Resources for Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Information

If you are looking for the major tools used to find information on the web and elsewhere about alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use and abuse, SALIS suggests the Resources included here. These sources are used by substance abuse professionals working in libraries at university research centers, government agencies, treatment centers, clearinghouses and resource centers, and organizations and individuals working in the addictions field.

• ATOD Serials Database: This database provides information on over 350 journals, newsletters, and monograph series in the field of addictions (active titles and some that have ceased publication). On the main ATOD Serials page, users will find Quick Links to peer-reviewed journals, non-English serials, serials that are free online, and serials grouped by Focus Areas such as Treatment, Policy, and Social Sciences. An advanced-search option allows users to combine their own search criteria. The database is maintained by Nancy Sutherland, Meg Brunner, and Pam Miles at the the University of Washington Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute Library.

• New Books: This list is drawn from publisher catalogs, book reviews, advertising, and "insider" information contributed by authors and librarians.   The New Books List is also published in the journal Addiction and in SALIS News. The list is compiled by Andrea Mitchell of the Alcohol Research Group Library.

• Databases: UPDATED! This is a comprehensive list of 80 bibliographic, statistical, and related databases covering all aspects of substance abuse;  most of the databases are searchable online.  The list is maintained by Barbara Weiner of the Hazelden Foundation Library.

• Selected Web Links: We do not attempt to be comprehensive in this list, but have identified key ATOD web sites, including several which have extensive links to more web sites.   Web Links are presented in both categorical and alphabetic lists.

• "How To" Guide: The manual on How To Organize and Operate an ATOD Information Center: A Guide, written in 1995, was a collaborative effort of the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, the U.S. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, and Substance Abuse Librarians and Information Specialists, and was coordinated by SALIS member Jean Kinney at the Project Cork Institute, with contributions from many SALIS members. The goal of the manual is to provide a basic introduction to the many facets of an information center and what is required to run a center efficiently and economically. The Guide is directed to several audiences, but in particular to small government-sponsored information centers in North America, as well as those sponsored by agencies, organizations and treatment and prevention centers. The guide can be downloaded and viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader.