Human Development & Family Sciences

This is a general research guide for the undergraduate and graduate courses in OSU's Human Development & Family Sciences program. You'll find suggestions for locating books, articles, topical overviews, research tools, and factual information.

Subject librarian for HDFS:

Valery King

valery.king@oregonstate.edu | phone 737-7318 | AIM Screen Name: ValeryKing

 

 
Quicklinks
 Off-Campus Access | ILL Forms | ERIC | Academic Search Premier | Education Full Text

  
Table of Contents
Finding Books in Online Catalogs       Other Useful Internet Sites
Finding Articles in Journals Other Useful Subject Research Guides
Reference Sources


Dictionaries & thesauri
Encyclopedias
Handbooks & directories
Bibliographies
Statistics & Data Archives

Finding Books in Online Catalogs

 

  • OSU Libraries Catalog: http://oasis.oregonstate.edu/
    The OSU Catalog contains only resources owned by OSU. If the book you are looking for isn't available in the OSU Catalog, use the Repeat in Summit button to expand your search to the Orbis Cascade catalog.
  • Summit (Orbis) Catalog: http://summit.orbiscascade.org/
    This is the union catalog for the Orbis Cascade Alliance, which includes most of the academic institutions in Oregon and Washington. OSU users may borrow many of the items found in this catalog by using the REQUEST THIS ITEM link.
  • WorldCat
    WorldCat contains the holdings at thousands of libraries worldwide, including OSU. For materials we don't own, you can request interlibrary loans (ILL) directly from the database.
 

Searching by Subject Heading:

The most effective subject searching utilizes the Library of Congress Subject Headings. The complete list of subject headings is located in the library's reference area; ask if you need help. Notice that each record in the online catalog will indicate the subject headings assigned to that item, and these are usually hot links to other materials on similar topics. Here is a list of some examples of subject headings for HDFS:

Locating by call number:

Like most academic libraries, we also use the Library of Congress Classification system to organize and arrange materials in the library. Many HDFS materials fall into the "HQ" call number range and are located on the 5th floor of the Valley Library. More specific groupings of materials include:

BF 1-940

Psychology

HM 1-291

Sociology

HN 1-981

Social History

HQ 9-471

Sexual Life

HQ 503-1064

The Family. Marriage. Home

HQ 1060-1064

Gerontology (Social Aspects)

HQ 1101-2030.7

Women. Feminism

HQ 2035-2039

Life skills. Everyday living skills

LB 1101-1140.5

Child Studies. Preschool Education

RA 421-790.85

Public Health

RC 321-571

Neurology & Psychiatry

RC 952-952.6

Gerontology (Medical Aspects)

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Finding Articles in Journals

Journal indexes/databases: To find individual articles in journals, you will typically use periodical indexes/databases which can either be in printed form or online (electronic) form. Most such indexes allow you to search by author or title of the article as well as subject or topic. Many online indexes also allow you to search the article citation and abstract with a keyword or free text search. http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/research.php/db.php?arg=a

Locating journals: With the exception of some limited journals which are full-text online, you will need to locate the actual journal to read the article. You can search OSU Libraries Online Catalog for the Journal Title (name of the journal) to determine if we own the journal.
If not, you can get copies of journal articles through our Interlibrary Loan service at: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/ill/

Off-campus access: If you are searching from a computer on campus, you will automatically be recognized as an authorized user from OSU. Off-campus access to online journals and databases is restricted to OSU faculty, staff, and enrolled students. To access these items from off-campus computers, use an OSU Libraries research tool.
More information about off-campus access.

