These sources provide a way for someone new to the topic of yoga to explore information in scholarly journals. This is probably the best way for a library user to gain the most current knowledge about yoga with respect to health benefits and research.

Health Source: Consumer Edition.  Ipswich MA: EBSCO Publishing, 1984-- .
[Electronic Access available through UNC Libraries: http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/eid/EIDlist.cfm?letter=H]

This source provides information on various health topics including “the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports and medicine, and general health.” Over 150 consumer health journals, and approximately 175 general health, nutrition and professional health care publications are indexed, and often provide full text.  Eight major health related subjects: adult health, behavioral health, cardiology, drug and medication information, pediatric health, senior health, women’s health and sports medicine are covered in thousands of indexed essays. When entering “yoga” as a keyword search, approximately 366 articles were retrieved.

PsycINFO database. Arlington VA: American Psychological Association, 1887--.
[Electronic Access available through UNC Libraries:
http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/eid/EIDlist.cfm?letter=P]

This source is the most comprehensive international database of psychology and is updated monthly. Supported by the American Psychological Association, it consists of over 1,125,000 records covering academic research and practice literature in psychology from over 45 countries in more than 30 languages. Entering “yoga” as a keyword retrieves roughly 703 hits.
 
Alt-HealthWatch. Ipswich MA: EBSCO Publishing, 1990--.
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http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/eid/EIDlist.cfm?letter=A]

This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers libraries an immediate resource of full text articles from more than 160 international peer-reviewed and professional journals, magazines, reports, proceedings, association & consumer newsletters, plus hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. An incredible amount of articles are retrieved (roughly 3981 hits) when typing “yoga” as a keyword.

AMED (Alternative Medicine). Ipswich MA: EBSCO Publishing, 1985--.
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http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/eid/EIDlist.cfm?letter=A]

“Compiled by the British Library Health Care Information Service, AMED is a database for physicians, therapists, medical researchers and clinicians looking for information regarding alternative treatments to conventional medicine. This database contains citations and abstracts from over 400 biomedical journals, relevant articles from books, newspapers, conference proceedings and several other document types.” 199 titles are retrieved when typing “yoga” as a keyword.