Drug & Alcohol Studies

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Reference Books

Current Issues REF HN59.2.C877
Encyclopedia of Addictive Drugs REF RM316.M555
Encyclopedia of Sociology REF HM425.E5
Encyclopedia of Urban Cultures REF HT108.5.E53
International Encyclopedia of Marriage & Family REF HQ9.E52
Social Issues in America REF HN57.S624

Magazines and Journals

The American Journal of Sociology

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Browse online drug & alcohol journals (Under "Social Welfare & Social Work,” click on “Substance Abuse”)

Online Library Databases

CQ Researcher
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Reports on topics of current interest ranging from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology.

Encylopedia of Drugs, Alcohol and Addictive Behavior
Explores the biological basis for addiction, recent enhancements in diagnosis and treatment and new frontiers in addiction studies.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
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Scholarly full-text journal articles from medical disciplines, with an emphasis on nursing and allied health.

Expanded Academic ASAP (Journal Articles)
A multidisciplinary database for accessing scholarly articles in arts and humanities, social sciences, science and technology.

Health & Wellness Resource Center
Consumer information on fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational health and safety, alcohol and drug abuse, prescription drugs, etc.

Opposing Viewpoint
Focuses on social issues, with viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to Web sites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

SIRS: Knowledge Source
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A general database providing access to full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, economic, business, political and global issues.

Web Search Engines

Infomine
http://infomine.ucr.edu
A gateway to scholarly sources on the Web, cataloged by subject heading.

Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org
A searchable, subject-categorized directory of authoritative Web sites.

Librarian’s Internet Index
http://www.lii.org
A directory of quality Web sites selected by librarians.