MANUAL, ALTERNATIVE AND NATURAL THERAPY&tm; (MANTIS&tm;) [91]

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Manual, Alternative and Natural Therapy™ (MANTIS™ )

Last Loaded on Web: Thursday, May 01, 2008

Last Update To Bluesheet: February 14, 2006

Bluesheet Contents PDF version

File Description	Dialog File Data	Special Features	Terms and Conditions	Additional Indexes	Rank
Subject Coverage	Document Types Indexed	DIALINDEX/OneSearch Categories	Sample Record	Limit	Predefined Format Options
Tips	Geographic Coverage	Contact	Basic Index	Sort	Rates

File Description [top]

Manual, Alternative and Natural Therapy^TM (MANTIS^TM) is a bibliographic database that provides coverage for health care disciplines not significantly represented in the major biomedical databases. International in coverage, the database contains references from more than 1,200 journals, with preference given to peer-reviewed journals.

Approximately 70% of the references have abstracts. Searchable subject headings include Medical Subject Headings (MeSH^®), plus a specialized supplemental controlled vocabulary in the areas of alternative medicine.

Tips [top]

USE FILE 91

to find information on alternative medical therapies.

USE THE (L) OPERATOR

to link descriptors and the two-letter subheadings:

S LUNG NEOPLASMS(L)DI

USE RANK DE

to provide a list of descriptors:

S (AIDS OR HIV) RANK DE S2 CONT

EXPAND JN=

to see a complete list of journals indexed in this database.

Subject Coverage [top]

MANTIS emphasizes health promotion, prevention, and conservative and alternative therapies, including:

Acupuncture
Allopathic medicine
Alternative medicine
Chiropractic
Exercise therapy
Herbal medicines (Phytotherapy)
Homeopathy
Massage
Midwifery
Moxibustion
Naturopathy
Nutrition
Osteopathic medicine
Physical therapy
Traditional Chinese medicine
Wellness care

File 91 indexes virtually all peer-reviewed journals from manual, chiropractic, and osteopathic medicine. There is particular emphasis placed on research relating to etiology, physiopathology, diagnosis, and treatment of neuromusculoskeletal conditions (low back pain, headache, scoliosis, nerve compression syndromes, sports injuries, etc.).

Dialog File Data [top]

Dates Covered:	1880 to the present
File Size:	More than 142,000 records as of February 2006
Update Frequency:	Monthly

Document Types Indexed [top]

Journal Articles

Geographic Coverage [top]

International

Geographic Restrictions [top]

None

Special Features [top]

ERA Available
Graduate Education Program
KWIC and HILIGHT Available
DIALOG Alert Available
Remove Duplicates (RD, ID) Available

DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

ACRONYM	CATEGORY NAME
ALTMED	Alternative Medicine
BIOSCI	Biosciences
HEALTH	Health
MEDICINE	Medicine
NURSING	Nursing and Health Administration
NUTRIT	Nutrition
PHARM	Pharmacology
PHARMR	Pharmacology + RINGDOC-Files

Contact [top]

Manual, Alternative and Natural Therapy is provided by Action Potential. Questions concerning file content should be directed to:

Action Potential
Mr. Joseph Rupert
Chief of Database Management
P.O. Box 50837
Denton, TX 76206

Telephone:	+1 940-382-9699
Fax:	+1 940-898-0234
E-Mail:	jrupert@healthindex.com

Terms and Conditions [top]

For Dialog's Redistribution and Archive policy, enter HELP ERA online. For Terms and Conditions, enter HELP TERMS 91 online. The following terms and conditions also apply: Manual, Alternative and Natural Therapy (MANTIS) is copyrighted by Action Potential, Inc. Copyright to this database is the sole and exclusive property of Action Potential, Inc. This database may not be reproduced, stored in machine-readable form, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of Action Potential, Inc.

While reasonable standards of care are followed in creating this database, Action Potential, Inc. makes no warranties regarding the accuracy or completeness of the information in the database.

Dialog Standard Terms & Conditions apply.

SAMPLE RECORD [top]

	`DIALOG(R)File 091:MANTIS(TM)`
	`(c) 2002 Action Potential. All rts. reserv.`

	`00031059`
/TI	`Mysteries of Rhubarb: Chinese Medicinal Rhubarb Through the`
	`Ages`
AU=	`FOUST, C.`
JN=,PY=,PD=	`HERBALGRAM. March 1996 (19960300), Vol (36), pp 25-31`

