English 202A
Writing in the Social Sciences
Child Abuse Resources

ARTICLES IN JOURNALS & NEWPAPERS

PsycINFO is the primary database for psychology and related disciplines, providing full text, searchable access to:

• more than 25,000 searchable articles from 42 journals published by the APA from 1988 to the present
• abstracts of articles from 1300 journals from 50 countries
• books and book chapters, technical reports, and dissertations.
  1887 to the present
  Full-text: Some

ProQuest Psychology Journals is a subset of ProQuest Direct, including 300 full-text journals.
1996 to the present for most journals
Full-text: Yes

Sociological Abstracts covers sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences: over 2,600 journals, plus conference papers, books, and dissertations.
1963 to the present
Full-text: No

CQ Researcher explores one in-depth issue currently being discussed in the news each week. Each issue includes an essay outlining the issue, history of the issue, a pro-con feature, a chronology, and a bibliography.
Full-Text: Yes

Contemporary Women's Issues -Covers global information on women: 1500 titles including journals, newsletters, reports, fact sheets, and pamphlets.
1992 to date.
Full-text: Yes

Social Science Citation Index indexes English language periodicals in Sociology, Anthropology, Geography, Economics, Political Science, and Law.
1983 to the present
Full-text: No

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INTERNET SITES

• Child Abuse Statistics, Research and Resources
• ECPAT (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes)International : Links
• The Leadership Council on Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence
• Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse
• Mothers of Lost Children
• National Association of Counsel for Children: Child Maltreatment
• National Children's Advocacy Center: Children as Witnesses
• National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect
• Public Agenda Issue Guides: Child Abuse

For additional sites, visit Open Directory: Child Abuse or websites recommended by Best of the Web Sites.

HOTLINES

Therapistfinder: Child Abuse Hotlines

DISCUSSION GROUPS

Yahoo! Health Groups: Child Abuse

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SELECTED REFERENCE BOOKS

For more information or research assistance, contact
Judy Sandt (jsandt@psu.edu)
Reference Librarian
Penn State Lehigh Valley

Last updated May, 2007