Open Alcohol Studies Resources: Getting Started

The Alcohol Studies Collection at Rutgers comes from the Center of Alcohol Studies Library, which, until its closure in December 2016, used to maintain one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive collections of books, media and other documents pertaining to the biomedical and psychosocial aspects of alcohol use and abuse.  All print resources are available in the Rutgers University Libraries.

While many of the electronic resources on substance abuse provided by Rutgers University Libraries can be only be accessed with a NetID, open-access resources are available to guest users.  

Chat: There are librarians online 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. every day of the week.

BEST for instant answers, brief interactions, short troubleshooting.
EXAMPLES: asking for quick help, locating or downloading full text of a known article, reporting or verifying an error, clarifying  a minor detail, help to decide what database to use, short literature search, etc.

Email: Send questions to a team of librarians and library staff via email. Most questions get a response within 24 hours!

BEST for complex questions, troubleshooting that require access to borrowing records
EXAMPLES: questions on research, collections, and library sessions; troubleshooting requests such as on reserves and library accounts

Direct help from a librarian: schedule a meeting with a subject specialist (currently available online)

BEST for complex questions, troubleshooting that require more time
EXAMPLES: discussing library instruction for your course, finding resources for your class

Research Guides: Our subject research guides will help you find a wealth of information on your topic

BEST for general overview, orientation, finding basic resources
EXAMPLES: identify databases for a topic, find resources for a paper, check citation styles

How do I...? The stuff everyone wants to know how to do!

BEST for quick help on popular topic - or what has changed since your last visit!
EXAMPLES: QuickSearch as the new discovery service and its challenges

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All options on one page.

Participants of CAS-hosted seminars and certificate programs, as well as other guest researchers, are allowed to use Rutgers Libraries as guests. Read more on Access, Borrowing, Hours and Directions, and more.

This LibGuide was developed at the Center of Alcohol Studies Library in 2015 by graduate assistants Will Haggis and Maria Ortiz-Myers  under the supervision of Judit H. Ward and William Bejarano. Updated in November 2017 by Judit H. Ward.