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Addiction and Recovery in American Culture

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Research Databases
Title Description
Academic Search Premier "Academic Search Premier is an interdisciplinary database, covering a broad range of subjects. It contains indexing for 8,172 publications, with full text for nearly 4,700 of those titles."
CQ Researcher "Good place to begin research on current topics. Covers the most current and controversial issues of the day with complete summaries, insight into all sides of the issues, bibliographies and more. "
Readers' Guide Retrospective "Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature indexes 240 magazines--the ones most often found in school, public, and college library collections, as well as the New York Times. This retrospective resource covers indexing of articles for the years 1890 through 1982 ."


Selected Reference Resources
Title Location
A Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders REF: RC 455.2 .C4
Encyclopedia of Behavior Modification and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy REF: RC 489 .B4 E485 2005 Volumes 1-3
Handbook of Addictive Disorders REF: RC 564.15 .H357 2004
The Guide to American Law
REF: KF 156 .G77 1983 Volumes 1-12
West's Encyclopedia of American Law, 2nd Edition REF: KF 154 .W47 2005 Volumes 1-13


Books
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Browsing Bound Magazines
Furman Library has many popular magazines from the last 50 years which can provide valuable insights into the culture of the day. Some suggested titles are
  • Life
  • Saturday Evening Post
  • Time
  • Newsweek
  • Esquire
These are shelved in the Bound Periodical section on the ground floor, alphabetically by title.


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