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CHILD WELFARE RESOURCES


This is a list of factual information sources, bibliographies, indexes, and Internet resources related to the social welfare of children; physical items are located in the Social Work Reference Collection, and other locations as noted. Check CLIO for additional books and journal titles.

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RESEARCH GUIDES - HANDBOOKS

Handbook of Parenting
SOCIAL WORK STACKS HQ 755.8 .H357 2002

Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Reference Handbook
SOCIAL WORK REFERENCE HV 6570 .K55 1995

Handbook of Child and Adolescent Treatment Manuals
SOCIAL WORK REFERENCE RJ504 .H356 1994

Handbook of Early Childhood Intervention
SOCIAL WORK REFERENCE RJ 135 .H36 2000

Resources for Early Childhood: A Handbook
SOCIAL WORK REFERENCE HQ 767.9 .N8 1994

Handbook of Child and Adolescent Sexual Problems
SOCIAL WORK STACKS RJ 506.P72 H36 1995

Handbook of Clinical Child Psychology
SOCIAL WORK RESERVES RJ 503.3 .H36 1992


DIRECTORIES

The Adoption Directory
SOCIAL WORK REFERENCE HV 875.55 .A364 1995

Directory of Adult and Juvenile Correctional Departments, Institutions, Agencies, and Probation and Parole Authorities
SOCIAL WORK REFERENCE HV 9463 .D5721

National Directory of Children, Youth & Families Services
SOCIAL WORK REFERENCE HV 741 .N3651

Directory of Shelters & Transitional Living Programs Serving Runaway & Homeless Youths
SOCIAL WORK REFERENCE HV 1431 .D57 1993g


BIBLIOGRAPHIES

The Child Sexual Abuse Custody Dispute Annotated Bibliography
SOCIAL WORK REFERENCE KF 9323.A1 D43 1995

Parenting: An Annotated Bibliography, 1965-1987
SOCIAL WORK REFERENCE Z 7164.C5 F44 1995

Children of Separation: An Annotated Bibliography for Professionals
SOCIAL WORK REFERENCE Z 7164.M2 S73 1994


ONLINE DATABASES

Service restricted to members of the Columbia communityEducation Full-Text
Citations, abstracts and full-text of articles in education periodicals and other publications.

Service restricted to members of the Columbia communityERIC
Citations, abstracts, and full-text for articles in education periodicals and other publications.

Service restricted to members of the Columbia communityFactSearch
Facts and statistics on topics of current interest.

Service restricted to members of the Columbia communityLexisNexis Statistical
Statistics on all subjects, U.S. and international.

Service restricted to members of the Columbia communityProQuest Direct
Full-text, citations, and abstracts from periodicals in many disciplines plus major U.S. newspapers.

Service restricted to members of the Columbia communityPsycARTICLES
Full-text articles from 42 journals published by the American Psychological Association.

Service restricted to members of the Columbia communityPsycINFO
Citations and abstracts for publications about psychology and related disciplines.

Service restricted to members of the Columbia communitySocial Services Abstracts
Citations and abstracts for research in social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy & community development.

Service restricted to members of the Columbia communitySocial Work Abstracts
Citations and abstracts for articles in social work and social welfare periodicals.


STATISTICS & DATA

Child Poverty Facts
A series of reports from the National Center for Children in Poverty, Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University, New York.

Child Trends DataBank
Features up-to-date data and research on over 70 indicators of child and youth well-being, with new indicators added each month.

Children's Defense Fund (CDF)
Numerous CDF publicataions contain statistics.

ChildStats.gov
The Official Web Site of the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics.

DataGate
Search interface for the local holdings of Columbia University's Electronic Data Service (EDS), and the entire catalog of Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) holding.

Keeping Track of New York City's Children
SOCIAL WORK REFERENCE HV 743 .N5 K43

Kids Count Data Book
SOCIAL WORK REFERENCE HQ 792.U5 K53

National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
The National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect acquires, preserves and disseminates high quality datasets relevant to the study of child abuse and neglect.

Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement
The Poverty Guidelines are issued each year in the Federal Register by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

School District Demographics
A website from the Nationa Center for Educational Statistics which provides access to school district geographic and demographic data useful for describing and analyzing characteristics of school districts, children, and K-12 education.

The State of America's Children Yearbook
SOCIAL WORK RESERVES HV 741 .C5375

State of the Child in New York State
SOCIAL WORK STACKS HQ 792 .N4 S72

Statistical Handbook on Adolescents in America
SOCIAL WORK REFERENCE HQ 796 .S8237 1996

The Urban Institute
Statistics and data are available on topics such as children and families, social services, and health care.


INTERNET RESOURCES

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CHILD ABUSE RESOURCES

AGENCIES, CENTERS & ORGANIZATIONS