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& Death, Children
& Adolescents, African
American Studies, Asian
American Studies, Chicano/Latino
Studies, Native
American Studies, and Bioethics,
plus the Feminist Studies Collections Web
site.
Guides to Information and Research Methods can help you get started.
American Families: A Research Guide and Historical Handbook
(Green Library SSRC HQ535.A85 1991) each chapter looks at an
aspect of the history of American families and gives a sizeable bibliography.
An introductory guide.
Encyclopedias and handbooks can provide useful descriptions, overviews,
and lists of references.
International
encyclopedia of marriage and family (Online 
& Green Library Information Center HQ9 .E52 1995) updates Encyclopedia
of Marriage and the Family articles of varying size with long
bibliographies.
The Family in America : An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO (Green Library
Information Center HQ536.H365 2001) tracks "the role and dynamic
of the family in the U.S. from the mid-nineteenth century to the present
day."
Family Research (Green Library SSRC HQ518.F3428
1991) "a comprehensive review of family research from 1930 to 1990....For
each decade, the authors review some of the noteworthy studies, discuss
theoretical and methodological trends, and identify some of the key
studies and findings."
Marriage, Family, and Relationships: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia
(Green Library Information Center GN480.B76 1994) medium length essays
and bibliographies on various aspects of family and sexuality.
Handbook of Marriage and the Family, 2nd ed. (Green Library
SSRC HQ518.H154 1999) lengthy articles by scholars with long
biographies "to provide current trends and analyses of the contemporary
research, theory, and intervention strategies that contribute to our
understanding of families.
A History of the Family (Green Library SSRC HQ503.H5713
1996) - a translation of a 1986 French publication with individual
chapters written by experts covering the family from antiquity to
modern times.
Work and Family in America : A Reference Handbook (Green Library
Information Center HD4904.25.S84 2001)
Encyclopedia of American Social History (Green Library
Information Center HN57.E58 1992) Vol. 3, Part XI (pp. 1923-2070)
on "Family History" has lengthy articles written by some of the leading
scholars in the field, plus good bibliographies.
Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics (Green Library Information
Center BJ63.E53 1998) Start with the index at the end of vol. 4 to
identify family-related topics. Essays are long with selected bibliographies.
Encyclopedia
of Bioethics (Green Library Information Center QH332.E52
1995) has essays on the family and related topics which examine the
implications for medicine and bioethics generally.
Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology (Green Library
Information Center GN307.E52 1996) includes an essay on "Family and
Household Structure," plus related topics.
Encyclopedia of Human Behavior (Green Library Information
Center BF31.E5 1994) Start with the index at the end of vol. 4 to
identify family-related topics.
Encyclopedia of Psychology, APA (Green Library Information
Center BF31 .E52 2000) contains articles of varying length.
International Encyclopedia of Psychology (Green Library
Information Center BF31.I58 1996) Start with the index at the end
of vol. 2 to identify family-related topics.
International
Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (Online
& Green Library SSRC H41 .I58 2001) articles reflecting
not only the canonical social sciences such as economics, political
science, sociology and psychology, but also "the biological and
cultural 'co-construction' of behavior and society."
The
Encyclopedia of Religion (Green Library Information Center
BL31.E46 1987) has a long essay (with bibliography) on the "Family"
(v. 5, pp. 276-282) and its connections to religion.
Encyclopedia of Social Work, 19th ed. 1995 (Green Library
Information Center HV35.E5) contains lengthy articles and bibliographies
on topics such as "Families," "Family Change," "Domestic Violence,"
and "Child Sexual Abuse."
Encyclopedia of Sociology (Green Library Information
Center HM17.E5 1992) has articles on a number of topics related to
the families. Essays tend to be long with good bibliographies.
Encyclopedia of European Social History from 1350 to 2000
(Green Library Information Center HN373.E63 2001) especially vol.
4 which includes a section on the Family.
Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women : Global Women's
Issues and Knowledge (Green Library Information Center HQ1115
.R69 2000) articles vary in length and include suggestions for further
reading
Women's Studies Encyclopedia, revised and expanded edition.
(Green Library Information Center HQ1115 W645 1999) "contains
information about women from all fields and disciplines of study."
Articles vary in length and include references.
Completely Queer: The Gay and Lesbian Encyclopedia (Green
Library Information Center HQ75.H63 1998) focuses on "the multifaceted
international subculture self-identified lesbians and gay men have
cultivated and refined in the second half of the 20th century." Contains
essays on children and marriage. See also Encyclopedia of Homosexuality
(Green Library Information Center & Stacks HQ76.25.E53 1990).
Indexes (in paper and electronic formats) can help you identify articles
in magazines, newspapers, scholarly journals and other resources.
Those restricted to the Stanford community are marked with the icon.
