articles for several disciplines, including chiropractic, osteopathy, homeopathy, and manual medicine.

CONTENT QUALITY

Alternative medicine that is reliable is critical to researchers and clinicians. Clinical practice today must be evidence based and supported by the literature. For these reasons, the primary emphasis of MANTIS^TM is the indexing of peer reviewed biomedical journals.

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CONTENT FOCUS

Acupuncture
Chiropractic
Exercise Therapy
Herbal Medicine  (Phytotherapy)
Homeopathy
Massage
Midwifery
Moxibustion
Naturopathy
Nutrition
Oriental Traditional Medicine
Osteopathic Medicine
Wellness Care

MANTIS^TM includes citations and abstracts from all alternative medicine disciplines. Each record contains a complete citation, the language of the abstract, the language of the article, and the headings and subheadings which describe the article. Approximately 70% of the references include abstracts.

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FUTURE EMPHASIS

The content of MANTIS^TM is dictated by our growing number of users. Currently, the priorities are to expand the information related to acupuncture and herbal medicine and at the same time increase the availability of full text documents. Subscribers have significant influence on the development of the MANTIS^TM system. User suggestions are encouraged to improve content, specific journal inclusion, the indexing thesaurus and search engine features.

INDEXING

MANTIS^TM uses standard Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). This includes the use of headings, subheadings, and check tags. Searches with "binding" of heading and subheading are also possible. In addition to the standard MeSH, a supplemental thesaurus has been developed that permits more precise indexing of alternative medical material.

SEARCH ENGINES

Searches through OVID, Dialog, and Datastar use their standard search methods. Searches through MANTIS™ provide a variety of search options. The GRAPHICS option allows students and clinicians, who are usually not familiar with MeSH, to conduct a search with the simple click of the mouse. The ADVANCED option allows users to create boolean arguments and conduct searches similar to conventional systems. Articles may be located by using title/abstract keywords, year, publication, author name, or by using MeSH headings/ subheadings. Limiting retrievals by clinical relevancy, age group, study & sex group, or discipline can also be performed.