Alcohol on Campus: Selected Resources

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College Drinking: Changing the Culture
http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/
Sponsored by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), this site offers information for students, campus administrators, parents, and community leaders. It includes reports, newspaper articles, college alcohol policies, and much more. Particularly interesting are the following sections:
Alcohol: Problems and Solutions
http://www2.potsdam.edu/alcohol-info/
This extensive and well designed site offers information about all kinds of problems related to alcohol consumption. Created by a professor in the Sociology Department of the State University of New York at Potsdam.
California Student Survey on Alcohol and Other Drugs 2003-04
http://www.safestate.org/index.cfm?navID=254
A biennial assessment of alcohol and drug use among California high school students.
College Alcohol Inventory:
http://www.uwec.edu/counsel/pubs/cai.htm
A little test to see if you are drinking too much (from the University of Wisconsin)
Alcohol on Campus (National Commission Against Drunk Driving)
http://www.3dmonth.org/nyrc_campus.cfm
This site provides information on various programs established by universities and colleges to reduce alcohol consumption among students.

Books and Reports (available in the library)

  • Alcohol Problems Among Adolescents: Current Directions in Prevention Research, edited by Gayle M. Boyd, Jan Howard, Robert A. Zucker
    Hillsdale, NJ: L. Erlbaum Associates, 1995.
    HV5135.A413 1995.

  • Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS): A Harm Reduction Approach, by Linda A. Dimeff
    New York: Guilford Press, c1999.
    Folio HV5135 .B74 1999.

  • The Challenge in Higher Education: Confronting and Reducing Substance Abuse on Campus
    [Washington, D.C.]: Office of National Drug Control Policy, [2004]
    Government Documents: PREX 26.2:C 35.

  • College Alcohol Risk Assessment Guide: Environmental Approaches to Prevention, by Barbara E. Ryan, Tom Colthurst, Lance Segars
    Newton, MA (55 Chapel St., Newton 02158-1060): Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, Education Development Center, [1997]
    Government Documents: ED 1.8:AL 1.

  • Dying to Drink: Confronting Binge Drinking on College Campuses, by Henry Wechsler and Bernice Wuethrich
    [Emmaus, Pa.]: Rodale; [New York]: Distributed to the Book Trade by St. Martin's Press, c2002.
    HV5135 .W397 2002.

  • Making the Link: Faculty and Prevention, by Barbara E. Ryan and William DeJong
    Newton, Mass. (55 Chapel St., Newton 02158-1060): Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, Education Development Center, Inc, 1998.
    Government Documents: ED 1.2:F 11/2.

  • Preventing Alcohol-Related Problems on Campus: Aquaintance Rape: A Guide for Program Coordinators, by Peter Finn
    [Bethesda, Md.]: Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, [1995]
    Government Documents: ED 1.8:P 94/2.

  • Preventing Alcohol-Related Problems on Campus: Impaired Driving: A Guide for Program Coordinators, by William DeJong
    [Bethesda, Md.?]: Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention; Washington, DC: For Sale by the U.S. G.P.O, [1995?]
    Government Documents: ED 1.8:P 94/13.

  • Preventing Alcohol-Related Problems on Campus: Substance-Free Residence Halls, by Peter Finn
    [Bethesda, Md.?]: Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, [1996?]
    Government Documents: ED 1.8:P 94/14.

  • Preventing Alcohol-Related Problems on Campus: Methods for Assessing Student Use of Alcohol and Other Drugs: A Guide for Program Coordinators, by William DeJong and Henry Wechsler
    [Newton, MA] (55 Chapel St., Newton 02158-1060): Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, [1996?]
    Government Documents: ED 1.8:P 94/15.

  • Secondary Effects of Binge Drinking on College Campuses, by Henry Wechsler, Bryn Austin, and William DeJong
    [Newton, Mass.] (55 Chapel St., Newton 02158-1060): Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, [1996]
    Government Documents: ED 1.2:B 51.
    HV5135 .W47 1996.

  • Setting and Improving Policies for Reducing Alcohol and Other Drug Problems on Campus: A Guide for School Administrators, by William DeJong and Stacia Langenbahn
    Newton, Mass. (55 Chapel St., Newton 02158-1060): Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, [1997]
    Government Documents: ED 1.8:SE 7/997.

  • Social Marketing Strategies for Campus Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems, by Robert Zimmerman
    Newton, Mass.: Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention; Washington, DC: For Sale by U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., 1997.
    Government Documents: ED 1.2:M 34.

  • A Social Norms Approach to Preventing Binge Drinking at Colleges and Universities, by Michael P. Halnes.
    [Washington, D.C.?]: HIgher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, [1997]
    Government Documents: ED 1.8:C 68.

  • Substance Abuse on Campus: A Handbook for College and University Personnel, edited by P. Clayton and Elsie R. Shore.
    Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997.
    HV4999.Y68 S82 1997.

  • Under the Influence: The Binge Drinking Epidemic on College Campuses: Hearing Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session, May 15, 2002.
    WAshington: U.S. G.P.O.: For Sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. [Congresional Sales Office], 2002.
    Government Documents: Y 4.G 74/9:S.HRG.107-553.

  • Wrongs of Passage: Fraternities, Soroities, Hazing, and Binge Drinking, by Hank Nuwer.
    Bloomington: Indiana University Press, c1999.
    LJ51 .N89 1999.

Biographies and Memoirs (available in the library)

  • Dry: A Memoir, by Augusten Burroughs
    New York: Picador, 2004, c2003.
    PS3552.U745 Z465 2004.

  • Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood, by Koren Zailckas
    Available via LINK+

  • It Stops With Me: Memoir of a Canuck Girl, by Charleen Touchette
    Santa Fe: Touch Art Books, c2004.
    N6537.T658 A2 2004.

  • Bill W. and Mr. Wilson: The Legend and Life of A.A.'s Cofounder, by Matthew J. Raphael
    Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, c2000.
    HV5032.W19 R36 2000.

  • The Broken Cord, by Michael Dorris
    New York: Harper & Row, c1989.
    RG629.F45 D67 1989.

  • Drinking: A Love Story, by Caroline Knapp
    New York: Dial Press, c1996.
    HV5293.K53 A3 1996.

  • Getting Better: Inside Alcoholics Anonymous, by Nan Robertson
    New York: Morrow, c1998.
    HV5278.R59 1988.

  • Terry: My Daughter's Life-and-Death Struggle with Alcoholism, by George S. McGovern
    New York: Villard Books, c1996.
    HV5293.M3 M34 1996.

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Last Updated 4/21/05