Choose the after a database name
to see it's help. For other indexes see the
Databases A-Z and Green Library
CD-ROMs lists.
Family
and Society Studies Worldwide (1970+) - part of BiblioLine.
indexes and abstracts over a thousand journals, books, conference
papers, government reports, etc., and includes all the records once
published in the comprehensive Inventory of Marriage and Family
Literature.
Sage Family Studies Abstracts (1981-2003 Green Library
Information Center HQ546.S23; 1999+ on
the Web )
Women Studies Abstracts (1972+ shelved at Green Library
Information Center Z7962/W65; 1984+ also in
Women's Studies International on the Web ) indexes
feminist and scholarly books and periodicals.
Women's Studies Index (1989+ shelved at Green Library
Information Center HQ1180.W68; also on Web as Women's
Studies on Disc SUNet ID required) indexes a wide
range of periodicals.
Contemporary Women's
Issues (1992+, full-text via the Web) reports, articles,
and newsletters on issues affecting women.
Gender
Watch (1982+) fulltext articles, newsletters, reports focused
on gender and women's issues.
ATLA Religion Database
(1949+) includes some fulltext (ATLAS)
LexisNexis Academic
- selected Lexis-Nexis files especially good for fulltext news, business,
and law information. Limited to Stanford students, faculty, and
staff.
Alternative Press Index
(1991+ available on the Web ; 1969-71; 1974+ shelved at Green Library
Information Center Z7164.S66A5) indexes periodicals devoted to social
change, including some gay/lesbian periodicals.
Alt-PressWatch
provides fulltext of "a collection of newspapers, magazines and
journals of the alternative and independent press."
America: History and
Life (1964+) covers U.S. and Canadian history. Includes
abstracts
Anthropology Plus (late
19th century +) includes Anthropological Literature and
Anthropological Index.
Black Studies on
Disc SUNet ID required. (1988+
) contains the Catalog of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black
Culture and 1988+ of the Index to Black
Periodicals (see information on print holdings below.)
Contains information on materials by and about African Americans,
Africa and peoples of African ancestry.
Chicano Database
(1967+) includes some citations for earlier years. A comprehensive
bibliographic information resource about the Mexican American experience
identifying the Chicano body of literature, including the broad Latino
experience of Puerto Rican, Cuban and Central American immigrants.
CQ.com full-text information
on Congress and American politics.
Academic OneFile general
index to periodicals with some fulltext. (1980+)
Historical Abstracts
(1954+) covers world history except U.S. & Canada.
Humanities Index (1974+ Green Library Information Center
AI3.H8) Author/subject index to periodicals in fields such as area
studies, folklore, history, language, literature, philosophy, religion
& theology.
Index to Black Periodicals
(1984+ Green Library Information Center Z1361.N39I55; also 1988+ on
Black Studies on Disc
)
(Formerly: Index to Periodical Articles by and about Blacks
1950-69; 1971-83). Indexes African-American periodicals of
general and scholarly interest.
LexisNexis Congressional
(1970+) full-text of U.S. legislative information.
PAIS International, 1972+
; 1915+ volumes are shelved at Green Library Information Center Z7163.P9)
indexes selected books, government documents, and periodical articles
on contemporary public issues and the making of public policy.
PsycArticles
Fulltext Search fulltext of articles in journals published
by the American Psychological Association.
Psycinfo
(1887+) indexes and abstracts books, periodicals and other literature
in psychology. Also Available from
OVID.
Social
Science Module from ProQuest - fulltext of journals in the
social sciences.
Social Sciences and Humanities Index (formerly International
Index to Periodicals) 1907-1974. (Green Library Information
Center AI3.S6)
Social Sciences Index, 1974+ (Green Library Information
Center AI3S62L) Author/subject index to periodicals in fields such
as anthropology, economics, family studies, geography, international
relations, law and criminology, political science, policy studies,
psychology, social work, sociology, and urban studies.
Sociological
Abstracts (1963+) Indexes articles concerned spectrum of
social behavior (individuals, small groups, large organizations, communities,
institutions, and societies). Covers sociology and related disciplines
such as anthropology, criminology, law, social psychology, urban studies,
race relations, demography, and education.
Statistical
Handbook of the American Family (Online
& Law Library HQ536 .S727 1999) combines "previously unpublished
materials along with the compilation of family data from a wide array
of published material." Index.
Families and
Living Arrangements (U.S. Census Bureau)
Statistical Abstract of the United States (Green Library
Information Center Ready Reference HA202.A483) published annually,
it gathers together a wealth of statistical information from a variety
of governmental and non-governmental sources.
ChildStats.gov: Forum on Child
and Family Statistics
In addition to the resources in Green, you may well want to use the
resources of other libraries on campus, especially:
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