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Pathfinder: Marriage and the Family
Scope|Subject Headings|Overview Sources|Circulating Books|Periodicals, Journals & Trade Publications
SCOPE: The concept of the perfect family has changed. Divorce rates are higher than ever before, and many people are still unmarried. Many children live with one parent and some live with same sex parents. Economic conditions often force both parents to work, leaving children without parental guidance for a large part of their day. The purpose of this pathfinder is to serve as a guideline for students in locating library resources on this topic. It is not intended as a comprehensive listing, but as a selective sampling of some of the many types of resources available in the library.
SUBJECT HEADINGS
Books dealing with marriage and the family are listed in the Baddour Library's online catalog under the following subject headings:
Family
Fatherhood
Motherhood
Marriage
There are sources located in the Reference Section of the Baddour Library that give a general overview or summary of the topic you are researching. The following is a list of some of the sources available in the library.
OVERVIEW SOURCES
CQ Researcher (online database, hardcopy also available in the Reference Section):
Issues and Controversies database from Facts on
File
REFHQ9.E52 1995 Encyclopedia of
Marriage and the Family
REF HM 17.E5 1991 Encyclopedia of Sociology
REF HM 585.W67 2001 World of Sociology
Some of the representative books from the circulating collection that are located upstairs in the library are:
CIRCULATING COLLECTION
Bianchi, Suzanne M.
Changing Rhythms of American Family Life. New York: Russell
Sage Foundation, 2006.
Coontz, Stephanie. The Way We Really Are: Coming to Terms with Americas Changing Families. New York: Basic Books, 1997.
Gavanas, Anna.
Fatherhood Politics in the United States: Masculinity, Sexuality, Race and
Marriage. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2004.
Gerson, Kathleen. No
Man's Land: Men's Changing Commitments to Family and Work. New York: Basic Books, 1993.
Hartog, Hendrik. Man and Wife in America: A History. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 2000.
Kaplan, E. Ann. Motherhood and Representation: The Mother in Popular Culture and Melodrama. New York: Routledge, 1992.
Segal, Lynne. Slow Motion: Changing Masculinities, Changing Men. New Brunswick, N.J: Rutgers University Press, 1990.
Starbuck, Gene H.
Families in Context. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2002.
Townsend, Nicholas W. The Package Deal: Marriage, Work, and Fatherhood in Mens Lives. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2002.
Some of the specific periodicals that the library subscribes to that focuses on the topic of marriage and the family are:
PERIODICALS, JOURNALS & TRADE PUBLICATIONS
Click the link for a list of full text journals
available through our databases in:
Updated
04/17/2007
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