Grant Writing: The Advocacy Center
Abused women
Abused women--Counseling of
Abused women--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States
Abused women--Services for
Abused women--United States
Dating violence
Dating violence--United States
Acquaintance rape
Acquaintance rape--United States
Wife abuse
Wife abuse--United States
Abused wives
Abused wives--Services for--United States
Children of abused wives
Marital violence
Marital violence--United States
Rape in marriage--United States
Intimate partner violence
Intimate partner violence--United States
Women's shelters--United States
Social work with women--United States
Abusive men
Abusive men--United States
Family violence
Family violence--Law and legislation--United States
Family violence--United States
Victims of family violence
Victims of family violence--Services for--United States
Victims of family violence--United States
Family violence--United States--Prevention
Family social work--United States
Abused children
Abused children--United States
Child sexual abuse
Child sexual abuse--Prevention
Child sexual abuse--Psychological aspects
Child sexual abuse--United States
Sexually abused children
Sexually abused teenagers
Child molesters
Pedophilia
Social work with children
Child welfare
Child welfare--United States
Social service--United States
Abused women--Counseling of
Abused women--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States
Abused women--Services for
Abused women--United States
Dating violence
Dating violence--United States
Acquaintance rape
Acquaintance rape--United States
Wife abuse
Wife abuse--United States
Abused wives
Abused wives--Services for--United States
Children of abused wives
Marital violence
Marital violence--United States
Rape in marriage--United States
Intimate partner violence
Intimate partner violence--United States
Women's shelters--United States
Social work with women--United States
Abusive men
Abusive men--United States
Family violence
Family violence--Law and legislation--United States
Family violence--United States
Victims of family violence
Victims of family violence--Services for--United States
Victims of family violence--United States
Family violence--United States--Prevention
Family social work--United States
Abused children
Abused children--United States
Child sexual abuse
Child sexual abuse--Prevention
Child sexual abuse--Psychological aspects
Child sexual abuse--United States
Sexually abused children
Sexually abused teenagers
Child molesters
Pedophilia
Social work with children
Child welfare
Child welfare--United States
Social service--United States
General OneFile :
The most user-friendly of our comprehensive databases, covering almost any topic from a wide range of disciplinary angles and offering lots of full text. Use the default Subject search to find the best subject heading for your topic (and when you find a good one be sure to look at the "Related Subjects" to see if there's something even better). Among the Subject Headings available here are Women's shelters, Domestic Violence, Abused Women, Abusive men, Child Abuse, and Child sexual abuse.
When you settle on a subject heading, open the "Subdivisions" link below it. Most General OneFile subject searchs produce very large retrievals and the "subdivisions" help you narrow your search to a particular aspect: "Case Studies," "Ethical aspects," "Health aspects," "Prevention," "Psychological aspects," "Religious aspects," "Services," "Social aspects," and "Statistics," to name only a few.
If the best available subdivision is still too broad, open it and add your own Keywords in the "Search within these results" slot at the upper left.
Academic Search Premier
Like General OneFile and Proquest, a large comprehensive database with ample full text. Note that you can browse the "Subject Terms" (above the search slots) and once you find a likely Subject Heading for your topic you can "explode" (double click) it for a list of related Subject terms. For example, exploding Family Violence brings up Women's shelters, Marital violence, and Child abuse, which lead to Abused women, Abused wives, Abusive men, Acquaintance rape, Dating violence, and Child sexual abuse. You can check one or more, click the "Add" button, and run the search without even returning to the home page.
Note that after you have retrieved a set of articles you can keep adding Keywords above or suggested Subject Headings listed on the left (though note that these Subject Searches are added to your old search--they will narrow your results). Also note that with each retrieval set there is a "Geography" button on the left where you can narrow the results by country--for instance, the United States--as well as "Source Types" where you can choose to view only the "academic" (scholarly) journal articles.
ProQuest Research Library :
This is another comprehensive database with substantial full text. Use the "Thesaurus" (above the search slots) to preview what Subject Headings are available. Subect searching can be a more efficient way to search than with only Keywords, since it guarantees that the articles retrieved actually be about the Subject--not just use a particular word. Among the Subjects available here: Domestic Violence, Child abuse & neglect, Restraining orders, Sex crimes, and Date rape,
Note that to the right of your search results you can limit your retrieval by "Source Type" (including Magazines, Newspapers, Scholarly Journals), "Document Type," (including Cover Story, Editorial, or Interview), "Document Feature" (including Photographs, Illustrations), and "Location."
Above each set of articles you retrieve ProQuest will display related Subject searches to help either broaden or narrow your focus.
