Are there any National Clearinghouses
from which I can order publications regarding substance abuse and other
public health topics?
The federal
government operates several clearinghouses that make public health publications
available to the public at little or no cost. The following is a list
of some key clearinghouses:
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol
and Drug Information (NCADI) is the information service of
the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (http://www.health.org/)
of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (http://www.samhsa.gov/)
in the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (http://www.os.dhhs.gov/).
NCADI is the world's largest resource for current information and materials
concerning substance abuse. NCADI services include:
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an
information services staff (English, Spanish, TDD capability) equipped
to respond to the public's alcohol, tobacco, and drug (ATD) inquiries
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the
distribution of free or low-cost ATD materials, including fact sheets,
brochures, pamphlets, monographs, posters, and video tapes from
an inventory of over 1,000 items
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a
repertoire of culturally-diverse prevention, intervention, and treatment
resources tailored for use by parents, teachers, youth, communities
and prevention/treatment professionals
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customized
searches in the form of annotated bibliographies from alcohol and
drug databases
For
more information call 1-800-729-6686 or visit their website at http://www.health.org/
NIDA Infofax distributes
products with science based facts on drug abuse and addiction that have
been developed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National
Institutes of Health. There is no copyright on any of the materials
available through NIDA Infofax and all can be reproduced for further
distribution. For more information call 1-888-644-6432 or visit their
website at http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofax/Infofaxindex.html.
The CDC National Prevention Information
Network (NPIN) is the U.S. reference, referral, and
distribution service for information on HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted
diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis (TB). NPIN produces, collects, catalogs,
processes, stocks, and disseminates materials and information on HIV/AIDS,
STDs, and TB to organizations and people working in those disease fields.
To accomplish its mission, NPIN offers a number of Network specialized
services including searchable databases, reference and referral services,
this website, resource centers, a free fax service, and a resource service
for business and labor groups. All publications available from NPIN
are free of charge, however, quantities are limited. For more information
visit their website at http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/index.asp.
National Technical Information
Service (NTIS) is the largest, central resource for government-funded
scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information.
It has a selection of videos and materials related to drug abuse. Check
individual catalog entries for NTIS order numbers and prices. NTIS charges
a $4 handling fee for each order. For more information call 1-800-553-6847
or visit their website at http://www.ntis.gov/.
U.S. Government Printing Office
(GPO) produces and distributes Federal Government information
products. For more information call 202-512-1800 or visit their website
at http://www.gpo.gov/.
Federal Depository Library Program
(FDLP) Many NIDA publications are available through the FDLP,
established by Congress more than 130 years ago to ensure that the American
public has access to its Government's information. There are approximately
1,400 Federal depository libraries throughout the United States and
its territories. Please call your local librarian for information about
a depository library near you, or check the GPO website at http://www.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/
Please
contact the Northeast CAPT at captonline@edc.org
for more information.
