Family Life Education Research Guide

Introduction to Research/Research Help

• Research 101: An interactive, online tutorial covering research basics
• Ask a Reference Librarian
• Research Tips
• Citing Your Sources
• Library Handout
• Library Tutorials
• Library Toolbar
• eFolio  and eFolio Overview

Reference Resources

Print Reference Resources

• Handbook of Marriage and the Family, R 306.8 H191S
• The Family in America, R 306.85 H3123f 2001
• Parenthood in America, R 306.85 P216B 2000
• Statistical Handbook on the American Family, R 306.85 St29c
• Families in America: Contemporary World Issues, R 306.850973 T88544f 2002

Electronic Reference Resources

• Encyclopedia of Education [MacMillan Reference, 2003]
• Handbook of Family Communication [Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 2004]

Periodicals/Databases/Indexes (finding articles and citations)

Selected Print Periodicals

• Child Development
• Family Relations
• Journal of Family Communication
• Journal of Marriage and Family

Selected Databases/Indexes

• Academic Search Premier
• Educator's Reference Complete
• ERIC
• JSTOR
• ProQuest 
• PsychARTICLES 
• Sage Online Journals
• Additional Education Databases
• Additional Psychology Databases

Journal Finder: Use this tool to search for journal titles by title or ISSN or browse for journals by title or subject area.

BearHunt: Use this tool to search multiple databases and CLICnet at one time.

Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

• ILL Request Forms: Use these to request journal articles which are unavailable through Concordia's online or print collection.
• ILL Policies

Finding Books

Catalogs

• CLICnet: The shared catalog of Cooperating Libraries in Consortium

eBook Collections

• NetLibrary

Supplementary Web Resources

• Google Scholar