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Acubase, a bibliographic database on acupuncture
In 1980, the Nîmes University Medical Library received 48 titles of acupuncture journals and approximately 50 acupuncture theses and dissertations produced in France from Professor Jean Bossy. This initial collection was supplemented by a donation of 250 books from AFERA (French Association for the Study and Research of Acupuncture). Thus was born a collection on acupuncture that is unique in France.
The challenge of cataloging all these works soon became apparent. That is why, thanks to a collaboration between Professor Jean Bossy, volunteer members of AFERA, acupuncture students, and the Nîmes University Medical Library, the acupuncture database Acubase was created, followed by its Thesaurus.
Today, the collection continues to grow thanks to new acquisitions of books, e-books, subscriptions to print and electronic journals, the cataloging of these materials, conference proceedings, and student research projects related to acupuncture as well as traditional Chinese medicine.
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