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Family & Society Studies Worldwide
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Subject Content |
Research,
policy, and practice literature concerning family therapy and treatment;
parenting and child rearing; social work and policy; foster care,
stepfamilies, adoption; work and gender roles; sexual behavior and
attitudes; intermarriage, cross-cultural issues; child and adolescent
research; aging and gerontology; family violence, forms of abuse;
marriage, divorce, remarriage; at-risk families and individuals,
homelessness; family relationships and dynamics; blended families,
military families; household statistics, demography; diversity training;
organizations and services. |
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Date Coverage |
1970 – present. Contains
citations of the discontinued print version, Inventory of Marriage &
Family Literature, plus abstracts which were never available in print.
Updated monthly |
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Type of Material Covered |
Abstracts and records drawn
from professional journals, conference papers, books, book chapters,
government reports, discussion and working papers, statistical
documents, theses & dissertations and other sources. |
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Full-text |
Some full-text. In most
cases, select “See more details for locating this item” to determine
linked electronic, physical, or no access except Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
service. Refine Search offers a “Linked Full Text” limit that retrieves
some items. Use both options for a thorough search of availability.
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Refereed Journal Filter |
No |
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Remote Access |
Available to Boise State University students, staff, and faculty after
entering BroncoWeb userid and password |
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Help Pages |
Within the database. For
database specific information, select the Help icon to the right of the
database name or databases drop-down list. For general EBSCO database
help, select the top right-hand corner Help link. |
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Boolean |
Yes, AND, OR, and NOT
logical operators; ( ) Information within parentheses is read first,
then information outside parentheses is read next, e.g.(mouse OR rat)
AND trap. |
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Truncation Symbol
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Use
* (asterisk) to truncate, e.g. child*
retrieves child, children, children’s, childhood, childlike, etc.
Use ? (question mark) to replace an unknown
character, e.g. wom?n retrieves women, woman, or womyn.
Singular form of a word automatically includes a search for the plural
form.
Proximity operators, Near or
Within and a number,
find search term occurrences that permit intervening words. Their use is
explained in the general Help linked at the top right-hand corner of the
screen. |
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Other Search Options |
Basic Keyword Search.
Advanced Search – provides multi-text boxes with guided Boolean and
search field options.
Browse – using the Indexes link, browse, select, and add from author,
document type, geographic term, ISBN, ISSN, language, publication name,
subject term, and year of publication lists to build your statement.
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Alerts |
Save searches; Create alerts via email or
RSS. |
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Special Notes |
Phrase
searching is the default for a two or more word search (within a single
box). Use Boolean logical operators between words or select
“Automatically "And" search terms” under the Refine Search tab to
control word relationship. |
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List of Journals |
For Source Publications, go
to Indexes. Select “Publication Name” in the drop-down list, then
Browse. For a list of journals and other serials, select “Document Type”
then type “serial,” check mark, add, and search. Sort by source for
alphabetized list. |
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Related Indexes |
Select Social Work in the
Databases by Subject drop-down box or go directly to
http://library.boisestate.edu/reference/subjectindexes/socialwork.htm |
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Reference Assistance |
Phone, email, chat, and
in-person reference services are available; link to
http://library.boisestate.edu/reference.htm for further information.
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