Electronic Gateways to Prevention Information:

Working Quick and Working Smart!

Barbie Keiser and Sandi Slappey, National Clearinghouse on Child

Abuse & Neglect Information 14th National Conference on Child

Abuse & Neglect, April 2, 2003

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Today’s Objectives

Determine what information concerning prevention is needed

Understand what information is available

Offer strategies for locating “the best”

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Cultivating Information Expertise

Developing and implementing a system An organized, logical approach Environmental scanning + monitoring

Keeping up with it all Identifying “new” resources Changes to known resources Stream of information

Accessing unique sources Significant trends Direct impact Value added

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The Payoff

Delivery of more timely, more accurate, more focused information to those who can make the best use of it

Better decision-making capabilities Reduced information source

redundancy and minimal duplication of effort

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How the Internet Helps Access to information Information overload

Timeliness of data Economics “On the web” vs. “Via the web” The invisible web Free vs. Fee-based services: options &

trade-offs Customization & personalization

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Accessing Those Important Sites

WWW search engines Indexed search services Subject directories Meta-search engines Region & country-specific

(http://www.arnoldit.com/lists/intlsearch.asp)

Portals & vortals Linking sites

Web channels & subject-specific servers

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Social Science Malls & Gateways Resource Discovery Network (http://rdn.ac.uk)

RDN virtual training site (http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk) Social workers

(http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/tutorial/social-worker) InfoNet (http://www.socservices.com/) Social Science Information Gateway

(http://www.sosig.ac.uk) Social welfare

(http://www.sosig.ac.uk/social_welfare) Children (http://www.sosig.ac.uk/roads/subject­

listing/World-cat/child.html)

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Engines AltaVista Hotbot Excite WebCrawler Teoma FAST search

Searching Online: Search

Inquirus

(http://www.alltheweb.com) ELibrary

(http://www.elibrary.com)

(http://inquirus.nj.nec.c om/i2/inq2.pl) Wondir (http://www.wondir.org) Google

http://directory.googl e.com/Top/Science/ Social_Sciences/So cial_Work/

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Searching Online: Directories

Yahoo http://dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Social_Work/ http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Cultures_and_Gr

oups/Children/Child_Advocacy/ EINet galaxy http://galaxy.einet.net/b/d?n=57279

Dmoz http://www.dmoz.com/Home/Family/ http://www.dmoz.com/Kids_and_Teens/Teen_Life/

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Caveats Size isn’t everything The freshness test Handling frames Dynamically-generated page search

capability Relevancy & links

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Why Use (and What to Look for In) a Meta-search Engine?

Integration Ranking

Address unknown Ability to enter search

string only once Speed De-duping of results Simple and advanced

search capabilities Number of matches

reported from each search engine

Interesting design

Good response time Wide choice of search

engines used “More like this”

feature

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Metasearchers

proFusion Beaucoup Search Mamma OneSeek www.go2net.com Starting Point

(www.stpt.com) Internet Sleuth

(www.isleuth.com)

FinderSeeker Debriefing Dogpile Ask Jeeves Highway 61 MetaGopher 1Blink.com MetaBug

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Dealing With Images? Try... ixquick.com Ditto.Com AltaVista, Hotbot,

Lycos Image surfer

(http://gallery.yahoo. com)

Amazing Picture Machine (http://www.ncrtec.or g/picture.htm)

Web Places Clip Art Searcher (http://www.webplace s.com/search)

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Need Help Choosing a Search Engine?

Search Engine Colossus Mallpark Best of the Bots

(http://www.botspot.com) Search Engine Watch Gregg Notess’ Search

Engine Showdown Chris Sherman’s Web

The Spider’s Apprentice (http://www.monash.com/spidap.html)

Boolean Searching on the Internet & Searching the Internet: Recommended Sites & Search Techniques(http://library.albany.edu/internet/searchnet.html )

Search Guide (about.com) CyberSkeptic’s Guide (http://www.infotoday.com)

InfoToGo

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Professional Assistance

Internet Scout Report (http://scout.cs.wisc.edu)

Freepint (http://www.freepint.com)

Internet Resources Newsletter (http://www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irn/irn.html)

Librarians’ Index to the Internet (http://www.lii.org) Society & Social Issues

(http://lii.org/search/file/society) Digital Librarian: Librariana

(http://www.digital­librarian.com/librariana.html)

