BOOKS - LOCAL LIBRARY CATALOGS:  Identify books and other resources on substance abuse and addiction in a library's collection.  

• Information and Resource Center:  http://www.maineosa.org/ircAccess the library catalog of the Maine Office of Substance Abuse.

• Health Education Resource Collection (HERC):  http://www.library.umaine.edu/lmc/herc/  Health resources available for loan to any Maine school system, community organization, health facility or individual.  The "Additional State Resources" link provides a list of Maine health organizations and associations which may also have resources to share.

• URSUS:  http://ursus.maine.edu  The Shared Catalog of the University of Maine System, Bangor Public Library, Maine State Library, Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library 

• MAINE INFO NET: http://130.111.64.9/  A state-wide catalog linking the collections of libraries throughout Maine.

• Maine Libraries on the Web: Visit your local library's web page to  learn about their services. http://www.maine.gov/msl/infonet/melibson.htm

MAINE REPORTS & STATISTICS:

• Maine Office of Substance Abuse: Student surveys, annual data book, special reports and more!   http://www.maineosa.org/data

• Maine Drug Threat Assessment:  Annual predictive report from the National Drug Intelligence Center http://www.usdoj.gov/ndic/pubs/657/index.htm#Contents

• Crime in Maine: Maine crime data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Program.  http://www.maine.gov/dps/cim/crime_in_maine/cim.htm

MAINE LAWS:

• Constitution, Statutes and Session Laws of Maine  http://janus.maine.gov/legis/ros/meconlaw.htm 

INDEXES:  Provide citations and text-links to research articles,  books, government publications and reports.    

• EBSCO Host Databases:  http://libraries.maine.edu/mainedatabases/  FREE access for all Maine citizens!  Multiple indexes to popular and scholarly publications with many full-text articles provided.  

• ETOH:   http://etoh.niaaa.nih.gov/ A comprehensive online bibliographic database containing over 100,000 records on alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Contains research findings from the late 1960s to the present, as well as historical research literature. 

• ERIC:   http://eric.ed.gov/ The world's largest source of education information, with more than 1 million abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice.  Coverage: 1966-present. 

• IDA : http://idasearch.health.org/compass  IDA, (Information on Drugs and Alcohol), contains scientific literature relating to alcohol and substance abuse prevention and sociological literature.  Provides abstracts and bibliographic records.

• PubMed:  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine provides access to to over 11 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.

• NCJRS Abstracts Database:   http://abstractsdb.ncjrs.org/content/AbstractsDB_Search.asp The National Criminal Justice Reference Service  (NCJRS) Abstracts Database contains summaries of more than 170,000 criminal justice publications, including Federal, State, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research.     

• NSAWI:  http://nsawi.health.org/  The National Substance Abuse Web Index (NSAWI) is a search engine which indexes 26 authoritative, public interest and U.S. government sites on the Internet for locating reliable information on prevention, treatment, alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs. Use NSAWI to search through every document on prominent sites in the prevention world. Sites are re-indexed every two weeks.

• SAID:  http://said.dol.gov  Substance Abuse Information Database (SAID). This  database provides summaries and full text of materials relating to workplace substance abuse issues.

• SMOKING:  http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/search/  Items in this database focus on the scientific, medical, technical, policy, behavioral, legal, and historical literature related to smoking and tobacco use and its effect on health.

• TRD:  http://sadatabase.health.org/trd/ The Treatment Resource Database  provides bibliographic citations to alcohol and substance abuse treatment materials with a focus on intervention, recovery, treatment and relapse prevention.  

NATIONAL STATISTICS:

• Bureau of Justice Statistics: Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics Online http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook  Data from more than 100 sources about all aspects of criminal justice in the United States 

• Census Bureau:  http://factfinder.census.gov For population, housing, economic and geographic data.

• National Center for Health Statistics:  FASTSTATS :http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/default.htm  National health data and statistics.

• National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration: http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/ FARS: Fatality Analysis Reporting System   FARS contains data on all fatal traffic crashes within the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico

• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: Quick Facts http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/databases/qf.htm Provides tables presenting data on alcohol topics including: amounts and patterns of alcohol consumption; alcohol dependence or abuse; consequences of alcohol consumption; and other alcohol-related topics.

• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Office of Applied Studies (OAS): http://www.drugabusestatistics.samhsa.gov/  The most recent national data on alcohol, tobacco and other drugs from OAS surveys are found here. 

• Federal Bureau of Investigation. UCR: Uniform Crime Reports.  http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm   Statistics for crime in the United States. 

PAMPHLETS, POSTERS and OTHER RESOURCES:

• INFORMATION & RESOURCE CENTER: MAINE OFFICE of SUBSTANCE ABUSE:   Contact our office to discuss your information needs.   1-800-499-0027 (Maine only) ; (207) 287-8900 ; Fax:  (207) 287-8910 ; TTY:  1-800-215-7604

• PREVLINE:  http://www.health.org  Prevline is the database portal to the  resources of the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information.  NCADI is the world's largest resource for current information and materials concerning substance abuse prevention.  They offer more than 500 items to the public, many of which are free of charge.  NCADI  information specialists can  recommend  appropriate publications, posters, and videocassettes; conduct customized searches; provide grant and funding information; and refer people to appropriate organizations.