Databases

  • Academic Search Premier
    Provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975.
  • LexisNexis Academic
    Comprehensive index to newspaper and magazine articles, radio and TV news program transcripts, legal material and other reference sources, much of it full-text. Primarily focused on news, business and legal topics. Coverage goes back 20 years or more.
  • Ageline
    Bibliographic references and original abstracts for materials related to aging and middle age, from an interdisciplinary perspective of psychology, economics, sociology, gerontology, public policy, business, health and health care services, and consumer issues. Documents on health care and policy comprise about half the database. Document types include: journal articles, books, book chapters, reports, and government documents. Journal coverage includes research, professional and general interest titles.
    Abstracts and index: 1978-present
  • Contemporary Women's Issues
    Indexes over 1500 sources covering women's issues on health and human rights in over 150 countries. Journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies, along with fact sheets.
    Index and Full-text: 1992-present
  • Education Research Complete
    Covers all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing.
  • ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)
    Index to research articles, government and independent reports and conference papers covering all areas of education at all levels.
  • Health Source
    Full text from nearly 270 periodicals covering nutrition, exercise, medical self-care, drugs and alcohol, and much more, as well as indexing and abstracts for over 430 periodicals. This database also provides full text for over 1,090 pamphlets and 23 books. Full text backfiles go as far back as January of 1990, while indexing and abstract backfiles go as far back as January of 1984. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
    Full Text: 1990-present; Index & Abstracts: 1984-present
  • Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
    Provides coverage of nearly 550 full text journals, including more than 500 peer-reviewed titles. Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO.
  • PsycInfo (Psychological Abstracts)
    Index to journal articles, series and books for all areas of psychology including animal, applied, clinical, developmental, educational, general, human experimental, general, physiological, social and sport psychology, and treatment and prevention.
    Abstracts and index: 1887-present
  • Social Services Abstracts
    Provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. The database abstracts and indexes over 1,600 serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews.
    Abstracts and index: 1980-present
  • Sociological Abstracts
    Index to articles from over 1500 journals in sociology, social work and other social and behavioral sciences.
    Index 1963-present; abstracts 1974-present

Comprehensive searching

  • Dissertation Abstracts
    Index to doctoral dissertations and masters theses in all academic disciplines completed at U.S. institutions. Selectively covers masters theses and dissertations from Canada, Great Britain and Europe.
    1861-present; abstracts since 1980; thesis abstracts since 1988
  • Science Citation Index

    Indexes over 4500 publications covering all aspects of the sciences. 1989-1996 on CD network (access by folder on library computers). Access 1996-present through Web of Science . Previous to 1989 in paper (Valley Reference Z7401 .S35)

    Social Sciences Citation Index

    Indexes over 5000 publications covering all aspects of the social sciences. Valley Library Online Reference Folder, 1987-2001 (look for icon on library computers). 1969-1996 in paper ( Valley Reference H1 .S61). Access 1999 -present through Web of Science

Government publications

A great deal of research and publication in HDFS fields is done by state and federal government organizations. Much of this is online and cataloged, so also check the OSU Online Catalog.

  • Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
    Comprehensive sources for locating U.S. government documents published by the Government Printing Office. Citations to agency reports, congressional hearings, special commissions, statistical reports, et. al.
  • LexisNexis Congressional
    Access to congressional publications, bills, laws and regulations.
    1970-present
  • more links to a variety of government information can be found on the libraries' Government Information Guide

Electronic journals

You can now search for electronic journals on the E-Journal list (http://mw8xt6bj7r.search.serialssolutions.com/) by subject or by journal title keyword, in addition to browsing by individual journal title. This new arrangement provides increased access to OSU Libraries' electronic journal collection. Electronic journals can also be accessed through their catalog records. In addition, some of our databases (such as the EbscoHOST databases and LexisNexis) offer full-text for some articles.

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Reference Sources

Dictionaries & thesauri

Encyclopedias

  • Encyclopedia of early childhood education
    Ref LB1139.25 .E53 1992
  • Encyclopedia of marriage and the family / David Levinson, editor in chief
    Ref HQ9 .E52 1995, 2 v.
  • Encyclopedia of family life / editor, Carl L. Bankston III ; project editor, R. Kent Rasmussen
    Ref HQ534 .E53 1999, 5 v.
  • The encyclopedia of aging : a comprehensive resource in gerontology and geriatrics / George L. Maddox, editor-in-chief
    HQ1061 .E53 1995

  • Electronic Reference Works     from the Gale Virtual Reference Library
    link from here or the Online Reference Resources link
  • Child Development - Part of the Macmillan Psychology Reference Series, this title covers issues related to human development from conception through adolescence. Written for the general reader.
  • Encyclopedia of Aging - Covering a variety of disciplines -- biology, medicine, economics, law, psychology, sociology and history -- the Encyclopedia of Aging also explores related issues such as religion, spirituality, and ethics.
  • Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology - This second edition covers the entire spectrum of psychology, including: notable people, theories and terms; landmark case studies and experiments; applications of psychology in advertising, medicine and sports; and career information.