Argus Clearinghouse (http://www.clearinghouse.net)

BUBL (http://www.bubl.ac.uk/link/soc.html)

Scholarly Internet ResourceCollections: Social Sciences & Humanities (http://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi­bin/search?category=liberal)

Research It! (http://itools.com/research-it)

My Virtual Reference Desk(http://www.refdesk.com)

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Add-in Tools Alexa WebWhacker & WebSeeker

(http://www.bluesquirrel.com) Web Compass

(http://www.symantec.com/) Copernic LexiBot FerretSoft

Bookmarklets List All Links

(http://www.bookmarklets.com/tools/data/index.phtml)

LinkScan (http://malch.elsop.com/quick.cgi)

Dr. Watson (http://watson.addy.com)

Doctor HTML (http://www2.imagiware.com/RxHTML)

U.K. Office for Library and Information Networking WebWatch service (http://ukoln.ac.uk/web­focus/webwatch/services)

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Taking a Journalistic Approach

Who… What… Why… When… Where… How… How much?

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Who Is Likely to Be Looking for Information Concerning Prevention?

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Who Is Likely to Be Looking for Information Concerning Prevention?

Community-basedinstitutions Family Support Center staff Nurse Home Visitors Teachers

Day care providers

Medical professionals Mental health Substance abuse CPS in-home service staff Other local family and child

service agency staff Law enforcement community

Advocacy groups

Researchers Journalists Students Graduate-level Undergraduate High school Primary grades

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What Are They Likely to Need to Know?

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What Are They Likely to Need toKnow?

“Best practices” Evaluation assistance Sources of funding Program models/designs Training curricula/guidance Statistics “Who is doing what”

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Why Do They Need This Type of Information?

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Why Do They Need This Typeof Information?

Respond to a growing concern/crisis in yourcommunity

Learn more about the problem (and potential“solutions” or options for addressing the issue)

Find out what’s happening in the field Help design a new program/enhance an existing

program Evaluate a program Fund a new program Re-evaluate allocation of funding

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When Should You Be Collecting Information Concerning Prevention?

Crisis response Stream of information 80/20 rule

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Why Prevention Is Important

Benefits of stopping child abuse (and neglect) BEFORE it happens

Consequences if we don’t Child Family Community-at-large

Cost

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Levels of Prevention

Primary or Universal prevention strengthens communities and families

Secondary or Selective prevention targets those “at-risk”

Tertiary or Indicated prevention forestalls additional maltreatment

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Design Services Targeting Risk Factors Primary or Universal Prevention Activities Prevent risk factors from developing in the first

place Secondary or Selective Prevention

Activities Address risk factors present

Tertiary or Indicated Prevention Activities Conduct risk assessments to determine the

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Prevention Program Models

Public Awareness Activities Skills-Based Curricula for Children Parent Programs Home Visitation Programs Other

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How Do We Know If a Prevention Program Works?

Measurement Outcomes Evaluation designs

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Where Can You Go to Find This Information? International agencies

& NGOs Government sources:

National, state, & local Associations & not-for­

profit organizations concerned with child abuse National advocacy

organizations Local community groups

Universities, research centers, & think tanks Identification Collections

Libraries and other collections Public Academic Virtual

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How Can We Get the Information We Need When We Need It?: Push Vs. Pull

Traditional information sources (print & electronic) Books/e-books Journals/e-journals Alert services (direct mail & e-mail)

Database vendors & content aggregators Personalized news sources/alerting services Field-specific sites and searches Go direct (single sites) Virtual everything About.com/parenting

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Quality Criteria Criteria for resources and research Delivery services Archived data Sophisticated search capabilities

Tips for comparing data The more detailed the publication, the greater the

time lag The more accurate the statistics, the greater the

time lag Appreciate how the Internet changes the equation

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Web Site Evaluation Criteria Source credibility Organizations and

individual authors

Pay attention to extensions Who links to them? To

which sites do they link? Advocacy in check

Purpose Target audience Objectivity Relevance to your

work/inquiry

Coverage and scope Integration

Date of creation Frequency (and

timeliness) of updates Quality Reliability Validity Accuracy/Error rate Meaning over time Completeness &

Consistency Aesthetics Accessibility/Ease of

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International (and Regional) Agencies and NGOs

United Nations UN System

(http://www.unsystem.org) Agencies within the UN

Office of the High Commissioneron Human Rights(http://www.unhchr.ch/)

