DrugScope is pleased to announce the launch of a new European information service on alcohol, drugs and addictions. The ELISAD (1) Gateway, supported by the European Commission, provides users with a searchable catalogue of web-based information resources on these subjects.
The ELISAD Gateway can be found at www.addictionsinfo.eu. The portal offers users free access to approximately 1000 high-quality internet sources on alcohol, drugs and addictions from 35 European countries and is searchable in 17 European languages (2). Visitors to the site can search for information on education and prevention, treatment, policy and research, find resources in their own countries or abroad and identify other European organisations of interest.
The Gateway project, operating since 2002, has been developed with 24 specialist documentation centres and partner organisations within the ELISAD network (3) and all catalogued resources have been selected and evaluated by subject specialists. The result of a highly successful cross-Europe collaborative project, it is hoped that the ELISAD online platform will facilitate contact between European professionals working in the field of drugs and addictions.
The project has been managed by Toxibase, France, and coordinated by Archido, a drug information service located at the University of Bremen.
In the UK, DrugScope has been responsible for data collection and the English version of the gateway.
Source: www.addictionsinfo.eu
Posted: 19th April 2007
For more information please contact Ruth Goldsmith in the DrugScope Press Office on 020 7940 7517 (07736 895563 out of hours) or at press@drugscope.org.uk
