TWU Libraries

Free Internet Databases

• Google Scholar

Internet Gateways

• CYFERNet
• Links to Internet Sites [Australian Institute of Family Studies]
• Yahoo: Society and Culture: Families

Organizations/Agencies

• AARP
• Administration for Children and Families [Department of Health and Human Services]
• American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
• American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
• American Counseling Association
• American Council on Consumer Interests
• Consumer Action Website
• Gerontological Society of America
• National Black Child Development Institute
• National Consumer Organizations
• National Consumers League
• National Council on Family Relations
• National Partnership for Women and Families
• Society for Research in Child Development
• Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists
• UNICEF
  

Topics on the Internet

Child Abuse and Neglect

• National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center [Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina]
• Child Abuse Prevention Network
• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• Child Welfare Information Gateway
• National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect

Children and Youth

• Child and Youth Health
• Child Research Net (CRN)
• Child Rights Information Network (CRIN)
• Children, Youth and Family Consortium
• Childwatch International Research Network

Consumerism

• Better Business Bureau
• Consumer Action Website
• Consumer's Guide to Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
• Consumer Reports Online
• Consumer Search
• Consumer World
• Consumer.gov [Consumer information from the federal government]
• Consumers International
• Federal Consumer Information Center [Pueblo, Colorado]
• Identity Theft and Fraud [US Department of Justice]
• National Consumers League
• National Fraud Information Center
• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Families and Parenting

• Children, Youth and Family Consortium
• Cyfernet: Parent/Family Section
• Disney's Family.com
• National Partnership for Women and Families
• Pregnancy & Parenting[iVillage]
• Sloan Work and Family Research Network
• United Nations Social Policy and Development Web Site
• WFC Resources: Work-Life and Human Capital Solutions
• Working Mother [Site related to print magazine]
• Yahoo: Parenting

Family and Consumer Law

• ABA Law Info [American Bar Association information on legal topics that affect our daily life]
• Consumer Law Page[Alexander Hawes, LLP]
• Divorce and Child Custody [Nolo's Legal Encyclopedia]
• Marriage and Living Together [Nolo's Legal Encyclopedia]
• National Consumer Law Center
• Uniform Matrimonial, Family and Health Laws Locator [Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School]
• Yahoo: Government: Law: Consumer

Family Counseling

• American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
• American Association of Pastoral Counselors
• American Counseling Association

Grief, Disaster and Tragedy

• After a Disaster: How to Help Child Victims [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
• More Help with the Healing
• Help with the Healing, on the Web
• ADEC: Thanatology Association: Association for Death Education and Counseling
• Resources for Parents and Teachers[Federal Emergency Management Agency]
• School Safety and Crisis Resources[National Association of School Psychologists]
• GriefNet
• Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters [National Institute of Mental Health]

Human Development

• Early Childhood Care and Development
• Resources for Families[American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry]
• Human Development and Family Science Extension [Ohio State University]
• Resource Directory for Older People[US Dept. of HHS, Administration on Aging]
• Yahoo: Geriatrics