Commissions (http://www.unece.org)

Specific publications Convention on the Rights of the

Child (http://www.unicef.org/crc/menu.ht m)

Regional Development Banks

Regional Conferences and Cooperatives

European Union (http://www.europa.eu.int) Navigating EU Information

(http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/GSSI/eu.html)

Directory of Human RightsResources on the Internet (http://shr.aaas.org/dhr/search.php)

Human Rights Internet(http://www.hri.ca)

Human Rights “Core Collection”Library(http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/)

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Government Sources and Sites: Federal (US and Other Nation), State (Provincial), & Local

National Health & Human Services Ministries Projects, Papers, & Research Methodology

Official Government Servers (http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/)

Second and third-tier departments within agencies Administration of Children and Families

Cross-system issues Government-funded research Grant projects and reports

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Finding US Government Agencies/Resources Firstgov.gov FedWorld.gov GPO Access – Government Information Locator Service

(http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/gils/index.html) For directory & links (http://www.access.gpo.gov) For searching (http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs)

GovSearch (http://nwbuildnet.com/nwbn/govbot.html) UncleSam (http://www.google.com/unclesam) FedStats (http://www.fedstats.gov/cgi-bin/A2Z.cgi)

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Academic Libraries Help to Identify Government Documents

Government Information on the Web Subject Index(http://library.stmarytx.edu/acadlib/doc/us/subjects/submain.htm)

University of Michigan Documents Center (http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/webdirec.html)

InfoMine’s Scholarly Internet Resource Collections (http://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi­bin/search?govpub)

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State & Local Government Gateways and Locator Services Library Spot Government Info

(http://www.libraryspot.com/government.htm) State and Local Governments

(http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/state/stategov.html) State and Local Government on the Net

(http://www.piperinfo.com/state/index.cfm) National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and

Neglect Information (http://www.calib.com/nccanch/pubs/prevenres/or ganizations/tollfree.cfm)

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Laws & Regulations Search for legislation or regulations on

government Web sites Legal portals Law schools (& law school libraries) Law reviews Legal Research Network

(http://www.ssrn.com/update/lsn/index.html) Legal Research Network

(http://papers.ssrn.com) Our Clearinghouse State Statutes

(http://www.calib.com/nccanch/statutes/index.cf m)

From the State Capitals Newsletters(http://statecapitals.com)

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Commercial Law Resources & Links

The ‘Lectric Law Library(http://www.lectlaw.com)

Courts.net Legal Engine

(http://www.legalengine.com) MoreLaw

(http://www.morelaw.com) CataLaw

(http://www.catalaw.com/topics/Family.shtml)

Hieros Gamos (http://www.hg.org/journals.html)

LawSource (http://www.lawsource.c om ) and American LawSources on-Line (http://www.lawsource.com/also/usa.htm)

FindLaw: Legal SubjectsIndex (http://www.findlaw.com)

American Bar Association (http://www.abanet.org/lawlink/home.html) Child Welfare Court

Improvement (http://www.abanet.org/child/courtimp.html)

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Academic Law Libraries

WWW Virtual Law Library – Family Law(http://www.law.indiana.edu/v-lib)

Family & Juvenile Law @ WashU(http://www.washlaw.edu)

Law about Family, Marriage, & Children from the Cornell Legal Information Institute (http://www.law.cornell.edu/lii.table.html) or the Directory of Legal Academia (http://fatty.law.cornell.edu)

Family Lawlinks – UK (http://library.ukc.ac.uk/library/lawlinks/special.htm#f am)

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Associations and Other Not-for-profit Agencies

International, regional, and national

Topic-specific

News Statistical data Online magazines

E-newsletters Membership lists

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Finding Associations, Foundations, & Not-for-profit Agencies

Gale’s Encyclopedia of Associations American Society of Association Executives

Gateway to Associations Online (http://info.asaenet.org/gateway/OnlineAssocSlist.html)

Associations on the Net (http://www.ipl.org/ref/AON) Social Sciences

(http://www.ipl.org/div/aon/browse/soc00.00.00/)

Social Issues & Social Welfare, including Social Work (http://www.ipl.org/div/aon/browse/soc80.00.00/)

Clearinghouse’s new National Organizationsdatabase (http://www.calib.com/nccanch/database/orgsrch.cfm)

