Addiction Subject Guide LRC@TCC

Scope: Basic resources on addiction, illegal drug use, and substance abuse.

Call number areas to browse: HV547, HV4967-5840, RC554-569.5, RM146
Keywords to search: addiction; specific drugs or addiction (e.g., gambling, Internet, sex, alcohol); drug abuse; substance abuse; addiction; dependence
Subjects to search (Library of Congress):

Substance abuse; Addicts; Drug abuse prevention or treatment; Drug testing; Drug control; Designer drugs; Alcoholism; Alcoholics; Drugs of abuse; Drug addicts; Internet addiction; Internet addicts; Compulsive gamblers

Materials in our catalog:
Gale Virtual Reference Library (r)

Addiction

Journal of Addiction Medicine

Addiction [videorecording] RC564 .A33 2007

Addiction: Opposing Viewpoints HV4998.A32 2005

Drug abuse handbook REF RM316 .D76 2007

Gambling HV6710 .G3142 2006

In the shadows of the net: breaking free of compulsive online sexual behavior RC560.S43 I52 2001

Married to the job: why we live to work and what we can do about it HF5548.8 .P46 2002

Pathological gambling: etiology, comorbidity, and treatment RC569.5.G35 P48 2005

Psychology of netaholics RC569.5.I54 S88 2006

Library Resources (r): 

For more information about drugs and medications, try the Medication Subject Guide.

CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature)

Contemporary Women's Issues

CQ Researcher

Ethnic Newswatch

Health & Wellness Resource Center
Health Reference Center-Academic

Issues and Controversies on File

Journals@Ovid (full text and citations)

JSTOR

LexisNexis Academic
MEDLINE

Opposing Viewpoints

Oxford University Press

PsycArticles
Sociological Abstracts

Internet Resources:  

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health World Health Organization and University of Toronto resource

Governor’s Office (Virginia) for Substance Abuse Prevention and the information clearinghouse for citizens and the GOSAP Collaborative – a working group of Virginia-based agencies involved in youth substance abuse and violence prevention. This site includes the Statewide Substance Abuse Prevention Plan.

Internet Addiction basic information from MentalHealp.net

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Narconon Drug Prevention and Rehabilitation is a non-profit drug rehab program dedicated to eliminating drug abuse and drug addiction through drug prevention, education and rehabilitation.

Problem Gambling from Athealth.com, a provider of mental health information and services

Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health offers support and information services for sufferers of sexual addiction.