User Advisory: ProQuest is fussy about entering Subject searches in the designated search slot. If your subject is a person, enter the name--last name first--in the "Person" slot; if a named group of any kind--Microsoft, the Catholic Church, Radiohead, the New York Mets--enter it in "Co/Org"; if a place enter it in "Location."
Don't be misled by the name: ScienceDirect covers both the sciences and the social sciences. Because it’s a large database with a great deal of full text, the absence of Subject searching means that your Keyword searches will often retrieve large sets of articles, many of which mention but don’t discuss your search term(s). One way around this is to limit your initial search to the “Abstract Title Keyword” field. Once you have found an article that sounds on-target, open the article--for this click on the title, not the pdf version-- and then click on "view more articles" in the upper right.. This will open a range of articles on the same topic.
Note: Because this is Keyword searching, you will sometimes need to use truncation. The truncation symbol here is the asterisk: *. So, for example, violen* retrieves both violence and violent. Combine this with "women" or "women and shelters."
Also note: The default date range is 10 years, but you can choose any date range you wish.
Also also note: it's a good idea to uncheck the "All books" box below the search slots, if you are in fact looking for articles.
The most user-friendly of our comprehensive databases, covering almost any topic from a wide range of disciplinary angles and offering lots of full text. Use the default Subject search to find the best subject heading for your topic (and when you find a good one be sure to look at the "Related Subjects" to see if there's something even better). Among the Subject Headings available here are Women's shelters, Domestic Violence, Abused Women, Abusive men, Child Abuse, and Child sexual abuse.
When you settle on a subject heading, open the "Subdivisions" link below it. Most General OneFile subject searchs produce very large retrievals and the "subdivisions" help you narrow your search to a particular aspect: "Case Studies," "Ethical aspects," "Health aspects," "Prevention," "Psychological aspects," "Religious aspects," "Services," "Social aspects," and "Statistics," to name only a few.
If the best available subdivision is still too broad, open it and add your own Keywords in the "Search within these results" slot at the upper left.
Academic Search Premier
Like General OneFile and Proquest, a large comprehensive database with ample full text. Note that you can browse the "Subject Terms" (above the search slots) and once you find a likely Subject Heading for your topic you can "explode" (double click) it for a list of related Subject terms. For example, exploding Family Violence brings up Women's shelters, Marital violence, and Child abuse, which lead to Abused women, Abused wives, Abusive men, Acquaintance rape, Dating violence, and Child sexual abuse. You can check one or more, click the "Add" button, and run the search without even returning to the home page.
Note that after you have retrieved a set of articles you can keep adding Keywords above or suggested Subject Headings listed on the left (though note that these Subject Searches are added to your old search--they will narrow your results). Also note that with each retrieval set there is a "Geography" button on the left where you can narrow the results by country--for instance, the United States--as well as "Source Types" where you can choose to view only the "academic" (scholarly) journal articles.
ProQuest Research Library :
This is another comprehensive database with substantial full text. Use the "Thesaurus" (above the search slots) to preview what Subject Headings are available. Subect searching can be a more efficient way to search than with only Keywords, since it guarantees that the articles retrieved actually be about the Subject--not just use a particular word. Among the Subjects available here: Domestic Violence, Child abuse & neglect, Restraining orders, Sex crimes, and Date rape,
Note that to the right of your search results you can limit your retrieval by "Source Type" (including Magazines, Newspapers, Scholarly Journals), "Document Type," (including Cover Story, Editorial, or Interview), "Document Feature" (including Photographs, Illustrations), and "Location."
Above each set of articles you retrieve ProQuest will display related Subject searches to help either broaden or narrow your focus.
User Advisory: ProQuest is fussy about entering Subject searches in the designated search slot. If your subject is a person, enter the name--last name first--in the "Person" slot; if a named group of any kind--Microsoft, the Catholic Church, Radiohead, the New York Mets--enter it in "Co/Org"; if a place enter it in "Location."
JSTOR :
Covers a wide range of scholarly journals in most disciiplines, always beginning with the first issue of each one. This provides 100% full text access to articles from not only the first half of the 20th century but even the second half of the 19th. Be aware, however, that at the other end of the date range articles don't appear in JSTOR until at least 2-3 years after publication.
JSTOR offers only a Keyword search of its complete full text, so retrievals are large, but the relevancy ranking does a good job of putting the strongest matches on the first few pages. This relevancy ranking does not weigh date, however, and will display a mix of articles written decades apart. So if your topic is time sensitive, be alert to publication dates.
User Advisory: The academic journals covered here feature numerous book reviews, so it's a good idea to tic the "Article" limit below the search slots so you won't be overwhelmed by book reviews on your topic.
