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Addiction Recovery: Recommended Resources

A research guide for finding Addiction Recovery resources in the BC3 Library and on the Internet, complied by the BC3 Librarians

Suggested Databases for Articles on Addiction Recovery

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window
EBSCOhost's Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection is a comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods. This is the world's largest full text psychology database offering full text coverage for nearly 400 journals.

Newspaper Source This link opens in a new window
EBSCOhost's Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 (U.S.) & international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for 389 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided.

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Indexes academic, peer reviewed, research journals as well as some popular magazines.

DOAJ This link opens in a new window
DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Credo Reference provides Topic Pages, which offer background information on a particular topic that can give you an easy starting point and pathways for further research; Access to hundreds of in-depth subject encyclopedias and handbooks covering every major subject from Accounting to Art History and Shakespeare to Einstein; and Mind Maps that visually show relationships between topics and keywords.

Google Scholar includes both books and articles. Be careful when selecting that the source is reputable. If an article is not made freely available online, remember that you can use the BC3 Library's Request an Article service to request it and we will do our best to obtain it and email it to you - free of charge.

TED Talk: How isolation fuels opioid addiction

Additional TED Talks on Addiction Recovery

Here are some additional educational and inspiring talks and performances, filmed at TED conferences and events.

Open Educational Resources

For more OER Resources, see the Open Educational Resources LibGuide.

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Books

The BC3 Library has both print and electronic books for addiction recovery and related topics. They are all listed in the BC3 Library Catalog where you will find Dewey call numbers to locate books on the shelves (lower level of the library) and links to connect you to e-books. E-books can also be searched separately in our two e-book collections: e-Book Central by Proquest and e-Book Collection by EBSCO.

Browsing the Stacks

Addiction recovery books in the library can be found using the call number 362.29

Some books may also be found on the shelves using the call number 610.73 which is for books on nurses/the nursing field.

BC3 Library Catalog This link opens in a new window
This catalog lists all of the books, DVDs, CDs, journals and other resources available at the BC3 Library on the Butler campus.
EBook Central This link opens in a new window
Ebook Central is a collection of academic eBooks from leading publishers. It covers the arts, business, education, health & medicine, history, law, literature & language, religion & philosophy, science & technology and the social sciences.
EBook Collection This link opens in a new window
Collection of academic online books covering a wide range of subjects.

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Last Updated: Jul 22, 2024 11:42 AM
URL: https://library.bc3.edu/addiction-recovery
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Subjects: Health Sciences, Psychology, Social Work

Tags: addiction recovery, behavioral science, substance abuse treatment