Foundation Center (http://www.fdncenter.org/finder.html) Doris Duke

(http://www.fdncenter.org/dorisduke/ns/child/index.html)

Charity Channel(http://charitychannel.com/)

Progressive Technology Project (http://www.progressivetech.org/Program/Grantmaking.htm)

GrassrootsFundraising.org Funding Sources

(http://www.calib.com/nccanch/funding/index.cfm)

Clearinghouse’s new GrantsManagement Fact Sheet

Subscribe to Children’s Bureau Express(http://www.calib.com/cbexpress)

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Case Studies and Research Reports Government agencies Associations/foundations Annie E. Casey

Consulting organizations Other organizations

similar to your own (e.g.,communities)

Center for the Study ofSocial Policy (http://www.cssp.org/child_protection/index.php)

Research organizations and think tanks NIRA’s World Directory of

Think Tanks (http://www.nira.go.jp/linke/tt-link/index.html)

Sources & Experts:Universities and Think Tanks (http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/experts.html)

PolicyFile(http://www.policyfile.com)

eScholarship Repository(http://repositories.cdlib.org/escholarship)

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Case Studies and Research Reports Children's Bureau Resource Centers and

Technical Assistance Support Systems (http://www.calib.com/nccanch/sites.cfm#cbrc)

National Clearinghouse Syntheses of CurrentLiterature (http://www.calib.com/nccanch/pubs/infocus.cf m)

Clearinghouse Documents Database (http://www.calib.com/nccanch/database/index.cfm)

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What Can You Get From Academic Institutions?

Published Articles Working Papers Course Syllabi Bibliographies Experts ERIC

(http://ericae.net/search.htm)

Case Studies COLIS/European Case

Clearing House database (http://www.ecch.cranfield.ac.uk)

Dissertations Networked Digital

Library of Theses &Dissertations (http://www.ndltd.org/browse.html)

Proquest (http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/search)

Current Research Proquest

(http://wwwlib.umi.com/cresearch/main)

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Finding Academic Institutions Granting Degrees in Social Work

WWW Virtual Library: Education (www.csu.edu.au/education/library.html)

EINet Galaxy’s Education Sourcesdatabase (http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy/Social­Sciences/Education.html)

Child Welfare Training Resources Online Network (http://www.childwelfaretraining.org/univ/index.cfm)

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Where to Find It and Who Can Help General press (newspapers, magazines,

newsletters, & e-newsletters) Social science literature (scholarly press, peer-

reviewed journals, & e-journals) Libraries, newsgroups, & scholarly discussions

(including listserves and bulletin boards) Experts, consultants, & witnesses Conferences, events, & exhibitions Commercial sites with data & links

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Understanding How Information Enters the Public Domain

Organization issues a Press Release Picked up by the Wire Services Traditional broadcasters & news programs

Newspapers Magazines (general) “Trade” journals Topic-specific newsletters Scholarly journals E-zines

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Traditional broadcasters and news programs Television/radio networks Specific news programs on

those networks Joint ventures Transcripts Speech & Transcript

Center (http://www.freepint.com/gary/speech.htm) &Current Awareness Resources via Streaming Audio (…/crs.htm)

NewsIQ

TheFeedRoom (http://www.feedroom.com)

TotalNews (http://www.totalnews.com)

MIT List of Radio Stations on the Internet (http://www.radio­locator.com)

PublicRadioFan.Com

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Newspapers

National Local Gateways “Traditional” online databases

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Newspaper Gateways Yahoo!

(http://dir.yahoo.com/News_and_Media/Newspapers/By_Region/U_S__States/)

LibrarySpot (www.libraryspot.com/newspapers.htm)

NewsDirectory: Newspapersand Media (www.ecola.com or www.newsdirectory.com)

Internet Public Library(www.ipl.org/reading/news)

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/News.html#News

AJR Newslink (www.newslink.org)

The Nando Times (www.nando.com)

1stHeadlines (http://1stheadlines.com)

World News Index (http://wni.harold.nu)

Newspapers on the Web (http://www2.hawaii.edu/~rpeterso/newspapr.htm )

Newslibrary(http://www.newslibrary.com)

NewPages Online: Alternativesin Print & Media (http://www.newpages.com/)

Opinion-Pages(http://www.opinion-pages.org )

US News Archives on the Web (http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/archives.html)