Also note the "Date Range" limit, which in a database with an archive this deep can be very useful.
Covers a wide range of scholarly journals in most disciiplines, always beginning with the first issue of each one. This provides 100% full text access to articles from not only the first half of the 20th century but even the second half of the 19th. Be aware, however, that at the other end of the date range articles don't appear in JSTOR until at least 2-3 years after publication.
JSTOR offers only a Keyword search of its complete full text, so retrievals are large, but the relevancy ranking does a good job of putting the strongest matches on the first few pages. This relevancy ranking does not weigh date, however, and will display a mix of articles written decades apart. So if your topic is time sensitive, be alert to publication dates.
User Advisory: The academic journals covered here feature numerous book reviews, so it's a good idea to tic the "Article" limit below the search slots so you won't be overwhelmed by book reviews on your topic.
Also note the "Date Range" limit, which in a database with an archive this deep can be very useful.
SocINDEX with Full Text :
As the name implies, an excellent database for social issues. Click on the "Subject Terms" link above the search slots to find which Subject Headings will work here. Double click any Heading for a list of broader, narower, and related Subject Terms. And note that you can check the boxes to select as many Headings as you like and then "add to search using or" and run the search--all without even retyping the terms back on the home page.
ScienceDirect :As the name implies, an excellent database for social issues. Click on the "Subject Terms" link above the search slots to find which Subject Headings will work here. Double click any Heading for a list of broader, narower, and related Subject Terms. And note that you can check the boxes to select as many Headings as you like and then "add to search using or" and run the search--all without even retyping the terms back on the home page.
PsycINFO :
The American Psychological Association use their own Subject vocabulary (called "Descriptors"), so a visit to the "Thesaurus" below the search slots is a good idea. If you find an article on exactly what you want, be sure to check the assigned "Descriptors" on the right of the citation for more ideas about useful search terms. Among the available Descriptors here are Domestic Violence, Battered females, Intimate partner violence, Partner abuse, Sexual abuse, and Shelters.
PsycINFO deals only with scholarly literature, much of it assuming a graduate-level understanding of the discipline. But among these you may find interesting, accessible articles on your topic.
User Advisory: If what you're searching for are "journal articles only" in "English," it's a good idea to check those boxes (below the search slots).
The American Psychological Association use their own Subject vocabulary (called "Descriptors"), so a visit to the "Thesaurus" below the search slots is a good idea. If you find an article on exactly what you want, be sure to check the assigned "Descriptors" on the right of the citation for more ideas about useful search terms. Among the available Descriptors here are Domestic Violence, Battered females, Intimate partner violence, Partner abuse, Sexual abuse, and Shelters.
PsycINFO deals only with scholarly literature, much of it assuming a graduate-level understanding of the discipline. But among these you may find interesting, accessible articles on your topic.
User Advisory: If what you're searching for are "journal articles only" in "English," it's a good idea to check those boxes (below the search slots).
Don't be misled by the name: ScienceDirect covers both the sciences and the social sciences. Because it’s a large database with a great deal of full text, the absence of Subject searching means that your Keyword searches will often retrieve large sets of articles, many of which mention but don’t discuss your search term(s). One way around this is to limit your initial search to the “Abstract Title Keyword” field. Once you have found an article that sounds on-target, open the article--for this click on the title, not the pdf version-- and then click on "view more articles" in the upper right.. This will open a range of articles on the same topic.
Note: Because this is Keyword searching, you will sometimes need to use truncation. The truncation symbol here is the asterisk: *. So, for example, violen* retrieves both violence and violent. Combine this with "women" or "women and shelters."
Also note: The default date range is 10 years, but you can choose any date range you wish.
Also also note: it's a good idea to uncheck the "All books" box below the search slots, if you are in fact looking for articles.
LexisNexis Academic Law Reviews:
Offering a keyword search of 100% full text law reviews (publishers of scholarly articles on legal issues), this is an easy database to use poorly and a bit tricky to use well. In order not to be overwhelmed by articles in which your search terms are mentioned in passing but are not the prime focus, use the atleast command to target articles in which your topic words are required to appear at least a certain number of times. For example, atleast7(“domestic violence” and intervention) or atleast7("sexual abuse" and children) will retrieve only the articles in which those terms are used repeatedly. Note: the term or terms to which you want this command to apply must be put in parentheses with no space between the number you choose and the first parenthesis.
Few databases offer 100% full text. Most retrieve a mix of full text articles and article "citations"--article title, author(s), publication info, and usually an "abstract" or one-prargraph summary of the content. When a citation makes you want the full text, look below it for this icon:
Clicking "GETIT" checks (almost all) the IC Library's other databases to see if any offers the full text of the article--or if the Library has a print subscription to the journal in which the article appeared.