Handbooks & directories

  • Handbook of Marriage and the Family
    HQ518 .H154 1999

    Statistical handbook on the American family / edited by Bruce A. Chadwick and Tim B. Heaton
    Docs Ref HQ536 .S727 1999
  • Early childhood curriculum resource handbook: a practical guide for teaching early childhood (pre-K-3).
    LB1139.4 .E175 1993
  • Geriatric programs and departments around the world / editors J.-P Michel, ... [et al.]
    RC952 .G421 1998
  • Researching the family : a guide to survey and statistical data on U.S. families / edited by Nicholas Zill and Margaret Daly
    Ref HQ503 .R55 1993
  • A guide to research in gerontology : strategies and resources / Dorothea R. Zito and George V. Zito
    HQ1061 .Z51 1988

Bibliographies

  • Families and aging : a selected, annotated bibliography / compiled by Jean M. Coyle
    HQ1061 .C61 1991
  • Inventory of marriage and family literature.
    Ref Z7164.M2 I5

Statistics

  • ChildTrends DataBank - the latest national trends and research on over 80 key indicators of child and youth well-being, with new indicators added each month. Provided by Child Trends, a national leader in the field for over 20 years. http://childtrendsdatabank.org
  • County and City Databook - Contains statistical information from the U.S. Census Bureau on the following subjects: agriculture, civilian labor force and employment, construction, crime, education, health, housing, land area and population, manufactures, money income and poverty status, social welfare programs and other vital statistics. Data can be scanned on a national, regional, state, county or city basis. All U.S. cities with populations of greater than 25,000 are included.
    1967, 1972, 1977, 1983, 1988, 1994 in paper: HA203 .A12 (latest ed. in Ref)
  • LexisNexis Statistical - Full text of Statistical Abstract tables as well as an index to a large number of federal and state statistical resources through American Statistical Index (ASI) and Statistical Reference Index (SRI). (1970's-present)
    Includes full-text.
  • Social Trends and Indicators USA - Provides in-depth statistics on social issues paired with expert analyses. Statistical data is gathered from respected sources including the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of the Census, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Social Security Administration; data is also gathered from The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and the stock exchanges.
  • Statistical Abstract of the United States - A collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States. Selected international data are also included. The Abstract is also a guide to sources of other data from the Census Bureau, other Federal agencies, and private organizations.
    Full-text and data: 1996-present
    on paper: HA202; copies of latest edition in Reference, Docs Reference

    The National Center for Education Statistics has released Youth Indicators, 2005: Trends in the Well-Being of American Youth . This report contains statistics that address important aspects of the lives of youth, including family, schooling, work, community, and health. The report focuses on American youth and young adults 14 to 24 years old, and presents trends in various social contexts that may relate to youth education and learning.

Data Archives

ICPSR, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
Oregon State University is a member of the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). As the world's largest data archive, ICPSR acquires, processes and distributes data collected by government agencies and private investigators. Currently, ICPSR holdings top 28,000 machine-readable files with data from over 130 countries dating back to the late 1400s. As a member of ICPSR, OSU has access to these data at no charge, access to the technical help and fees waived at ICPSR's Summer Program in Quantitative Methods.

Data on the Net Website where you can search or browse a listing of 363 Internet sites of numeric Social Science statistical data, data catalogs, data libraries, social science gateways, addresses and more.

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Other Useful Internet Sites

 

US Government Agency sites

State and Local Government sites

 

Other Selected Internet Resources

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Other Useful Subject Research Guides

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