Electronic Resources

Family & Society Studies Worldwide

Family Studies Database is the world's most comprehensive, systematic, and non-evaluative resource of research, policy, and practice literature in the fields of Family Science, Human Ecology, and Human Development. FSD, including FAMILY, provides over 198,000 abstracts and bibliographic records drawn from over a thousand professional journals, books, popular literature, conference papers, government reports, and other sources, many of which are indexed exclusively in FSD. About 9,000 abstracts are added each year.

Australian Institute of Family Studies, Australian Family & Society Abstracts Commonly known by its short title FAMILY, Australian Family & Society Abstracts (1980-present) indexes over 37,000 records on research, policy and practice literature about Australian families and the social issues that affect them. Publications indexed in the database are drawn from a wide range of social science disciplines including sociology, psychology, demography, health sciences, education, economics, law, history, and social work. Source documents are journal articles, conference papers, books, book chapters, government reports, discussion and working papers, unpublished papers, statistical documents and theses. Document delivery is offered by the Australian Institute of Family Studies on journal articles indexed in FAMILY. Questions and inquiries, email fic@aifs.org.au.

Holdings: 1970 -- present

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