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National Drug Abuse Treatment
Clinical Trials Network Dissemination Library
http://ctndisseminationlibrary.org
Meg Brunner, MLIS; Nancy Sutherland, MLS
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington (WA Node)
What is the CTN?
In 1999, the National Institute on Drug Abuse
(NIDA) launched the NATIONAL DRUG ABUSE
TREATMENT CLINICAL TRIALS NETWORK
(CTN). A partnership was forged that now
comprises NIDA and seventeen state and regional
Nodes, working with 178 community-based
treatment programs (CTPs).
Searching the CTN Library
Example: Full record (Journal Article)
The CTN Dissemination Library home page
provides several options for information retrieval,
including browsing by document type, field-based
searching, quickly viewing newly added items, and
learning about the CTN in general.
The Full record for each item in the Library is a static
web page (not a database report). This allows for
greater control over design and features, as well as a
stable, simple URL for each item.
Each record contains an abstract, keywords, a link to
the article online, and an indication of the Protocols,
Nodes, and CTPs that were involved in the research.
Protocol information
Protocol pages contain detailed information about
each of the studies undertaken in the CTN. The page
contains contact information for the principal
investigator, a description of the intervention, “See
Also” searches and web links for participating Node
and CTPs, and the publications related to the study.
Nodes of the CTN
“See Also”
searches for
Nodes & CTPs
Author “See
Also” Search
Basic Search
Node or CTP
web sites
Latest publications
The CTN mission is to conduct rigorous, multi-site
clinical trials of behavioral and pharmacological
treatment interventions for drug abuse, and to
determine their effectiveness in a broad range of realworld treatment settings and with diverse patient
populations. Through its Dissemination activities, the
CTN hopes to transfer research results to addiction
counselors and others to improve drug abuse
treatment throughout the country, using science as
the vehicle.
The CTN Dissemination Library
The CTN Dissemination Library is a digital
repository of resources created by and about the NIDA
CTN.
What’s New
 Uses Inmagic’s WebPublisher Pro plus stable
URLs for easy linking to internal pages.
 CTN Librarians: Nancy Sutherland, MLS, and Meg
Brunner, MLIS. ([email protected])
The What’s New page contains brief descriptions of
the latest additions to the Library, as well as an
archive of CTN Bulletin issues and reminders about
upcoming meetings.
Node / CTP information
Perform your search (example: select “Journal articles
(Peer-Reviewed” from Doc Type drop-down box) to
see the Brief report.
 Single point of access to CTN research findings,
treatment manuals, and other materials approved
for dissemination.
 Liaison with ATTC, SALIS, INCASE, and other
organizations to raise awareness of evidence-based
treatment research from the CTN.
Keyword “See
Also” search
Click Browse
Index to view all
terms in a field
The CTN Dissemination Library web site also
features a page about each of the seventeen state
and regional Nodes, including a list of all the protocols
the Node is participating in, as well as the Nodes’s
community-based treatment programs (CTPs).
PI and
contact info
Make selections
to narrow results
Acknowledgements
Protocol
participation
Icons indicate
document type
CTP logos link
to web sites
Supported by a NIDA grant to ADAI, the Regional
Research and Training Center of CTN’s Washington
Node (1 U10DA13714-01), Dennis Donovan, PI.