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The ARG Library and Information Service
The Collection The collection, whose main focus is the social and cultural aspects of alcohol and other drug use, has major subject strengths in epidemiology, alcohol and other drug-related problems, control policies and legal aspects, special populations, treatment, prevention, evaluation, and social history.The book collection comprises over 6,000 volumes and is augmented by some 60,000 other materials, including article reprints, conference papers, dissertations, unpublished working papers, government documents and other ffugitive type materials. Currently the library receives over 300 journals and newsletter titles, including almost all of the English language alcohol and other drug specific journal titles and many of the AOD foreign language journal titles. Special collections include a history collection of the prohibition movement, the Classified Abstract Archive of the Alcohol Literature (CAAAL Archive) comprising approximately 20,000 abstracts of the scientific alcohol research literature dating between 1933 and 1976, and the unpublished papers and documents from the Tulapai to Tokay annotated bibliography (a collection of more than 900 books, articles, manuscripts and dissertations on Native American drinking). ARG History: A Photographic Gallery Many researchers have passed through ARG, a 40-year old research institution. Follow the link to an online collection of casual and formal photographs of scientists and staff of yore: ARG historic photographs. And for an account of the early years of ARG: History of ARG. As reflected in the numbers of publications: Charts.Circulation Policy The ARG Library is non-lending and thus offers an intact research collection for users’ needs. Interlibrary loan requests are accepted from members of Substance Abuse Librarians and Information Specialists.For a full description of the ARG Library and Information Services Policy:
Library Hours Tuesday and Thursday 9 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and Wednesday 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.New Books on Alcohol and Drugs Please note that not
every listed book is available at the ARG Library. New Book List Search the ARG Library’s holdings of periodicals: Serials List |
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The ARG Library and Information Center is one
of the oldest and largest alcohol and other drug (AOD) libraries in the
United States. Since 1959, it has supported the research efforts of the
Alcohol Research Group and later its National Alcohol Research Center,
one of 15 funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism. The ARG Library, in addition to being the main AOD
information and documentation center for the San Francisco Bay Area, has
been designated by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention as a
“Specialty” Regional Alcohol and Drug Awareness Resource (RADAR)
Information Center. Researchers, teachers, counselors, students, the
press, physicians, and other librarians regularly contact the ARG
library for information.
