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AMST 124b
Prof. Joyce Antler
Spring, 2005
Judith Pinnolis, Reference Librarian
pinnolis@brandeis.edu
Finding Background Information
Finding Statistics
Sampling of Government Documents
A Brief Bibliography
Journals
Directory of Open Access Journals
Indexes to Historical Resources
Web Links
Primary Sources about Family Life
Brandeis Guides to Resources
Subject of Marriage:
International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family
Main Reference HQ9 .E482 2003
Encyclopedia of Marriage and the Family
Main Stacks + HQ9 .E48 1995
Handbook of Family Communication
Main Stacks HQ519 .H36 2004
Marriage, Family, and Relationships: A Cross-cultural Encyclopedia
Main Reference GN480 .B76 1994
The Encyclopedia of Marriage, Divorce and the Family
Main Stacks HQ9 .D38 1989
Handbook of Marriage and the Family
Main Stacks + HQ518 .H16 1999
American Cultural and Intellectual History (3 vols.)
Main Ref E169.1 E624 2001
The Guide to United States Popular Culture
Main Ref E 169.1 .D399 2001
Encyclopedia of American Studies (4 vols.)
Main Ref E169.1 .E625 2001
Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century (3 vols.)
Main Ref E 169.1 .E626 2001
Encyclopedia of American Social History (3 vols.)
Main Ref HN57 .e58 1993
Statistical Handbook on the American Family
Main Ref HQ536 .X727 1999
Demographics of the U.S.: Trends and Projections
Reference Desk HB849.49 .R87 2000
AmeriStat Click on "marriage" section.
Digest of Education Statistics
ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research)
Statistical Abstract of the United States (through Lexis-Nexis)
United States Historical Census Data - 1790-1970
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/
America's Children: Key National Indicators of Wellbeing
Gov Doc PR42.8:C43/C43
Projections of the number of households and families in the US
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Just Marriage/ Mary Lyndon Shanley ; edited by Joshua Cohen and Deborah Chasman for Boston Review
Main Stacks HQ536 .S4815 2004
GAY MARRIAGE
Why Marriage?: The History Shaping Today's Debate over Gay Equality/ George Chauncey
Main Stacks HQ76.8.U5 C43 2004
Same Sex Marriage and the Constitution/ Evan Gerstmann
Main Stacks KF539 .G47 2004
The Limits to Union: Same-sex Marriage and the Politics of Civil Rights/ Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller
Main Stacks--Coming Soon to Your Library Near You!
Legalizing Gay Marriage/ Michael Mello ; foreword by David L. Chambers
Main Stacks HQ1034.U5 M45 2004
WOMEN, PROPERTY, & RIGHTS in MARRIAGE
The Future of the Family/ Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Timothy M. Smeeding, and Lee Rainwater, editors
Main Stacks HQ536 .F98 2004
SEXUAL ETHICS
Sexual Ethics: Liberal vs. Conservative/ Bruce Fleming
Main Stacks HQ32 .F54 2004
Catholics and Contraception: An American History/ Leslie Woodcock Tentler Main Stacks HQ766.3 .T44 2004 Tears of the Oppressed: An Examination of the Agunah Problem: Background and Halakhic Sources / by Aviad Hacohen
Main Library - Stacks -- Coming Soon to Your Library Near You!
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For general Journal Indexes on Women's Issues:
For research materials in an historical context, the research might shift to historical databases such as:
Also see:
Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature
Index and Abstract Area HQ728.I58 (1983-1991)
Journal of Marriage and the Family-- JSTOR 1964-1999. Blackwell 2002-present.
Marriage and Family Review-- Brandeis holds 1993-2004 via EBSCOhost
Marriage and Family Living --JSTOR 1941-1999. Stacks 1999-present.
OTHER/RELATED:
Family and Community Health--via EBSCO
Family and Community History--via EBSCO
Family Coordinator (now called Family Relations)--via EBSCO
Family Income--via EBSCO
Family Journal--via EBSCO
Family Law Update--via EBSCO
Family Life--via EBSCO 1999-2001
Family Matters--via EBSCO
Family Planning Perspectives--via EBSCO
Family Process--via EBSCO
Family Safety and Health--via EBSCO
The International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family --L_N 1998-present.
Journal of Child and Family Studies --ASP 1997-2004 Journal of Family and Economic Issues --1992 to present.
Journal of Family Communication --ASP 2001- to one year ago
Lifestyles --1984-1991
Perspectives on Sex and Reproductive Health --2002- present
For titles concerning love and marriage from the Nineteenth Century and earlier, consult "Nineteenth Century Masterfile" and the microform sets, "American Culture Series" and "American Periodicals Series 1741-1900" which are indexed in LOUIS.
Nineteenth-Century Masterfile
Available through the Brandeis University Libraries' Databases page. This database contains a wealth of information on 19th-century periodicals and newspapers. It includes nineteenth-century periodical records, the New York Times Index from 1863-1905, the New York Daily Tribune Index from 1875-1906, indexes to several 19th-century magazine titles, and more.
American Culture Series 1493-1875
This microfilm collection includes the full text of more than 5,750 early American books and pamphlets on 643 microfilm reels. The guide includes a comprehensive subject index. Full cataloging records for individual items in this series are in LOUIS, the Library online catalog.
Main Microforms: E169.1 .A48 1979
Microforms Reference and Main Reference: E 169.1 .A48 1979 (guide)
American Periodicals Series 1741-1900
The American Periodicals Series (APS) consists of three parts: APS I, 18th Century contains the full text of 88 periodicals on 33 microfilm reels; APS II, 1800-1850 contains the full text of 923 periodicals on 1,966 microfilm reels; and APS III,1850-1900 contains the full text of 117 periodicals on 771 microfilm reels. The guide to the microfilm collections includes title, editor, subject and reel number indexes.
Main Microforms: Z 6951 .A492 (APS I)
Main Microforms: Z 6951 .A493 (APS II)
Main Microforms: Z 6951 .A493 (APS III)
Microforms Reference and Main Reference: Z 6951 .A495 (guide)
American Autobiographies
Collection of 781 full-text autobiographies published between 1676-1945. Collection based on Kaplan's A Bibliography of American Bibliographies, which lists over 6,000 autobiographies.
Microform Reference and Biography Reference: Z1224.K3
Main Microfiche: CT 211 .A4
New England Women and their Families in the 18th and 19th Centuries: Personal Papers, Letters, and Diaries
Series A, Manuscript Collections from the American Antiquarian Society.
Main Microforms: HQ1418 .N48 1997
Microforms Reference: HQ1418 .N48 1997 (guide)
North American Women's Letters and Diaries, Colonial to 1950
Approximately 154,000 searchable pages of letters and diaries drawn from more than 1,000 sources, including journal articles, pamphlets, newsletters, and monographs. Available through the Brandeis Libraries Databases page.
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories
Full-text database of personal narratives, including letters, diaries, pamphlets, autobiographies, and oral histories. Documents date from around 1840 and extend to the present, with a heavy focus on 1920 to 1980
American Studies Guide
http://lts.brandeis.edu/research/help/quick-guides/amstudies.html
American History Guide
http://lts.brandeis.edu/research/help/quick-guides/amhistory.html
Sociology and Social Policy Guide
http://lts.brandeis.edu/research/help/quick-guides/sociology.html
Education Guide
http://lts.brandeis.edu/research/help/quick-guides/education.html
Government Documents
http://lts.brandeis.edu/research/help/guides/govdocs.html