/AB	`Rhubarb presents an interesting example of the historical`
	`difficulty developing pharmacopeial monographs to establish`
	`identity, quality, and purity of this classic laxative herb.`
	`For nearly two thousand years rhubarb both fascinated and`
	`confounded professionals in the fields of medicine,`
	`pharmacology, botany, and horticulture. Not only were`
	`rhubarb's precise origins uncertain, but the active`
	`constituents accountable for the root's gentle cathartic`
	`action and astringency were unknown.`
	`Rhubarb's mysteries unveiled themselves slowly. After much`
	`experimentation in Europe with the`
	`propagation of rhubarb, researchers learned that the`
	`medicinal root came from`
	`several varieties or species of rhubarb, not from one single`
	`species. By the end of the nineteenth century, it became`
	`clear that the particular medicinal characteristics of`
	`rhubarb were due in part to conditions under which the`
	`Chinese roots grew, such as soil composition and climate,`
	`which could not be replicated in Europe. In addition,`
	`standardization of dosage and its accurate`
	`measurement have proven to be difficult, as the root seems`
	`to work differently for each individual. The development of`
	`a pharmacopeial monograph for rhubarb is still a`
	`problem today.`

/DE	`DESCRIPTORS: ASTRINGENTS; CATHARTICS; CHEMISTRY; HISTORICAL`
	`ARTICLE [PUBLICATION TYPE]; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MEDICINE, HERBAL;`
	`REVIEW LITERATURE; RHEUM; RHEUM-CH; RHEUM-HI`

BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH SUFFIX	DISPLAY CODE	FIELD NAME	INDEXING	SELECT EXAMPLES
None	None	All Basic Index Fields	Word	S RHUBARB
/AB	AB	Abstract¹	Word	S CATHARTIC(W)ACTION/AB
/DE	DE	Descriptor¹	Word & Phrase	S RHEUM(L)HI/DE S REVIEW LITERATURE/DE
/TI	TI	Title	Word	S MEDICINAL(W)RHUBARB/TI

¹Not present in all records.

ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

SEARCH PREFIX	DISPLAY CODE	FIELD NAME	INDEXING	SELECT EXAMPLES
AU=	AU	Author	Phrase	S AU=FOUST, C.
None	AZ	DIALOG Accession Number
None	II	Digital Object Identifier
JN=	JN	Journal Name	Phrase	S JN=HERBALGRAM
PD=	PD	Publication Date	Phrase	S PD=1996?
PY=	PY	Publication Year	Phrase	S PY=1996
SN=	SN	International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)	Phrase	S SN=0962-4562 S SN=09624562
None	SO	Source Information²
UD=	None	Update	Phrase	S UD=9999

²Display includes journal name, volume, issue, pagination, and publication date.

LIMIT [top]

SUFFIX	FIELD NAME	EXAMPLES
Sets and terms can be restricted by Basic Index suffixes, i.e., /AB, /DE, /TI (e.g., S S2/DE) as well as by the following features:
/ABS	Abstract	S S2/ABS
/YYYY	Publication Year	S RHEUM/1995:1996

SORT [top]

SORTABLE FIELDS	EXAMPLES
AU, JN, PY, TI	SORT S5/ALL/PY,D SORT S1/ALL/AU

RANK [top]

RANK FIELDS	EXAMPLES
All phrase- and numeric-indexed fields in the Additional Indexes can be ranked.	RANK AU S3

USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]


Display codes listed in the Search Options tables can be used to customize output.	TYPE S4/TI,JN,PD/1-5 PRINT S2/TI,AB/ALL

PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

NO.	DIALOGWEB FORMAT	RECORD CONTENT
1	--	DIALOG Accession Number
2	--	Full Record except Abstract¹
3	Medium	Bibliographic Citation
4	--	Full record with Tagged Fields¹
5	--	Full Record¹
6	Short	Title and Publication Year
7	Long	Full Record except Indexing¹
8	Free	Title, Indexing, and Publication Year¹
9	Full	Full Record¹
K	--	KWIC (Key Word In Context) displays a window of text; may be used alone or with other formats

DIRECT RECORD ACCESS [top]

FIELD NAME	EXAMPLES
If the accession number of a specific record is know, it can be used to display the record directly.	TYPE 00031059/9 PRINT 00033996/4

Rates [top]

Rates For File: Manual, Alternative and Natural Therapy™        (MANTIS™       )[91]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $4.47
Cost per minute:                   $1.08
Rank Elements                      $0.00
ALERT (default)                   $12.57
ALERT (Monthly)                   $12.57
ALERT (Biweekly/twice a month) *  $12.57
ALERT (Weekly)                 *  $12.57
ALERT (Daily)                  *  $12.57
ALERT (Calendar weekly)        *  $12.57
ALERT (Intraday)               *  $12.57
* = custom scheduled Alerts only
ALERT Number of included prints       20

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $0.81    $0.81
     3    $0.81    $0.81
     4    $1.68    $1.68
     5    $1.68    $1.68
     6    $0.00    $0.00
     7    $1.68    $1.68
     8    $0.00    $0.00
     9    $1.68    $1.68
KWIC95    $0.17       NA
KWIC96    $0.17       NA

REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
       1-25       1.50
     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

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