Our Common Text 2004-2005
House of Sand and Fog
Resources Related to Addiction
Searching Wallace Library's Einstein Catalog provides information
relating to addictive behavior and particular addictions such as smoking and substance abuse. Remember, you can do a keyword search
or a subject search to locate information on a topic. When doing
a keyword search, you can make use of Boolean searching
by combining your search words with the words and, or, not.
Advanced searching will allow you to set some limitations to your search
results. Materials in this library are shelved by subject so once you identify the call number range for a subject, browsing the appropriate shelf area is often a useful strategy. Below is a small sampling of titles along with their call numbers and the
floor location. Books with beginning call letters A-M are located on the 4th floor while call letters N-Z can be found on the 3rd floor.
Addiciton. Video. VH-363D. Located in the Media Resource Center, Library Building, A-Level.
Addiction: An Artificially Induced Drive. HV5801.B3939. 4th floor.
Addiction and Society. HV5840.S8B413. 4th floor.
Addiction, Crime and Social Policy. HV5801.B34. 4th floor.
Addictions : Issues and Answers. HV5801.J34 1980. 4th floor.
Addiction: It's Causes, Problems and Treatments. RC564.B47 1982. 3rd floor.
Adolescent Substance Abuse: Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment. RJ506.D78 B85 1995. 3rd floor.
Alcohol : Opposing Viewpoints. HV5035 .A459 2004. 4th floor.
Alcoholism and Women. HV5137 .A47 1995. 4th floor.
Chaos and Intoxication [electronic resource] : Complexity and Adaptation in the Structure of Human Nature. Via Ebrary.
Chemical Dependency: Opposing Viewpoints. HV4998.C44 1985. 3rd floor.
Drinking and Crime: Perspectives on the Relationships Between Alcohol Consumption and Criminal Behavior. HV5053.D74, 4th floor.
Drinking and Crime. Video. VH-1117.18. Located in the Media Resource Center, Library Building, A-Level.
High Culture : Reflections on Addiction and Modernity. HV4998 .H544 2003. 3rd floor.
How Substance Abuse Affects Siibling Relationships : A Qualitative Study. HV5132.G376 2002. Thesis. Archives.
Intoxication : Life in Pursuit of Artificial Paradise. QL756.7 .S54 1989. 4th floor.
The Police Role in Alcohol-Related Crimes. HV5053.G35, 4th floor.
The Meaning of Addiction : Compulsive Experience and Its Interpretation. RC564 .P45 1985. 4th floor.
Myths, Mysteries & Management of Alcohol : Facts, Answers, and Insights About Drinking. QP801.A3 H26 1995, 3rd floor.
Research Databases:
Click on the above link for the complete list of the RIT Library's Online Databases.
Suggested databases are listed below.
Academic Search Elite: Provides
information on a wide range of academic areas including business, social sciences,
humanities, general academic, general science, education and multi-cultural
topics. It features full text for over 1,200 journals with many dating back
to 1990, abstracts and indexing for over 3,000 scholarly journals, and coverage
of The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Christian Science Monitor.
ArticleFirst: Describe items
listed on the table of contents pages of approximately 12,600 journals in science,
technology, social science, business, the humanities, etc.
Contemporary Women's Issues:
Focuses on timely and relevant topics and meaningful issues for women, including
health, human rights, the work place, legal status, and more.
Health Source: Consumer Edition. A rich collection of consumer health information on many topics including AIDS,
cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, aging, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, women's health, sports medicine and more.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition. Provides nearly 600 scholarly full text journals, including nearly 450
peer-reviewed journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
Lexis-Nexis Academic: Access
to full-text legal, medical, business, biographical and news and information
from over 5000 sources.
Psych Articles: Covers general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology. Contains more than 25,000 searchable full-text articles from 49 peer reviewed journals.
PsychInfo: Contains more than one million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, etc. in the field of psychology. Journal coverage, which spans from 1887 to present, includes international material selected from more than 1,700 periodicals.
Sociological Abstracts: Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences including substance abuse and addiction.
Wilson Social Sciences Full Text (part
of OmniFile): Covers the fields of anthropology, economics, geography, law and
criminology, political science, social work, sociology, etc.
Select Internet Resources
Relating to Addiction:
ABC News: Is Addiction a Matter of Choice? "There are conflicting views about addiction and popular treatments. So, we talked with researchers, psychologists and "addicts" and asked them: Is addiction a choice?"
Addiction Treatment Forum: Addiction Treatment Forum has reported on substance abuse and addiction research, therapies, news, and events of interest to both healthcare professionals and patients.
Alcoholism: Getting the Facts: A publication of the National Institute of Health.
Alcoholism/Substance Abuse: An About.Com site with many related links.
American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry: Dedicated to providing continuing education to addiction professionals.
American Council on Alcolism: A nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public about the effects of alcohol, alcoholism and alcohol abuse.
American Society of Addiction Medicine: Site's mission is to increase access to and improve the quality of addictions treatment.
Center for Addiction and Mental Health: CAMH is Canada's largest health sciences centre devoted to mental illness and addiction.
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction: The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) is one of
the European Union’s decentralised agencies. Established in 1993 and based in Lisbon, it is the central source of comprehensive information on drugs and drug addiction in Europe.
National Association for Addiction Professionals: Founded in 1972, NAADAC began with a primary focus on alcohol and drug addiction
counselors. NAADAC is the premier global organization of addiction focused professionals who enhance the health and recovery of individuals, families, and communities.
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University: Think tank that focuses on the study of all forms of substance abuse, and how it affects society.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: A US National Institute of Health site.
Web of Addictions. A site dedicated to providing accurate information about alcohol and other drug addictions.
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