Alcohol and Other Drug Thesaurus

Submitted by Barbara Gilles on Wed, 2009-11-11 13:36

"The AOD Thesaurus provides a conceptual map of the multidisciplinary field of AOD research and practice, as well as standard terminology, which, over time, will result in consistent indexing and major improvements in searching and retrieval across many databases. The Thesaurus is used in indexing and searching both ETOH ( and the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) databases (http://sadatabase.health.org). It is also being used in organizing various small substance abuse collections."

General information
Vocabulary alternative name or acronym: 

AOD Thesaurus

Vocabulary type: 
Thesaurus
Author or Editor: 
Staff of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention’s National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, assisted by the Thesaurus Advisory Committee, chaired by Dagobert Soergel.
Current version/edition : 
Third edition (2000)
Vocabulary URL: 

http://etoh.niaaa.nih.gov/aodvol1/aodthome.htm

Was vocabulary created as a course project: 
No
Scope and Usage
Languages: 

English

Purpose: 
"Research in the alcohol and other drug (AOD) field and programs in prevention and treatment have grown significantly over the last 30 years; so have the literature and the information needs of users and the collections and databases serving them. This growth has occurred without the benefit of a stable, consistent vocabulary, making storage and retrieval of materials difficult. Responding to a recommendation from Substance Abuse Librarians and Information Specialists (SALIS) for a thesaurus for the AOD field, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) undertook the task of developing an alcohol thesaurus for the field in general and its online database, the Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database (known as ETOH). In 1989 NIAAA formed a Thesaurus Advisory Committee of information and subject specialists. In 1991, recognizing the commonalities in research and prevention regardless of the specific drug, NIAAA entered into a joint project with the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP). Thus, The Alcohol and Other Drug Thesaurus: A Guide to Concepts and Terminology in Substance Abuse and Addiction (AOD Thesaurus) was born."
Related vocabularies: 

"Major sources used for reference and guidance included the World Health Organization's (WHO's) Lexicon of Alcohol and Drug Terms, developed jointly with NIAAA; NLM's Medical Subject Headings (MeSH); the International Classification of Diseases, 9th and 10th Revisions; the DSM–III and draft DSM–IV; the Thesaurus of Psychological Indexing Terms (PsyclNFO); the Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors; and the Thesaurus of Sociological Indexing Terms (Sociological Abstracts)."

Vocabulary characteristics
Type of display : 
Hierarchy
Alphabetical list
Type of terms: 

Concepts in drug abuse and addiction

Relationship types: 
Equivalence (Primary/variant terms or Preferred/non-preferred)
Hierarchical (Broader/narrower terms)
Associative (Related terms)
Number of terms: 
19,106
Number of preferred terms: 
11,323
Number of Non-Preferred terms: 
7,783
Depth of Hierarchy: 
12 levels
Terms and Conditions
Availability: 
Freely available for online viewing
Provider
Vocabulary provider name: 
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Provider URL: 

http://etoh.niaaa.nih.gov/aodvol1/aodthome.htm

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