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Acupuncture at the University of Montpellier

• IUD Obstetric acupuncture
• Acupuncture: Introduction
• Acupuncture capacity

+ 200 books
+ 1,000 theses and dissertations
120 journals (including 40 current subscriptions)
+ 15,000 articles from print journals

Acubase, bibliographic database on acupuncture

In 1980, the University Medical Library in Nîmes received 48 acupuncture periodicals and around 50 theses and dissertations on acupuncture written in France from Professor Jean Bossy. This initial collection was supplemented by a donation of 250 books from the AFERA (French Association for the Study and Research of Acupuncture). Thus was born a collection of acupuncture resources that is unique in France.

The issue of cataloging all these works quickly arose. That is why, thanks to the collaboration between Professor Jean Bossy, volunteer members of AFERA, acupuncture students, and the University Medical Library of Nîmes, 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 periodicals, their analysis, conference proceedings, and the production of student work related to acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine.

Practical information

• To access the Acubase database, click on "Find a document" inthe menu, then"Consult Acubase in the catalog"or on the"Consult Acubase in the catalog"button further down this page.
• For students and staff enrolled at the University of Montpellier, remember to log in once you are in the catalog.