Massage and Myotheraphy

Subject Specialist

Tim Suttie

Richmond Campus Librarian
Phone:	(03) 9425 5666
Email:	tsuttie2@kangan.edu.au

Highly Recommended Resources

Health and Well-being Online Resources
Learning objects created for Kangan students
Mosby's Medical, Nursing and Allied Health Dictionary - 610.3 MOS
The Australian Drug Guide - 615.1194 UPF
Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: the Trigger Point Manual - 616.74 TRA

Search Library Catalogue for availability.

Websites

Gray's Anatomy Online
Massage and Bodywork - glossary of Massage and Bodywork Techniques
Complementary and Alternative Medicine - glossary
Acupuncture - information and resources
MedlinePlus Interactive Tutorials: Massage Therapy
An Introduction to Natural Therapies and Baby Massage
The Regulation of Complementary Medicines in Australia
OH&S online videos - SafetyCare Montie has many safety programs which can be viewed, topics include fire awareness, personal protection, manual handling.

Catalogue

Search Library Catalogue - enter specific topics (e.g. sports medicine, nutrition, alternative medicine) in the keyword search box or look directly on the shelves at these numbers:

Keywords	Shelf numbers
Medical Sciences	610
Human Anatomy	611
Human Physiology	612
Promotion of Health	613
Nutrition	613.2
Physical fitness	613.7
Massage	613.72
Alternative Medicine	615.5
Naturopathy	615.5
Physical Therapy	615.82
Massage Therapy	615.822
Aromatherapy	615.822
Reflexology	615.822
Acupuncture	615.892
Cardiovascular Systems	616.1
Sports Medicine	617.1

Online e.journals, Databases and Magazines

These two databases give you online access to thousands of journals with many in your field of interest. Search the entire database using keywords or search journals individually.

EBSCOhost Australia and New Zealand Reference Centre

Titles include: Good Health and Medicine, Good Medicine, Massage Australia, Natural Health

Infotrac: General OneFile

Titles include: Alternative Medicine Alert, Alternative Medicine Review, Complimentary Therapies in Medicine, Medicine & Science in Sport & Exercise, Natural Health, Physical Therapy

(For off-campus access to online resources, please login here with your Kangan Institute student/staff login.)

Contact your subject specialist to book an online database training session or click on EBSCOhost or click on Infotrac (Power Search)

Magazines

Massage and Bodywork Magazine - MR 615 MAS
The Journal of Complementary Medicine CM - MR 615.505 JOU
Massage - MR 615.82205 MAS
Massage Australia (back copies only, also online, see above)
Sport Health - M 617.102705 SPO

Dictionaries

Oxford Reference Online