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Grace Baysinger: Presentations

Drug Abuse Research Teams Program:
Presentation at Stanford University on July 19, 2000

By Grace Baysinger, Chem & Chem Eng Libn

Internet Search Tools
General Education Resources
Drug Education Resources
News
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Library Catalogs
Full-Text Books Online
Abstracts & Indexes
Writing Guides & Style Manuals
Selected Web Resources on Drugs

Internet Search Tools

Google: http://www.google.com/
Search engine that ranks results based on the number of users that have linked to a site.
Hotbot: http://hotbot.lycos.com/
Good search engine that includes ability to do multimedia searches (e.g. searching for an image).
Northern Light: http://www.northernlight.com/
Search engine that groups results in hierarchical folders.
Ask Jeeves: http://www.askjeeves.com/
Metasearch engine where you ask questions and use pull down menus to choose type of information desired.
Dogpile: http://www.dogpile.com/
Popular metasearch engine (searches many web search engines at one time).
Martindale’s: The Reference Desk and the Health Science Centers: http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/Ref.html
Subject directory containing many useful resources.
National Substance Abuse Web Index: http://nsawi.health.org/compass
Metasearch engine treatment, prevention, and drug information.
Search Engine Watch: http://www.searchenginewatch.com/
Developed by Greg Notess. Excellent site on how to use search engines.
Criteria for Evaluation of Internet Information Resources: http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~agsmith/evaln/
Evaluating Quality on the Net: http://www.tiac.net/users/hope/findqual.html
Evaluating Web Sites for Educational Uses: Bibliography and Checklist: http://www.unc.edu/cit/guides/irg-49.html

General Educational Resources

BioChemNet: A Guide to the Best Biology and Chemistry Educational Resources on the Web: http://schmidel.com/bionet.cfm
Cornell Math & Science Gateway: http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Edu/MathSciGateway/
Education World: Where Educators Go to Learn: http://www.education-world.com/
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education: http://www.enc.org/
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence: http://www.ed.gov/free/
The Gateway to Educational Materials (U.S. Dept. of Education): http://thegateway.org/
The MAD Scientist Network: http://madsci.wustl.edu/
PBS Teacher Source: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
SciEd: Science and Mathematics Education Resources: http://www-hpcc.astro.washington.edu/scied/science.html
Tapped In: Teacher Professional Development Institute: http://www.tappedin.org/
Teaching Chemical Information Resources: Tips and Techniques: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/swain/workshop/cont.html

Drug Education Resources

DrugEdNet: From the Australian Drug Foundation (for Drug Educators in Schools)

http://www.adf.org.au/drugednet/

Moyers on Addiction

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/closetohome/home.html

Slide Teaching Packet I: The Brain and The Actions of Cocaine, Opiates and Marijuana (1996) (NIDA)

http://165.112.78.61/Teaching/Teaching.html

Slide Teaching Packet II: The Neurobiology of Drug Addiction (1998) (NIDA)

http://165.112.78.61/Teaching2/Teaching.html

WebMD — HealthTeacher

http://www.healthteacher.com/

Alcohol and Other Drugs Links: http://www.healthteacher.com/teachersupports/weblinks/alcohol.asp

News

Science and Technology News: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/swain/help/subjectguides/general/industry/industrynews.html

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

OneLook Dictionaries: http://www.onelook.com/index.html
Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/
Medline Plus: Medical Encyclopedia entry on Drug Abuse and Dependency: http://medlineplus.adam.com/ency/article/001522.htm

Library Catalogs

LibWeb: Library Servers via WWW: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Libweb/

Full-Text Books Online

The Merck Manual — Home Edition

http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual_home/contents.htm

Molecular Biology of the Cell (an excellent textbook) IN PubMed

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/

National Academy Press Online Reading Room (see samples below)

http://www.nap.edu/

Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base (1999)/Inst. Medicine: http://books.nap.edu/catalog/6376.html
Marijuana as Medicine? The Science Beyond the Controversy (2000 forthcoming)/Inst. Medicine: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/9586.html
Pathways of Addiction: Opportunities in Drug Abuse Research: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/5297.html
Dispelling the Myths About Addiction: Strategies to Increase Understanding and Strengthen Research (1997)/Inst. Medicine: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/5802.html

Abstracts and Indexes

PubMed

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/

MeSH Browser: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/meshbrowser.cgi

PubScience (Energy, Science, & Technology Literature from DOE)

http://pubsci.osti.gov/

Writing Guides and Style Manuals

Writer’s Handbook: Academic Writing/University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center

http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/AcademicWriting.html

Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students

http://fbox.vt.edu:10021/eng/mech/writing/

Columbia Guide to Online Style

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html

Online: A Reference Guide to Using Internet Resources

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/

Using CBE Style to Cite and Document Sources: http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite8.html

Yale C/AIM Web Style Guide

http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/

Selected Web Resources on Drugs

Information on Drugs

Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations: Orange Book/FDA

http://www.fda.gov/cder/orange/links.htm

Clinical Pharmacology 2000: World Class Drug Information Free on the Web (registration required)

http://cp.gsm.com/

ClubDrugs.org

http://165.112.79.54/

Dictionary of Street Drug Slang Terms — Indiana Prevention Resource Center

http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/slang/home.html

Drug Facts & Stats. U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy

http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/drugfact.html

DrugInfoNet

http://www.druginfonet.com/

Drug Information

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html
A guide to more than 9,000 prescription and over-the-counter medications provided by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) in the USP DI(r) and Advice for the Patient(r).

International Narcotics Control Board: List of Substances Under International Control

http://www.incb.org/e/list/menu.htm
Contains Green List: List of Psychotropic Substances Under International Control. Red List: List of Precursors and Chemicals Frequently Used in the Illicit Manufacture of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Under International Control. Yellow List: List of Narcotic Drugs Under International Control.

National Institute on Drug Abuse