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Magazines

Electronic versions of print products Enhanced Abbreviated (selected articles from print edition) Archives & full-text

Access to multiple titles with sophisticated search capability Traditional databases Web-based services Pathfinder model

Created for the Web MagPortal and FindArticles Questia

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“Trade” Publications

Directories Journals Newsletters Traditional vs. Created for the Web

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Libraries: Public, Academic, and Virtual The WWW Virtual Library (http://vlib.org) Search (http://vlib.iit.edu/search/) Social Sciences Virtual Library

(http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/socsci/) Sociology (http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/w3virtsoclib/)

Internet Public Library (http://www.ipl.org) Electric Library (http://www.elibrary.com) Library Spot (http://www.libraryspot.com) Rutgers Resources for Research

(http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/f_aid s/f_aids.shtml)

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E-zines & Discussion Groups Serials in Cyberspace

(http://www.uvm.edu/~bmacle nn)

American NewJour (http://gort.ucsd.edu/newjour)

Electronic Journal Miner (http://ejournal.coalliance.org)

CataList (http://www.lsoft.com/catalist.html)

Kovacs Directory of Scholarlyand Professional e-conferences (http://www.kovacs.com/direct ory)

Yahoo! Groups (http://groups.yahoo.com) formerly Egroups

Google Groups (http://groups.google.com) formerly Dejanews

Tile.net Liszt

(http://www.topica.com) Beaucoup!

(http://www.beaucoup.co m/2comeng.html)

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Selected Prevention Bulletin Boards, Listserves, & Discussion Groups International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect

(ispcan@lists.neton-line.com) Cornell Family Life Development Center – CAPnet (http://fldc.cornell.edu) National Association for Family-Based Services Forums Children, Youth, and Families Education Research Network (CYFERnet) – Kidcare,

Pareduc, Famissues Listservs Community-Based Family Resource & Support (CBFRS) Programs Listserv

(FRIENDS) http://www.friendsnrc.org/ListServe.htm Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research (iaswrlist@listserv.sc.edu) Zerotothree.org Children’s Defense Fund – Violence Prevention Fatherhood Programs: The Practitioner’s Page Discussion Forum

(http://www.npnff.org) National Fatherhood Initiative-Dad E-mail National Association of Social Workers

(http://www.socialworkers.org/advocacy/listserv.htm) National Resource Center for Youth Services (http://www.nrcys.ou.edu)

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Finding Experts ISIHighlycited.com FindAPhD

(http://www.findaphd.com/search/search.asp)

ExpertPages(http://www.expertpages.com)

Astleford’s Directory of Expert Witness Directories (http://www.mindspring.com/~astinc/expdir.html)

ExpertClick(http://www.yearbook.com)

eHow (http://www.ehow.com/home/home.jsp)

Experts.com Jurispro Expert Witness

Directory(http://jurispro.com)

National Law Journal’s Directory of Experts, Investigators, Court Reporters and Consultants(http://www.nljexperts.com)

Expert Witness Internet Resources (http://www.nocall.org/collection.htm)

FindLaw’s Experts, Mediators, Court Reporters(http://marketcenter.findlaw.com/experts_consultants.ht58

ml)

Locating Events Industry sites with conference calendars Associations Journals/newsletters National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect

Information (http://www.calib.com/nccanch/calendar/calendar.cfm)

All Conferences (http://www.allconferences.net/Social_Science)

Meetingsnet (http://meetingsnet.com)

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E-Journals

Locating e-journals Table of content alert services Specific journals Full vs. partial/selected access Publisher-specific resources

Multiple journal/publisher access Document fulfillment services

The role of the Clearinghouse

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Selected Prevention e-journals

Connectforkids.org Weekly Caring for our Children – Committee for Hispanic

Children & Families Childcare newsletter (http://www.chcfinc.org)

Permanency Planning Today, National Resource Center for Foster Care and Permanency Planning,Hunter College School of Social Work

Daily Living (National Resource Center for Youth Services)

Best Practice/Next Practice (National Child Welfare Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice)

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Database vendors & content aggregators Indexes

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (http://www.lse.ac.uk/8ibss)

PsychInfo vs. e-psych.net Social Science Citation

Index Abstracting services CSA

Full-text access Redistribution rights and

permissions

Cambridge Scientific SageFullText

Proquest EBSCO ISI Web of Science –

Social Sciences

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