About Herbs, Botanicals, & Other Products has been launched by the Memorial Sloan-Ketterling Cancer Center.

This is a great starting point for finding definitive information on medical use of many nature-derived products and natural healing techniques, including:

• Zinc (and many other vitamins and minerals)
• Willow Bark
• Massage Therapy

The alphabetical list of their articles is a great starting point.  The articles focus on cancer treatment, but the information and resources will offer insight for a broad range of questions.

found via ResourceShelf

Oncology by OncologyStat is an experiement by Elsevier to see if they can provide access to scholarly journals for free using an ad-based revenue formula.  In addition, they offer many resources for medical staff, patients, and families.

The press release stresses that their target audience is “US oncologists, hematologists, oncology nurses, and all other healthcare professionals involved in the treatment, care and diagnosis of patients with cancer”, but when you go through the registration process it is clear that students, Librarians, and even the general public are able to avail themselves of this service.

If your library serves those who need current scholarly information for oncology, you have another good resource to add to your collection!

found on Open Access News