Databases

Australia

• DrugInfo Clearinghouse:
  It collects, interprets and disseminates information on drug prevention. It is provided by the Australian Drug Foundation and funded by the Victorian Government Its in-house library offers an online catalogue
• Drug and Alcohol Services South Australia (DASSA):
  This government funded organisation in South Australia provides statewide services and policy advice for tobacco, alcohol and other drug issues, including pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs. Its library offers an online catalogue
• Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA):
  It is the peak, non-government organization in Australia, promoting evidence-based approaches to prevent and treat drug and alcohol problems. Its in-house library offers an online catalogue
• National Drugs Sector Information Service: It identifies and disseminates the evidence base and facilitates the application of good practice, focusing its collections and services on the knowledge and information needs of AOD professionals, practitioners and researchers.

Europe

• European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA):
  It is an agency of the European Union providing reliable information on drugs and drug addiction. Its website offers on-line reports, databases about drug usage and anti-drug programs plus an "Evaluation Instruments Bank" (database with substance use screening/assessment instruments

UK

• Drugscope:
  It is the United Kingdom's leading independent centre of expertise on drugs, providing access to information and resources on drugs, drug misuse, and related issues. Its information and library services offer an online catalogue.

USA

• National Library of Medicine (NLM) Databases:
  It is the biggest government owned medical library in the United States, offering several databases
• LocatorPlus:
  Books, journals and audiovisual titles from the National Library of Medicine
• PubMed/Medline:
  Offers access to the database of the National Library of Medicine (MEDLINE) with more than 15,000,000 citations from Medline and additional life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.
• MedlinePlus:
  Contains health and drug information for the general community
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database:
  This contains a range of alcohol and other drug information dealing with law enforcement and criminal justice
• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI):
  Distributes substance abuse prevention and treatment material from a wide variety of US government agencies, and most are free or low-cost. It offers web-links to a number of useful databases re information on drugs and alcohol
• Substance Use Screening and Assessment Instruments Database, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington:
  This database is intended to help clinicians and researchers find instruments used for screening and assessment of substance use disorders
• Project Cork Institute at Dartmouth Medical School
  Project Cork produces a bibliographic database and offers it online. The CORK database has now more than 69,000 citation-holdings.
• Lindesmith/Open Society Institute:
  It is a leading independent organisation in the United States working to broaden the public debate on drug policy and to promote realistic alternatives to the war on drugs based on science, compassion, health and human rights. It has in its library one of the largest online collections (more than 10000 documents) on these topics.