Guides: Family Studies: Articles & Journals

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Frequently used article databases

CINAHL Plus
CINAHL Plus provides coverage for thousands of journals from the fields of nursing and allied health, including nutrition. It covers nursing, biomedicine, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and dozens of allied health disciplines.
SocINDEX (EBSCO)
SocINDEX offers comprehensive coverage of sociology and related areas of study. There are 500 "priority" coverage journals as well as 1,390 "selective" coverage journals; links to full-text in Academic Search Premier.
ERIC (EBSCO)
The ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) database provides comprehensive coverage of the research literature in the field of education. It includes journal articles [EJ] as well as books, reports, and other documents [ED]. If an ERIC report is not available online, please check with a librarian. It may be available in microfiche at the Library if the date is prior to 2004.
If the ERIC number begins with ED (eg. ED090603) it is a document. If the ERIC number begins with EJ (e.g. EJ189583) then it is a journal article.
PsycINFO (EBSCO)
2000 international psychology journals, books, chapters, dissertations indexed/abstracted, links to full-text in ASP & PsychArticles.
Education Research Complete (EBSCO)
Coverage spans all levels of education from early childhood to higher education.

Multidisciplinary databases relevant to Family Studies

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
8000 journals indexed/abstracted (4600 full-text) in various disciplines.
Cambridge University Press Journals (CRKN)
A collection of 291 electronic journals covering all subject areas.
CBCA Complete (ProQuest)
With over 4.5 million records and more than 1,680 titles, CBCA Complete is ideal for anyone interested in current events, business, science, the arts, and education as produced in Canada. Includes 640 full-text periodicals and daily news sources (over 480 of which are Canadian), plus indexing to an additional 1,100 other titles (over 95% Canadian). Updated daily with full-text content (1985 to present) and bibliographic content (1971 to present).
EBSCO Databases
EBSCO is a company that provides access to a collection of databases, including Ageline, SocIndex, ERIC, etc. You may select one or more database you wish to include in your search.
Gender Studies Database (EBSCO)
Hundreds of journals indexed/abstracted related to women’s studies, sexual diversity, men’s studies; links to full-text in ASP
Indigenous Peoples: North America (Gale)
This archive of primary sources includes monograph, manuscript, newspaper, periodical and photograph collections.
JSTOR (CRKN)
A collection of 1,083 of the the most important academic journals in the Arts & Sciences, the Biological Sciences, and the Life Sciences. In most instances the volume run is complete back to the first issue. An important source of full-text for older articles and book reviews.
LGBTQ+ Source (EBSCO)
index for world literature on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues. At present there is a limited full-text component.
Medline (EBSCO)
A sub-set of PubMed; 4,600 biomedical journals indexed/abstracted, with links to full-text in Academic Search Premier.
Periodicals Archive Online (CRKN - ProQuest)
Periodicals Archive Online is a full-text journal archive covering close to 500 titles in the humanities and the social sciences with an emphasis on access to the backfiles of key academic journals.
Project Muse
Over 300 high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers.
PubMed
Over 15 million citations from MEDLINE and the biomedical and life sciences literature dating back to the 1950's. PubMed includes links to some sites providing full text.
In May 2020 PubMed changed its interface. The Welch Medical Library video reviews the changes and provides a great introduction to searching the database.
SAGE Journals (CRKN)
A collection of 623 peer-reviewed journals in Communication Studies, Criminology, Education, Health Sciences, Management & Organization Studies, Materials Science, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and Urban Studies & Planning.
Science Direct (CRKN - Elsevier)
A collection of 2,395 full-text multi-disciplinary journals.
Taylor & Francis: Social Sciences and Humanities Collection (CRKN)
A collection of articles from 1,191 electronic journals in the humanities and social sciences.
Wiley Online Library (CRKN)
A collection of 1,217 full-text multi-disciplinary journals.

Core Journals in Family Studies

Print holdings are retained for most older volumes for which we don't have full electronic access.

Coordinator (continued by Family Life Coordinator) Vol. 1(1952) - Vol.7 (1958) Online

Family Life Coordinator Vol. 7(1958)- Vol. 23(1974) in print. Vol.17 (1968) - Vol. 28 (1979) Online

Family Relations (continues Family Life Coordinator) Vol. 29 (1980) to present Online

Family Process Vol. 1(1962) to present Online

Journal of Comparative Family Studies Vol. 16 (1985) to present Online

Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences Vol. 86(1994)- Vol. 100(2008). Vol.89 (1997) to present Online

Journal of Family History Vol. 1(1979)- Vol. 20(1995) and Vol. 24 (1999) to present Online. Intervening years in print.

Journal of Family Issues Vol. 1 (1975) to present Online

Journal of Feminist Family Therapy Vol. 1(1989)- Vol. 20(2008) in print. Vol. 9 (1997) to present Online

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy Vol. 1(1975) to present Online

Marriage and Family Living Vol. 1(1939) - Vol. 25 (1963) Online

Journal of Marriage and the Family (continues Marriage and Family Living) Vol. 26(1964) to present Online

Mediation Quarterly: Journal of the Academy of Family Mediators Vol.1(1983)-Vol.13 (1995) Online. Vol. 17 no3(Spring 2000)- Vol. 18(2001) in print.

Conflict Resolution Quarterly (continues Mediation Quarterly) Vol. 19(2002) to present Online

Print Indexes

Family Index

Ref. HQ 1 F346 Volumes 1(1995) to 4 (1998)

Sage Family Studies Abstracts

Ref. Z 7164 M2 S23 1986 to 2003

Social Sciences Index

Ref. AI 3 S6 1974 to 2005

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Citation Indexes

Citation indexes allow you to find articles which have cited other works. You can think of it as a reference list in reverse.

Google Scholar
The “Cited by” feature allows you to see details of later articles that have cited the article whose citation appear in the results list of a search Google Scholar provides citations (publication details) of books, conference proceedings, journal articles and theses from a variety of scholarly publishers, societies and organisations.

Where's the full text?

If you are unsure whether an article is available in full text or not, please click on the 'Check for full text...' link closest to the citation to check if the full text is available at MSVU. The 'Check for full text...' link will check to see if the article is available in another database, or to see if the library has a copy of the article in print. If the article is not available at MSVU please look at our document delivery options.