Guide to Human Development and Family Studies Research
Internet Links

Aged

AgeLine Database from AARP features books and articles about life after 50 years of age.

Gerontological Society of America was established in 1945 to promote the scientific study of aging.

Associations

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy This link is to the web site for The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), the professional association for the field of marriage and family therapy.

American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences - The American Association of Family and Consumer Science (AAFCS) is the only national organization representing family and consumer sciences professionals across practice areas and content specializations.

American Council on Consumer Interests This link is to the American Council on Consumer Interests (ACCI), a membership organization for academics and other professionals involved in consumer and family economics.

American Psychological Association This web site is for The American Psychological Association (APA), the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States and the world's largest association of psychologists.

American Vocational Association - professional non-profit organization with a diverse array of programs that advance vocational-technical and school-to-careers education.

The International Association for Relationship Research- A resource supportingcooperation and the scientific study of personal relationships. Founded in 2002 from the merger of the International Network on Personal Relationships (INPR) and the International Society for the Study of Personal Relationships  IARR sponsors journals, a book series, newsletter, biennial conference, annual workshops and specialty conferences.

Society for Research in Child Development - multidisciplinary association of researchers, practitioners, and professionals; promotes research in all areas of child development and encourages applications of research findings.

Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals - This web site is for the organization for professionals who are in some way responsible for creating and maintaining customer loyalty.

Children & Youth

Adolescence Directory On-Line Adolescence Directory On-Line (ADOL) is an electronic guide to information on adolescent issues, a service of the Center for Adolescent Studies at Indiana University.

Children Now This link is for the nonpartisan, independent organization working to provide up-to-date information on the status of children, using communications strategies to reach parents, lawmakers, citizens, business, media and community leaders, to create attention and generate positive change on behalf of children.

ChildWelfare.gov formerly the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information

Children, Youth and Family Consortium The Children, Youth and Family Consortium's Electronic Clearinghouse (CEC) is an electronic bridge to information and resources on children, youth and families.

Child Trends DataBank The Child Trends DataBank covers the lates6t national trends and research on over 70 key indicators of child and youth well-being.

CIVITAS ChildTrauma Programs - The CIVITAS Child Trauma Programs at Baylor College of Medicine are attacking child maltreatment in three distinct ways: (1) providing clinical services to desperately underserved children; (2) training a cadre of dedicated and superbly skilled professionals; and (3) carrying out these services and training in the context of ongoing research.

Global ChildNet - Helps to bridge the information gap and demystify communications technology concerning issues related to the well-being of children. It serves to promote a child-friendly world, encourages worldwide communication about child-related issues, and facilitates global access.

The Natural Child Project - This site includes articles, a parenting advice column, a Parenting Site of the Month, the Global Children's Art Gallery, and Whatever Happened to Mother?, a short book by James Kimmel. Their vision is a world in which all children are treated with dignity, respect, understanding, and compassion.

Consumer

Consumers Union-Publisher of Consumer Reports.

Guide to Government Information: Consumer Information

National Consumers League - This organization identifies, protects, represents, and advances the economic and social interests of consumers and workers.

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission- The U.S. government agency charged with protecting the public from risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction.

www.Recalls.gov- One stop shop for U.S. government recalls.

Education

I Am Your Child - A new national public awareness and engagement campaign to make early childhood development a top priority for our nation.

MarcoPolo

This site features standards based discipline specific educational and professional development Web sites for K-12 teachers and students. Included are seven content web sites providing lesson plans, student interactive content, worksheets, links to panel-reviewed Web sites and additional resources.

National Center for Early Development and Learning

Supported by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Educational Services in collaboration  with the University of Virginia and the University of California Los Angeles, the site provides links to research reports and publications for early childhood research focusing on enhancing cognitive, social and emotional development of young children.

OAIster. A project of the University of Michigan Digital Library Production Services, originally funded through a Mellon grant whose goal is to create a collection of free online easily searchable academically-oriented digital resources.

Research & Training Center: On Family Support and Children's Mental Health - Established in 1984 at Portland State University. The center focuses on improving services to families whose children have mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders.

Test Reviews Online

Buros Institute of Mental Measurements provides an online index to general information about over 400 tests and information for finding test reviews. Tests reviewed in Mental Measurements Yearbook are available for purchase. (Free reviews available in the print version of Mental Measurements Yearbook located in Reference BF431.A11 B8m).

U.S. Bureau of the Census A source for social, economic, and demographic information.

Families

ChildWelfare.gov formerly the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information

The Families and Work Institute - A national non-profit research, strategic planning, and consulting organization that conducts policy and worksite research on the changing workforce and changing family/personal lives.

Family.com - This site has a magazine format, with articles written by identifiable reporters on subjects such as tutoring, discipline, etc. There are jumps to local parenting publications organized by state, as well as bulletin boards and discussion groups. Emphasis is on general parenting issues and includes family concerns such as taxes, travel and so on.

Family Science Network FAMLYSCI (located at the University of Kentucky Lexington) supports the research and professional activities of family scientists and family researchers around the world.

National Council on Family Relations NCFR is a non-partisan, non-denominational membership organization for family researchers, educators, policy makers.

Health & Safety

ChildWelfare.gov formerly the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information

Household Products Database-Health and safety information from the National Library of Medicine for a broad range of products including automotive, pesticides, lawn and garden, personal hygiene, home maintenance, pet care, and arts and crafts.

Kids Health - This site, from Nemours Foundation, offers extensive articles on childhood illness and health issues, and provides information to parents, children and even professionals. The articles are well-written and annotated.

National Children's Study

South Dakota State University has a five year contract with the National Children's Study, the largest research study of the environment's effects on children's health and development. The study will involve over 100,000 children nationwide from before birth until age 21. Federal agency partners include the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Parenting

Infoforhealth.org

Info For Health is the knowledge sharing project for reproductive health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Public Health. The site includes PopLine as well as other searchable databases reproductive research. PopLine is a searchable database for citations to reproductive health periodical literature.

National Parent Information Network - This provides annotated, categorized information, culled from the massive repository of ERIC, the federally funded Educational Resource Information Center. The NPIN offers news, book reviews, a Parents AskERIC feature, discussions and so on. Emphasis is on professional as well as parental aspects of child development. It contains links to other parent resources.

The National Parenting Center (TNPC) - A large magazine format, with news on medical and behavioral issues in parenting. The site provides advice from a variety of experts in the field of child development. Chat rooms on specific topics are available, as well as a shopping area for related products.

Parent's Place—The Parenting Resource Center on the Web - Parent's Place offers a magazine format with articles on all stages of parenting, a "WebDoctor" feature, chat rooms, book reviews, etc. Products are also offered. This is a user-friendly comfortable site with information from experts and discussion groups for parents.

Parents - Parents.com is the Web site for G+J Publishing's magazines including Parents, Child, McCall's and Family Circle. It is wholly devoted to parenthood issues and includes related content from each of these magazines as well as original news and interactive features.