FRS 140 - Family Issues
Created by Kathryn Devine, 
UTK School of Information Science Practicum Student, fall 2001.  Updated by Chris Nugent

Reference Books

Adoption : A Reference Handbook / Barbara Moe   Ref  362.734 M693a 1998
American families: A Research Guide and Historical Handbook / edited by Joseph M. Hawes and Elizabeth I. Nybakken   Ref 306.85 A5124 1991
Children, Young Adults, and the Law: A Dictionary / Lauren Krohn Arnest   Ref 346.730135 A748c 1998
Encyclopedia of Marriage and the Family / David Levinson   Ref 306.803 E565 1995
Encyclopedia of American Cultural & Intellectual History / Mary Kupiec Cayton, Peter W. Williams    
Ref   973.03 E562 2001
Encyclopedia of Family Life / editor, Carl L. Bankston III     Ref   306.850973 E562 1999 
Gay Rights / Rachel Kranz, Tim Cusick   Ref 305.90664 K89g 2000
Homosexuality and the Law: A Dictionary / Chuck Stewart  Ref 342.73087 S849h 2001
Marriage, Family, and Relationships: A Cross-cultural Encyclopedia / Gwen J. Broude   Ref 306.803 B875m 1994
Parenthood in America: An Encyclopedia / Lawrence Balter    Ref  306.85 P2282 2000
Single Parents:  A Reference Handbook / Karen L. Kinnear   Ref  306.85 K55s 1999
The State of America's Children / Children's Defense Fund  Ref  362.795 S7972 2000 
Statistical handbook on the American family / edited by Bruce A. Chadwick and Tim B. Heaton  Ref   306.850973 S7972 1999
Work and Family in America:  A Reference Handbook / Leslie f. Stebbins  Ref  306.36 S811w 2001 

Selected Journals in MC Library

Journal of Marriage and the Family indexed in InfoTrac Expanded Academic 1987-
Family Planning Perspectives indexed in JSTOR 1969-1999
Studies in Family Planning indexed in JSTOR 1963-1997

Databases

InfoTrac Web
FindArticles.com
American Theological Library Association (ATLAS)
OCLC First Search
Project Muse
JSTOR
Planned Parenthood McCormick Library Catalog and Database  http://support.inmagic.com/textbases/plphood/plparenthood.htm 

Internet Sites (General)

The Official Website of the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics http://www.childstats.gov/ 
U.S. Census Bureau:  related subjects under families/households and families data and under children http://www.census.gov/ 
National Center for Health Statistics:  Provisional Tables on Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths by State for 1998-2000   http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/datawh/statab/unpubd/nvstab49.htm 
CYFERNet Parent and Family:  http://www.cyfernet.org/parent.html 
Children's Bureau http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cb/ 
Child Welfare League of America http://www.cwla.org/ 
Annie E. Casey Foundation Right Start Online: Conditions of Babies and their Families Across the Nation and in America's Largest Cities http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/rightstart2/docs/rightstart.htm 
The Children's Defense Fund http://www.childrensdefense.org/.

Internet Sites (Special Populations)

Gay and Lesbian Families

Human Rights Campaign Foundation FamilyNet Home Page http://www.hrc.org/familynet/index.asp 

 Adoption

The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute http://www.adoptioninstitute.org/ 

Adoption.com http://www.adoptionstatistics.com/ 

Stepfamilies

Stepfamilies Association of America http://www.saafamilies.org/index.htm 

Homeless Families

National Coalition for the Homeless http://www.nationalhomeless.org/families.html  

Parenthood Topics at About.com

http://homeparents.about.com/ 

Selected LC Subject Headings

Family
Marriage
Divorce
Homeless families
Interfaith Families
Parenthood
Grandparent and child
Single-parent families
Stepfamilies

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Last Update:  January 30, 2002