American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org
This Web site is committed to the attainment of optimal physical, mental, and social health for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.

The American Psychiatric Association
http://www.psych.org
The American Psychiatric Association is a national medical specialty society whose 40,500 physician members specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional illnesses and substance use disorders.

American Psychological Association (APA)
http://www.apa.org/about/division/div28.html
This is the home page for the Division of Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse of the American Psychological Association. Of interest to psychologists practicing in the drug abuse field may be the Web site for the APA College of Professional Psychology.

American Psychological Society (APS)
http://www.psychologicalscience.org
Advancing the scientific discipline and the giving away of psychology in the public interest is the aim of this site.

American Public Health Association
http://www.apha.org
The American Public Health Association (APHA) is the oldest and largest organization of public health professionals in the world, representing more than 50,000 members from over fifty occupations of public health. The Association and its members have been influencing policies and setting priorities in public health since 1872.

Brain Disorders Network
http://www.brainnet.org
The Brain Disorders Network is sponsored by the National Foundation for Brain Research.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, is an agency of the Public Health Service, in the Department of Health and Human Services. Its mission is to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability.

National Alliance for Hispanic Health
http://www.hispanichealth.org
Its mission is to improve the health and well-being of all Hispanic communities throughout the United States.

The Institute of Behavioral Research at TCU
http://www.ibr.tcu.edu
The Institute of Behavioral Research (IBR) at TCU conducts evaluations of drug abuse and addiction services. Special attention is given to assessing and analyzing individual functioning, treatment delivery, and engagement process, and their relationships to outcomes. Treatment improvement protocols developed and tested emphasize cognitive and behavioral strategies for programs in community-bases as well as criminal justice settings. Its people, projects, publications, and training programs are described, and a variety of data collection forms are available for downloading.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov
http://www.ncjrs.org/
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is one of the most extensive sources of information on criminal and juvenile justice in the world, providing services to an international community of policymakers and professionals. NCJRS is a collection of clearing-houses supporting all bureaus of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs: the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the OJP Program Offices. It also supports the Office of National Drug Control Policy. National Families in Action (NFIA).

National Families in Action (NFIA)
http://www.emory.edu/NFIA
A private, nonprofit membership organization founded in 1977. It helped create and lead the parent movement, the first tier of the prevention movement that drove drug use down by two-thirds among adolescents and young adults between 1979 and 1992. Its goal is to help parents prevent drug abuse in their families and communities.

National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov
The National Library of Medicine is the world's largest library dealing with a single scientific/professional topic. It cares for over 4.5 million holdings (including books, journal, reports, manuscripts, and audio-visual items).

National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
http://www.nbcc.org/
This site contains listings for information on state and national credentialing, graduate student updates, bulletins, and a newsletter with NCC LINC. Also included is an RACC bulletin which contains information on summer fellowships.

The Internet: A Tool for Career Planning
http://www.ncda.org/crstore/books.html#3
Published by NCDA (National Career Development Association), The Internet: A Tool for Career Planning, is coauthored by Joann Harris-Bowlsbey, Margaret Riley Kikel, and James P. Sampson, Jr. Single copies are $20, $10 for NCDA members.