Specialized print reference books

Anderson, David S. Ph. D. Promising Practices: Campus Alcohol Strategies . 2001. Fairfax, Va: George Mason University, 2001.

This sourcebook focuses on promoting healthy choices for college students in regards to alcohol use. It is part of a project that started in 1995 to help address college drinking problems. Many colleges and universities across the nation were surveyed and reviewed to help compile the most effective ways to address and reduce alcohol abuse on campus. Along with the Promising Practices book there is also an interactive Web site that has links to the campuses surveyed and other resources used in the production of the book. The main goal of the book is to provide guidelines, leadership and inspiration to those who are trying to help others having problems with alcohol. This sourcebook would be very useful for administration and residence life on college campuses. It can be very hard sometimes for people to address tough issues like alcohol abuse. This book would help these people who will have to interact with students who have fallen into addiction or just one night of overuse. Also this book contains many other resources that will also be helpful in gathering information on alcohol abuse across college campuses.

National Institute of Health. National Institute of Health Almanac. 2007 ed. 2007.

The National Institute of Health is a government organization that puts out an almanac annually about various health issues facing the country. The almanac contains a specific section from the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism about the recent health discoveries on alcohol abuse. The Almanac contains research projects, data, surveys as well as national and international data. The Almanac would be very useful to reporters because they could add substantive data to a story. Also an annual story could be done about new health benefits or risks that have been discovered that year.