Overview - Family: An Undergraduate Research Guide - Research Guides at University of Wisconsin-Madison

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About This Guide

This Research Guide introduces some of College Library's resources on family studies. It includes current perspectives on the economic, legal and social changes in American family life. Possible areas of investigation are: dual-career families, two-income families, alternative families, extended families, working mothers and child care, child-rearing practices, marriage, divorce, living together, single-parent families, and family policies.

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Overview Resources

Find background information on your research topic.

Child & Family Web Guide
Gateway to the best sites about children from Tufts University.
Credo Reference
A collection of 100 reference tools that may be searched collectively or individually. It includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, statistical sources, biographical tools, thesauri, books of quotations, image collections, and more.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (OVRC) provides viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles related to controversial social issues.
SOSIG: Families
Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG) is a UK-based source of information about sociology for researchers and practitioners in the social sciences, business and law. Their "Families" page includes links to a variety of websites, reports, organizations, and other online materials dealing with families and children.
The Factbook: Eye-opening Memos on Everything Family
"The Factbook is 'an organized collection of research on family' created as a website companion for Po Bronson's book, "Why Do I Love These People?" Find approximately one hundred well-documented short articles and memos about family life, including facts, statistical data, and opinions. Topics include parenting, family roles and responsibilities, marriage, children, work, and more."