Research Guide for Addiction Studies

• Finding Articles
• Finding Authoritative Web Sites
• Finding Books, Videos, DVDs, & CDs
• Online Books

FINDING ARTICLES

The EBSCO Sociology, Health, Psychology, and Education and collections listed below include the full text of journal articles that address addiction issues..

Sociology

EBSCO's Sociology databases searches SocINDEX™ with Full Text and the multidisciplinary Academic Search ™ Premier. SocINDEX™ with Full Text encompasses the broad spectrum of sociological study with abstracts for more than 815 "core" coverage journals dating as far back as 1895. The full text for 397 "core" and 150 "priority" coverage journals dating back to 1908, are covered. Books/monographs, conference papers, and other non-periodical content sources are also included. You can search individual databases by going to EBSCO Database Selection . Additional search features are provided when you limit your search to a single data.

Health

EBSCO's Health databases searches CINAHL ®, PreCINAHL ™, Health Source ®: Nursing/Academic Edition, Clinical Pharmacology, SPORTDiscus, and the multidisciplinary Academic Search ™ Premier. The citations in these databases link to the full text of the article when available. You can search individual databases by going to EBSCO Database Selection . Additional search features are provided when you limit your search to a single data.

National Library of Medicine Gateway

The National Library of Medicine Gateway facilitates the simultaneous search of multiple National Library of Medicine information systems, including MEDLINE and PubMed. Users can access citations - some of which link to full text, video, audio and images.

PubMed

PubMed is a free database that searches millions of article citations from approximately 5000 journals of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and preclinical sciences. Users can access citations - some of which link to full text, video, audio and images.

Psychology

EBSCO's Psychology searches three databases, PsycINFO ®, PsycARTICLES, and the multidisciplinary Academic Search ™ Premier. Searches can be limited to the PsycINFO database by going to EBSCO Database Selection. This will allow you to search using an electronic version of APA's official Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms ® .

EBSCO Education

EBSCO's Education searches four databases, Education Research Complete, Professional Development Collection ™, ERIC ®, and the multidisciplinary Academic Search ™ Premier. Most of the citations in these databases link to the full text of the article when available.

ProQuest Education Journals

ProQuest® Education Journals gives users access to over 700 top educational publications, including nearly 600 of the titles in full text. ProQuest Education Journals covers not only the literature on primary, secondary, and higher education but also special education, home schooling, adult education, and hundreds of related topics.

ProQuest Criminal Justice Periodical Index

This database covers a broad range of criminal justice topics, including corrections administration, law enforcement, social work, industrial security, drug rehabilitation, and criminal and family law. (dates of coverage: 1981 – present)

JSTOR

JSTOR is a non-profit organization that archives scanned images of journal issues and pages. Alvernia College has access to the Arts & Sciences I, II and IV Collections. These collections include many of the core research and society published journals in key fields in the humanities and social sciences, and a limited number of journals in the sciences.

WestLaw Campus Research

WestLaw Research Campus is an online legal research tool for students interested in law-related areas such as criminal justice, social work, business, education and law. In addition to primary legal information consisting of case law, and state and federal statutes, this resource provides summaries and analysis of court decisions, law reviews, and synopsis of legal issues.

Please note that in order to access this database, WestLaw requires users to check the I agree button at the bottom of the terms of agreement page.   

FINDING AUTHORITATIVE WEB SITES

Alvernia Library’s Internet Reference Library

The Internet Reference Library has a list of selected Psychology, Health and Medicine, and Criminal Justice Web sites. The Internet Reference Library can be accessed from the Resources page of the Library Web site.

Alvernia Library Research Page

The Research Guides page, listed under Research Help on the Alvernia Library Research page, links to sources for finding and evaluating Web sites.

Brodart DartClix

The Brodart DartClix consists of 16,000 professionally selected Web sites.

FINDING BOOKS, VIDEOS, DVDS, & CDS

WorldCat 100 million records

This Online Union Catalog lists holdings from libraries across the world. Searches can be conducted across all libraries or limited to the Alvernia Library collection. Searches can also be limited to specific types of documents such as books, visual materials and Internet resources. (dates of coverage: 2100 B.C. – present)

Requesting a book from this collection only takes a minute. Click on the Borrow this item from another library link. Submit the form with your Alvernia ID number and allow two weeks for delivery of the requested book.

 

Alvernia's Catalog

Alvernia's Catalog is the best tool for finding items in Alvernia Library's collection. You can search for books, audiobooks, books in the Best Seller collection, audio-visual materials (videos, DVD's and CD's), course reserves, and journals in our print collection. Item records indicate if the item is available. Students, faculty and staff with an Alvernia ID card can place a hold on items that are currently in circulation.

The Dewey Decimal System is used to classify books in the Alvernia Library. Books on social problems and services are located in the 360 to 363 section. Medical books are located in the 610 to 619 section.

Examples of books with background information on addiction studies are listed below:

Reference Collection

International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences R 300.3 I61 2008

The Sage Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods R300.72 S129 2004

Encyclopedia of Social Work R361.303 M685 2008

The Encyclopedia of Alcoholism R362.29203 O13, 1991

Encyclopedia of Drugs and Alcohol R362.293 E56 1995

Reference Guide to Addiction Counseling R362.29186 R332 1993

Diagnosis and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders R616.8907 D536 2000

Diagnosis and Statistical Manual Mental Disorders: Diagnosis, Etiology & Treatment R616.8907 F527 2004

Main Collection

Addiction 362.29 A224 2005

Chemical Dependency 362.29 C517 2003

International Handbook on Alcohol & Culture 394.13 I61 1995

Introduction to Addictive Behaviors 616.8607 T465 1994

Psychotherapy of Addicted Persons 616.86 K21, 1994

Today's Disease: Alcohol & Drug Dependence 616.86 T142

ONLINE BOOKS

Biomedical books
The National Center for Biotechnology Information's collection of electronic books can be searched for addiction topics.

Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
The Encyclopedia covers topics in all major health professions, including nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, medical lab technology, emergency medical technology, pharmacology and nutrition. In addition, approximately 400 photographs and illustrations are featured.

International Encyclopedia of the Social Services
This encyclopedia covers articles and biographies contributed by scholars from around the world on a wide array of global topics in the social sciences.

Mental Measurements Yearbook
Produced by the Buros Institute at the University of Nebraska, the Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. The MMY series contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership. All MMY entries contain descriptive information (e.g., test purpose, publisher, pricing) and edited review(s) written by leading content area experts. MMY provides coverage from Volume 9 to the present.

NetLibrary eBooks
A collection of 12,200 eBooks is now accessible from NetLibrary. eBooks are full text electronic versions that can be borrowed and returned over the Internet. To access eBooks from off-campus, you must first Create A Free Account from a computer on the Alvernia College computer network.

Several examples of ebooks on addictions include:

• Clinical Supervision in Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling: Principles, Models, Methods (2004)
• In the Shadows of the Net: Breaking Free of Compulsive Online Sexual Behavior (2001)
• Parental Substance Misuse and Child Welfare (2001)
• The Selfish Brain: Learning From Addiction (2000)
• Understanding Addiction (2000)
  
  

Updated: September 4, 2008

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