Resource Guide:
Family Social Policy and Law
Selected Call Numbers
Call numbers are the shelving locations for each item. Browsing in the following areas of the library will help you find materials for your topic.
Topic | Call Number |
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Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform | HN |
Family, Marriage, Home | HQ 503-1064 |
Parents, parenthood | HQ 755.7-759.92 |
Family Size | HQ 760-767.7 |
Children, Child Development | HQ 767.8-792.2 |
Youth. Adolescents. Teenagers | HQ 793-799.97 |
Adulthood | HQ 799.5-799.97 |
Single People, Man/Woman relationships, Dating | HQ 800-801 |
Adultery | HQ 806 |
Divorce | HQ 811-960.7 |
Widowhood | HQ 1058-1058.5 |
Gerontology | HQ 1060-1064 |
Death & Dying | HQ 1073-1073.5 |
Men | HQ 1088-1090.7 |
Women, feminism | HQ 1101-2030.7 |
Communities. Classes. Races | HT |
Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology | HV |
Sociology of Law | K 366-380 |
Social Legislation | K 1700-1973 |
Social work and the law | KU 1459 |
Selected Subject Headings
Subject headings are selected terms to represent a topic. Searching subject headings in the library catalog will bring the most complete list of results. Below are some example subject headings. More subject headings can be located in the red books at the reference desk.
- Family
- Family Policy
- African-American families
- Single-Parent Families
- Marriage
- Marital Psychotherapy
- Marriage law
- Marriage Counseling
- Married Life
- Parent and Child
- Child Development
- Home
- Divorce
- Custody of Children
- Family Violence
Selected Materials at the Von Canon Library
Below are some selected materials in the library with their shelving locations. Browsing in the listed areas of the library will help you find more materials for your topic.
Title | Call Number |
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Encyclopedia of Sociology | REF HM 17 .E5 v.1 |
Encyclopedia of Marriage and the Family | REF HQ 9 .E52 v.1 |
Childhood in America | REF HQ 792 .U5 R345 2002 |
Selected Research Databases
The following databases are specifically useful for your topic. You can search them individually on the databases page.
Selected Journals and Magazines
The following journals supply articles to the library’s databases. YOu can see if a specific journal supplies articles to our databases by searching the journal title on the library journal page.
- Marriage and Family Review
- Family Court Review
- Family Law Quarterly
- Family Planning Perspectives
- Family Process
- Family Relations
- Population Reports
- Children
- Children and Schools
- Children and Society
- Children Today
- Children, Youth and Environments
- Children’s Rights
- Children’s Services
- The Future of Children
- Child Abuse Prevention
- Child Abuse Review
- Child and Adolescent Social Work
- Child and Family Social Work
- Child Protection Law
- Child Welfare
- Child
- Law and Contemorary Problems
- Law and Human Behavior
- Law and Policy
- Law and Psychology Reivew
- Law and Sexuality
- Law and Social Inquiry
- Law and Society Review
- Law in Context
- Policy
- Policy Analysis
- Policy and Politics
- Policy and Practice
- Policy Studies
- Policy Studies Journal
- Policy Studies Review
- Social Choice & Welfare
- Social Forces
- Social Issues
- Social Issues & Policy
- Social Policy
- Social Policy & Administration
- Social Policy Report
- Social Problems
Selected Websites and Digital Archives
The following websites are librarian-evaluated to provide trustworthy information for your topic. They include digitized collections connected to your topic.
- Family Law, Legal Information Institute
- Child & Family Web Guide
- National Council on Family Relations
- Administration for Children & Families
- Child Stats
- Child Trends
- Census Bureau
- Recent Congressional reports and hearings
- Supreme Court decisions
- Recent public laws
- United States Code
- Federal Register
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Education
- Department of Labor
- Department of Justice
- DOJ Office on Violence Against Women
- DOJ Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- Administration on Aging, U.S. Department of health and Human Services
- National Center for Early Development & Learning (NCEDL)
- National Child Care Information Center
- Project Horizon