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Professional Organization Resources
Association for Career and Technical Education
The largest national education association dedicated to the advancement of education that prepares youth and adults for careers.
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The Child Life Council represents a group of trained professionals with expertise in helping children and their families overcome life’s most challenging events.
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National Council on Family Relations
Provides an educational forum for family researchers, educators, and practitioners to share in the development and dissemination of knowledge about families and family relationships, establishes professional standards, and works to promote family well-being.
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American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
Provide sleadership and support for professionals whose work assists individuals, families, and communities in making informed decisions about their well-being, relationships, and resources to achieve optimal quality of life.
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American Geriatrics Association
Committed to advancing academic geriatrics programs and supporting academic geriatrics program directors in order to benefit and aid patient care, research, and teaching programs in geriatric medicine within accredited medical schools located in the United States.
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National Association of Social Workers
Promotes, develops, and protects the practice of social work and social workers; and Seek to enhance the effective functioning and well-being of individuals, families, and communities.
Popular and Scholarly Articles
This is a good starting place for finding journal articles on almost any topic. Full-text and/or scanned pdfs are included for many of the articles it indexes.
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CQ (Congressional Quarterly) Researcher Plus Archive
Publication Dates Covered: 1923 - present Paid for by K-State Libraries
Single-themed reports on current issues from Congressional Quarterly Press dating back to 1923. Topics include social trends, health concerns, the economy, education, and technology. Reports provide overview, background, pro/con arguments, chronologies, current situation, and bibliographies of additional sources.
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Provides a combined search for Ethnic NewsWatch and Ethnic NewsWatch History which feature newspapers, magazines, and journals of ethnic and minority presses; GenderWatch which features historical and current perspectives of gender roles; and Alt-Press Watch which showcases some of the nation’s most respected and cited grassroots newspapers, magazines, and journals.
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This is a good starting place for finding journal articles on almost any topic. Full-text and/or scanned pdfs are included for many of the articles it indexes.
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Health and Wellness Resource Center
Health and medical information for lay research from periodicals, reference books, and pamphlet sources.
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Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc.
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ProQuest is great for finding popular articles and scholarly articles on almost any topic.
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Includes citations to journal articles from more than 1900 journal titles, technical reports, and dissertations of psychological relevance from more than 50 countries.
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Provides bibliographic coverage of research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. This database abstracts and indexes over 1,304 serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews.
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Indexes and abstracts international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,809 serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers.
Statistics Databases
CQ Researcher is a collection of reports created for congress. These reports are filled with statistical data.
We also have a much longer list of sources for statistical data here.
Questions? Please contact
Katherine Jones
Undergraduate Services Librarian
785.826.2637
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