Guide to Drug Information Sources
- Library Catalog: books and media may be located by using Library of Congress Subject Headings, such as:
- Alcoholism
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Anabolic Steroids
- Athletes—Drug Use
- Cannabis
- Cocaine Habit
- College Students – Alcohol Use
- Doping in Sports
- Drinking and Traffic Accidents
- Drinking of Alcoholic Beverages
- Drug Abuse
- Drug Legalization
- Heroin Habit
- Marijuana
- Medication Abuse
- Methamphetamine
- Nicotine
- Psychotropic Drugs
- Smoking
- Substance Abuse
- Tobacco Habit
- Youth—Alcohol Use
- Women Alcoholics
- Reference books are near the Reference desk or on the second floor:
- Conn’s Current Therapy Ref. Desk RM 101 .C87
- Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment Ref. Desk RC 71 .A14
- Encyclopedia of Drug Abuse Ref. Desk RC 563.4 .G97 2008
- Nursing… Drug Handbook Ref. RM 147 .N8
- Recent book and video titles with call numbers:
- Bar Flower HV 5137 .J33 2008
- Beautiful Boy HV 5831 .C2 .S54 2006
- College Drinking HV 5135 .D69 2009
- Finding Hope in Recovery VideoD HV 4998 .F56 2008
- High Society HV 4999.2 .C35 2007
- Last Call: Alcoholism and Recovery RC 565 .H4389 2007
- Methamphetamine Crisis HV 5825 .M397 2007
- Smashed HV 5293 .Z35 .A3 2005
- Steroid Nation RC 1230 .A86 2007
- Taking America Off Drugs RC 489 .B4 .F56 2007
- Abstracting/Indexing databases to locate magazine or journal articles (in print in Periodicals Area, third floor north and some full-text online):
- Academic Search Premier
- CINAHL
- Health Reference Center
- Medline
- Physical Education Index
- Psychology and Behavioral Sciences
- ScienceDirect
- Social Sciences Abstracts
- SocINDEX
- Sport Discus
- WilsonOmniFile
- Current journals in print (or electronic format) in the Library relating to drugs:
- Addiction
- Drug and Alcohol Dependence
- Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education
- Journal of Drug Education
- Journal of Drug Issues
- Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
- Journal of Studies on Alcohol
- Substance Use & Misuse
- Selected Internet/World Wide Web sites:
- www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html MedlinePlus Drug Information
- www.fda.gov U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- http://ncadi.samhsa.gov Alcohol & Drug Information
- www.rxlist.com Internet Drug Index
- www.usp.org U.S. Pharmacopeia
- www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/drugs.htm Statistics on Drugs and Crime
- www.niaaa.nih.gov National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- www.campushealthandsafety.org Center for College Health and Safety
- www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov Changing the Culture (NIAAA)
- www.saddonline.com Students Against Destructive Decisions
Prepared by Margaret Anderson & Ellen Paterson/May 1992
Revised by Ellen Paterson/January 1998/September 1999/October 2004, June 2009