Addiction: An Undergraduate Research Guide : Sex Addiction
News
- Newspaper Source PlusNewspaper Source Plus includes 1,520 full-text newspapers, providing more than 28 million full-text articles.
- Newspaper Research GuideThis guide describes sources for current and historical newspapers available in print, electronically, and on microfilm through the UW-Madison Libraries. These sources are categorized by pages: Current, Historical, Local/Madison, Wisconsin, US, Alternative/Ethnic, and International.
Organizations
- Sex Addicts AnonymousAn organization dedicated to supporting recovering sex addicts.
About Sex Addiction
Many experts still disagree on the concept of Sexual Addiction, and the condition is currently not considered a disorder. At the same time many people feel that they suffer from this disorder and it has caused serious harm to their lives. This research guide provides an introduction to databases, books and other materials for those interested in the controversies and issues surrounding Sex Addiction.
Try searching these terms using the resources linked on this page: sex addiction OR sexual addiction OR hypersexuality OR compulsive sexuality, sex addiction AND treatment, sex addiction AND disorder, sex addiction AND disease, sex addiction AND gender identity, sexual addiction AND orientation, sexual addiction AND women, sexul addiction AND men, sexual addiction AND culture, sexual addiction AND neuroscience.
Overview Resources - Background Information
- Opposing Viewpoint in ContextOpposing Viewpoints Resource Center (OVRC) provides viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles related to controversial social issues.
- CQ ResearcherContains weekly in-depth reports that cover the most current and controversial issues of the day with complete summaries, insight into all sides of the issues, bibliographies and more.
Books
The Sex Myth: Why Everything We're Told is Wrong by Call Number: HQ21 M187 2012ISBN: 0297866400Publication Date: 2012-04-19Cruise Control: Understanding Sex Addition in Gay Men by
Call Number: HQ76 W395 2005ISBN: 9781555838218Publication Date: 2005-07-01Love Sick: One Woman's Journey Through Sexual Addiction by
Call Number: RC560 S43 S56 2001ISBN: 9780393019575Publication Date: 2001-05-01
Articles- Scholarly and Popular
- Academic SearchAcademic Search Premier is a multidisciplinary database that provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including approximately 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. A total of 8,500 journals are indexed and abstracted.
- PsycINFOThis includes a million citations in the field of psychology and also information about the psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business and law.
- Web of ScienceContains articles about a variety of topics. The unique "Cited Reference" search allows you to find all the papers that have cited a specific author or article. It is an easy way to follow the experts to find recent developments, responses, and even retractions.
- Health Source: Nursing/AcademicThis resource provides more than 580 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong.
Videoes
- Sexual Addiction : Is it for Real?Celebrities have made headline news for allegedly entering sex addiction rehab clinics following bouts of serial philandering. But is sexual addiction a diagnosable disorder or simply an excuse for bad behavior?