Overview

The Library and Its Services

• The Nîmes Medical Library
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Acupuncture at the University of Montpellier

• Postgraduate Certificate in Obstetric Acupuncture
• DIU in Acupuncture: Introduction
• Acupuncture Capacity

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

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 written in France from Professor Jean Bossy. This initial collection was expanded by a donation of 250 books from AFERA (the 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 quickly 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, and subscriptions to print and electronic periodicals; the cataloging of these materials; conference proceedings; and student research projects related to acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine.

Practical Information

• To access the Acubase database, click “Find a Document” inthe menu, then“Browse Acubase in the Catalog,”or click the“Browse Acubase in the Catalog”button further down on this page.
• For students and staff enrolled at the University of Montpellier, be sure to log in once you’re in the catalog.