Substance Abuse and Addiction: Find Books

Books on addiction and related topics. Browse the general call numbers at

BF for general psychology

HV5001 for alcoholism

HV5725 for tobacco habits

HV5800 for drug habits & abuse.

QD415 for biochemisty

RA 114 for forensic psychology

RC 435 for psychiatry

RC554 for drug abuse

RM146  for misuse of therapeutic drugs

RM300 for drugs and their actions

Use the Library Catalog to search for electronic books by subject, keyword, author, or title.

• refine serach result by Availabilty and select Available online
• further refine the result by Resource type and select Books

Finding Books on Your Topic

Once you have chosen a topic and done your background research you will be ready to conduct more comprehensive research using books.

Use the Library Catalog to find books. Books can provide a broad overview of a topic or in-depth information. You can search for books by author, title, subject, or keyword. 

Use the following terms to search by SUBJECT for books on your topic:

• Addiction
• Addicts
• Addicts - Rehabilitation
• Alcoholism
• Alcoholism - Treatment
• Drug abuse
• Drug abuse - Social aspects
• Drug abuse - Treatment
• Drug addiction
• Drug addiction - Rehabilitation
• Drugs
• Drugs - Social aspects
• Medication abuse
• Tobacco abuse
• Substance abuse
• Substance abuse - Treatment
• Enter the name of the drug (ex: opioid, methamphetamine, heroin, marijuana,  etc.)

To locate ebooks, refine search result by Availability and select Available online.

Further refine the results by Resource type and select Books.

Here are few E-books available electronically which may may help you with your research:

Here are some books which may help with your research: