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Family
Books
International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family RelationsbyISBN: 9780028658834Publication Date: 2003Updated in 2003, "includes articles specific to countries and to religious traditions, examining the history of family life within these cultures and discussing how families have been affected by political and social change."
The Palgrave Handbook of Family PolicybyPublished in 2021, "a multidisciplinary group of expert scholars assess policies and their implementation, such as child income support, childcare services, parental leave, and leave to provide care to frail and elderly family members"
Databases
- Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new windowFind articles, book chapters, dissertations, and conference proceedings on all aspects of sociology, including family dynamics.
- APA PsycArticles This link opens in a new window
The APA's comprehensive social and behavioral sciences database which delivers full-text, peer-reviewed articles. Updates twice weekly to ensure access to cutting-edge research and includes coverage dating back to 1894.
- Social Services Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Provides abstracts and bibliographic citations for current research in social work, human services, and related areas such as social welfare, social policy, and community development. Does not contain full-text.
Web Resources
- HEARTH Home Economics ArchiveCornell University's core collection of books and journals published between 1850 and 1950. The site quotes writer Joan Jacobs Brumberg: ""Home economists in early 20th-century America had a major role in the Progressive Era, the development of the welfare state, the triumph of modern hygiene.... What other group of American women did so much, all over the country, and got so little credit?"
- The International Council for Research on WomenA network of centers of research, advocacy, and policy about women. Check out their conference archives and other reports.