Clicking "GETIT" checks (almost all) the IC Library's other databases to see if any offers the full text of the article--or if the Library has a print subscription to the journal in which the article appeared.
- "GETIT" will usually find the full text in another database and open it in a new window.
- If none of our databases can access the full text but we have a print subsciption to the journal, "GETIT" will retrieve the Library catalog record for the journal so that you can see if the date of the article falls within the date range we have on hand.
- If full text is not available from any database or from a print subsciption, "GETIT" will provide a link to the IC Library's Interlibrary Loan. Log in (same as your IC e-mail)--and set up your account if you've never used it before. "GETIT" will have populated the article request form with all the necessary information and you simply submit the request elecrtonically. Most articles are supplied as digital files and will be sent to you via e-mail when they arrive.
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- Citation
- Interlibrary Loan
- Plagiarism Tutorial
- No Place to Go: Local Histories of the Battered Women’s Shelter Movement
- Battered Women and Their Families : Intervention Strategies and Treatment Programs
- Service Provider Perspectives on Family Violence Interventions
- Good Practice in Safeguarding Adults: Working Effectively in Adult Protection
- Working with Adult Abuse : A Training Manual for People Working with Vulnerable Adults
- Becoming a Trainer in Adult Abuse Work : A Practical Guide
- Supporting Women after Domestic Violence : Loss, Trauma and Recovery
- Empowering and Healing the Battered Woman : A Model for Assessment and Intervention
- Intimate Partner Violence: Societal, Medical, Legal and Individual Responses
- Partner Stalking : How Women Respond, Cope, and Survive
- Social Dynamics of Family Violence : The Soical Dynamics of Intimate Partner Violence
- Rebuilding Lives after Domestic Violence : Understanding Long-Term Outcomes
- Insult to Injury : Rethinking Our Responses to Intimate Abuse
- Violence in the Home : Multidisciplinary Perspectives
- Children, Families and Violence : Challenges for Children's Rights
- Assessing Dangerousness : Violence by Batterers and Child Abusers
- Counselling Survivors of Domestic Abuse
- Creating a Safe Place : Helping Children and Families Recover from Child Sexual Abuse
- Handbook of Child Sexual Abuse : Identification, Assessment, and Treatment
- Children's Issues, Laws and Programs : Federal Programs for Troubled Youth
- Intimate Partner Violence Resources from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) include the 100-page National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey and Prevalence and Characteristics of Sexual Violence, Stalking, and Intimate Partner Violence Victimization Survey. Also see Teen Dating Violence.
- Family Violence Prevention & Services Resources from the Administration for Children & Families, including information on federal grants. And note the Family Violence Prevention and Services Program Grantee Webinars.
- Domestic Violence Resource Network From the US Department of Health and Human Services, member organizations include Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community, National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health, and Battered Women’s Justice Project & National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women.
- New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence Under "What We Do: Publications" find the NYSCADV Domestic Violence Handbook, the NYSCADV State Prevention Handbook, and the NYSCADV Prevention Project Toolkit.
- New York Sate Coaliton Against Sexual Assault: Information
Note the links along the left: Fact sheets, Training documents, Recommended Web sites, etc. - Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence In addition to the topic resources, check out the "Members" section for a list of businesses which already are involved in this issue and might be a source of funding.
- National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence Under "Resources" look at Publications and Links for articles of interest and a lengthy list of links to related organizations.
- National Network to End Domestic Violence Check out the "Resources" tab which includes links to national and state organizations, as well as a Transitional Housing Toolkit.
- National Sexual Violence Resource Center: Resources Take advantage of this handy search interface with its drop-down menu of "Topics."
- Prevent IPV: Tools for Social Change: Tools Inventory Another handy search interface: note that you can check any number of "Categories" here and then check "oganizational development" as the "Strategy" to retrieve resources.
- Violence Against Women Network Lots of resources under "Applied Research Papers," "Training Tools" (note the "Transitional Housing Tookkit"), and "Publications."
- Child Maltreatment Prevention
From the CDC, check out the Publications and Articles section. - Prevent Child Abuse New York
Look under Resources. - Stop It Now!: Resources
Childhood sexual abuse site with linked resources. - Advocacy Center
MLA is the citation style used by most disciplines in the Humanities. The guides below use the latest 2008/9 standards.
- MLA Citation Guide: Books (Print & Web)
- MLA Citation Guide: Newspaper, Magazine, Journal articles (Print & Web)
- MLA Citation Guide: Web and Multimedia
- MLA Citation Guide: In-text Citations
Also see the Purdue OWL MLA Formatting and Style Guide.
