Illegal drugs and other substances may be covered in databases related to public health, psychology, medicine, criminal justice, and general databases. Below is a list of good databases to start searching for material.
Academic Search Complete
This link opens in a new windowLeading resource for scholarly research with peer-reviewed, full-text journals. Supports high-level research in many disciplines by providing journals, periodicals, reports, books, and more.
APA PsycArticles
This link opens in a new windowProvides access full-text peer-reviewed articles published by the American Psychological Association and affiliated journals; includes current and historical journal coverage.
CQ Researcher
This link opens in a new windowFull-text reports that provide an in-depth and unbiased coverage of the most important issues of the day including health, social trends, criminal justice,international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy; written by experienced journalists.
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text
This link opens in a new windowContains articles selected from the most important sources related to criminal justice and criminology. Many full-text magazines and journals are peer-reviewed.
MEDLINE with Full text
This link opens in a new windowMost comprehensive source of full text medical journals, providing full text for more than 1.470 journals; Best to use if looking for information about a disease, treatment or clinical trial.
Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints
This link opens in a new windowInformation and opinions and on hundreds of today's hottest social issues; provides sources such as viewpoints, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to reviewed websites.
Westlaw
This link opens in a new windowLegal and business information available in full-text, including case law, statutes, regulations, and secondary legal sources.
