InfoGuides: Addiction & Substance Abuse: Find Articles

Databases

APA PsycInfo (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Use Classification Codes to focus the search:3233 Substance Abuse & Addiction or 3383 Drug & Alcohol Rehabilitation
Medline with Full Text This link opens in a new window
MESH subject headings to search: Behavior, Addictive or Substance-Related Disorders; or focus on specific addictions: Opioid-Related Disorders, Morphine Dependence, Heroin Dependence, Amphetamine-Related Disorders, Cocaine-Related Disorders.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health (CINAHL) provides authoritative coverage of the literature related to nursing and allied health. Includes links to many full text articles. Professional Impairment AND Nurses results in articles about addicted nurses; Substance Abuse AND Nurses results in articles about nurses working with patients in recovery.
Consumer Health Complete This link opens in a new window
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Patient information covering all areas of health and wellness, including Drug Abuse & Drug Addiction, Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism, Nicotine Addiction, and Compulsive Gambling.
Criminal Justice Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Provides comprehensive coverage of the major journals in criminology and related disciplines, extensive coverage of books, and unparalleled access to reports from government and nongovernmental agencies.
Tutorial for the Criminal Justice Abstracts database.
Social Sciences Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Indexes more than 3,000 journals across 55 social science disciplines, as well as selected items from 3,500 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals. Covers from 1900 to the present. Part of Web of Science.
Tutorial for the Social Science Citation Index Expanded database.

Journals

Addiction Peer-reviewed journal is published on behalf of the Society for the Study of Addiction to Alcohol and other Drugs (SSA) and spans human clinical, epidemiological, experimental, policy and historical research relating to any activity that has addictive potential.
Addictive Behaviors Peer-reviewed journal Is an international journal publishing high quality human research on addictive behaviors and disorders since 1976.
Addiction Biology Peer-reviewed journal Emphasis is on neuroscience contributions, which aim at advancing understanding regarding aspects on the action of drugs of abuse and addictive processes.
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors Peer-reviewed journal Publishes articles on alcohol use and alcohol use disorders, drug use and drug use disorders, smoking and nicotine use and disorders, eating disorders, and other addictive behaviors.
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research Peer-reviewed journal Articles span animal and human clinical research, epidemiological, experimental, policy, and historical research relating to any aspect of alcohol abuse, dependence, or alcoholism.
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs Peer-reviewed journal The oldest substance-related journal published in the United States, it is published by Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc., based at the Center of Alcohol Studies at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

More resources

Alcohol Studies Database The database contains over 80,000 citations for journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers, and audio-visual materials. Created by Rutgers University Center of Alcohol Studies.
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health the Federal Government's lead agency for scientific research on the diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not generally considered part of conventional medicine.