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House of Sand and Fog
Resources Related to Domestic Violence
Searching Wallace Library's Einstein Catalog provides information
relating to military history. Remember, you can do a keyword search
or a subject search to locate information on a topic. When doing
a keyword search, you can make use of Boolean searching
by combining your search words with the words and, or, not.
Advanced searching will allow you to set some limitations to your search
results. Below is a sampling of titles along with their call numbers and the
floor location.
Children's Perspectives on Domestic Violence. HQ809 .C555 2002, 4th floor.
Conflict and Cohesion in Families : Causes and Consequences. [electronic resource], Access via NetLibrary.
Domestic Violence. Videorecording. VH1117.11
Domestic violence : [Opposing Viewpoints] HV6626 .D668 2000.
The Domestic Violence Sourcebook : Everything You Need to Know. [electronic resource] Access via NetLibrary.
Family Boundaries : The Invention of Normality and Dangerousness. [electronic resource]. Access via NetLibrary.
Home Truths About Domestic Violence: Feminist Influences on Policy and Practice : A Reader HV6626 .H64 2000, 4th floor.
Insult to Injury : Rethinking Our Responses to Intimate Abuse. HV6626 .M55 2003, 4th floor.
People in Crisis : Strategic Therapeutic Interventions. RC569.5.F3E88 1983, 3rd floor.
The Sourcebook on Violence Against Women. HV6250.4. W65.S68 2001,
4th floor.
Violence Against Wives: A Case Against the Patriarchy. HV6626.D6 1979, 4th floor.
Violence Against Women: Philosophical Perspectives. HV6250.4.W65 V565 1998, 4th floor.
Violence in the Home: Living in Fear. Videorecording. ETRR.
Research Databases:
Click on the above link for the complete list of the RIT Library's Online Databases.
Suggested databases are listed below.
Academic Search Elite: Provides
information on a wide range of academic areas including business, social sciences,
humanities, general academic, general science, education and multi-cultural
topics. It features full text for over 1,200 journals with many dating back
to 1990, abstracts and indexing for over 3,000 scholarly journals, and coverage
of The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Christian Science Monitor.
ArticleFirst: Describe items
listed on the table of contents pages of approximately 12,600 journals in science,
technology, social science, business, the humanities, etc.
Contemporary Women's Issues:
Focuses on timely and relevant topics and meaningful issues for women, including
health, human rights, the work place, legal status, and more.
Lexis-Nexis Academic: Access
to full-text legal, medical, business, biographical and news and information
from over 5000 sources.
Philosopher's Index:
Covers philosophy and related fields. It covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics,
social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology and as well as material
on the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language.
PsycArticles: Covers general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology
Sociological Abstracts: Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
Wilson Social Sciences Full Text (part
of OmniFile): Covers the fields of anthropology, economics, geography, law and
criminology, political science, social work, sociology, etc.
Select Internet Resources
Relating to Domestic Violence:
Domestic Violence: U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Domestic Violence Handbook. Sponsored by the Oakland County Coordinating Council Against Domestic Violence.
Family Violence Prevention: Immigrant Women: research on prevention and violence against women and children.
National Domestic Violence Hotline: Domestic violence information and resources.
Office on Violence Against Women: U.S. Department of Justice site.
Women Against Domestic Violence: Women Against Domestic Violence is a group of women from around the world who have come together for one common purpose, domestic violence and child abuse.
Maintained by Susan Mee
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