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A core resource for these professionals:

Family & Society Studies Worldwide (FSSW) is a core resource in NISC's series of databases on family and gender related topics. NISC has recently expanded the coverage of FSSW, which formerly was produced by the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). FSSW contains all the citations of the discontinued print version, Inventory of Marriage & Family Literature, plus abstracts which were never available in print.

Improved & Expanded
Family & Society Studies Worldwide covers popular issues as well as meeting the requirements of professionals in all fields of social work, social science and family practice. The quality and quantity of literature cited have been increased, and the scope is international including new areas of research and types of publications.

Publications indexed in the database are drawn from a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, sociology, psychology, demography, health sciences, education, economics, law, history, and social work. Source documents include related websites, internet documents, professional journals, conference papers, books, book chapters, selected popular literature, government reports, discussion and working papers, unpublished material such as poster sessions, statistical documents, theses & dissertations and other sources, many of which are indexed exclusively in FSSW.

Enhanced sub-sets of records from highly relevant U.S. Government databases are included. Find everything you would expect and discover the unexpected about today's complex family and the challenges faced from within and society at-large.

National Clearinghouse on Family Violence, Health Canada / Centre national d'information sur la violence familiale, Santé Canada (NCFV)
This clearinghouse offers an information and referral service on issues related to family violence to professionals and to the general public. The NCFV Resource Centre provides a reference collection of approximately 36,356 books, reports, videos, periodicals and pamphlets. By sharing the latest research findings and information on all aspects of prevention, protection and treatment, the Clearinghouse helps Canadian communities work toward the eventual elimination of all forms of family violence.

U.S. Military Family Resource Center Documents Database:
With over 3,400 records this database covers a diverse range of policy, research, and program documents on military families and family programs. The document types covered in the database include books & book chapters, conference reports & proceedings, journal & magazine articles, legislation, newsletter & newspaper articles, technical reports, theses & dissertations, and audiovisuals.

• Family Therapy & Treatment
• Parenting & Child Rearing
• Social Work & Policy
• Foster Care, Stepfamilies, Adoption
• Work & Gender Roles
• Sexual Behavior & Attitudes
• Trends in Marriage & Family
• Intermarriage, Cross-Cultural Issues
• Child & Adolescent Research
• Aging & Gerontology
• Family Violence, Forms of Abuse

• Families with Special Problems
• Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage
• At-risk Families & Individuals, Homelessness
• Family Relationships & Dynamics
• Family Law & Related Issues
• Minority Groups & Diversity Training
• Family Counseling & Education
• Blended Families, Military Families
• Household Statistics, Demography
• Organizations & Services

ARBA 1996

[Note: Since 1999, NISC has expanded coverage to include additional Social Welfare, Social Work, and Social Policy literature. The database is now available online.]

• Child Development & Adolescent Studies
• Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption (Free!)
• Dictionary of Eldercare Terminology - 2nd Edition - PRINT
• Long Term Care At Home: "The Family Solution"

• Gender Studies Database
• Sociological Abstracts
• Women's Studies International
• Black Studies Database

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