Research: Research Resources
Bibliographies
Books by Institute Authors and Selected Readings
Databases of Interest to Adoption Researchers, Policy Makers,and Professionals
Sources for Adoption and Foster Care Statistics
Other Links
Travel Grant for Adoption Scholars
Adoption Research Bibliography & Abstracts Database: 1986 - 2000
The Adoption Institute compiled this comprehensive searchable database of abstracts of qualitative and quantitative adoption research conducted and/or published from 1986 through 1997. The abstracts in this database were published as An Annotated Guide to Adoption Research: 1986 - 1997 through the Child Welfare League of America press, however it is no longer available in print. The database has been updated with articles published through 2000. You may view the database by conducting a word search or category search.Bibliographies
A Readers' Guide to Adoption-Related Literature is a current guide to adoption literature.The National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice Bibliography Index contains 75 topical bibliographies.
A bibliography of selected law review articles related to the Indian Child Welfare Act has been compiled by the Indian Child Welfare Law Center.
A number of bibliographies on topics such as disruption and transracial adoption are available at AdoptINFO along with other research based information on adoption.
Bibliographies on adoption disruption and professional social work issues are at http://128.83.80.192/refs.htm#adopt
A bibliography of New Canadian Adoption Research Writings in 1998 is available from the Adoption Council of Canada.
The following provides a listing of helpful select bibliographies compiled by the Adoption Institute:
- Adoption and the Internet 1995-1998
- Adoption & Foster Care Select Law Review Articles 1995-1998
- Prenatal Substance Exposure
- Other bibliographies
Books by Institute Authors and Selected Readings
The following is a selection of readings on adoption and books by Adoption Authors with links to Amazon.com for purchase. The inclusion of certain titles does not signify Adoption Institute support or endorsement of an author, his or her perspectives or positions. moreDatabases of Interest to Adoption Researchers, Policy Makers,and Professionals
Statisical tables produced by the National Center for Health Statistics include
data on the number of live births,fertility rates, and life expectancy.
Nearly 9 million citations are searchable through the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE database.
The Educational Research Information Clearinghouse offers a searchable database of research papers and monographs.
The National Center on Fathers and Familieshas identified nearly 6,000 relevant
article, studies, and reports and made them searchable by subject area.
More than 500 indicators of state social policies and family well-being are tracked in Assessing
the New Federalism, a state-by-state database developed by the Urban Institute in collaboration with Child Trends.
The National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experiences Annotated Bibliography
provides access to a wealth of research on topics such as family background, education, employment histories, and economic well being of subjects from the
National Longitudinal Survey of Youth.
Search the contents of the available issues of Child Development Abstracts & Bibliography.
Updated daily, The AIDS Daily Summary Database provides abstracts of more than 20,000 articles
about HIV/AIDS-related events in the news, trends in the epidemic, and research findings from newspapers, wire services, medical journals and
periodicals.
The National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information offers a document database of more than 22,000 records on
child abuse and neglect and child welfare issues.
The Global ChildNet Bibliographical Database offers an international collection of bibliographical citations.
The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information provides links to major drug and alcohol / health related databases
Sources for Adoption and Foster Care Statistics
The Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics contains data from 1995.The state of Arizona reports data from the Foster Care Review Board Annual Report.
Statistical data on the number of adoptions in the state of California are provided by the state's information services.
The number of public agency adoptions finalized from 1976 through 1996 in Illinois
Statistics on adoptions finalized in Iowa in FY80-98
Massachusetts Dept of Social Services
Public agency adoption statistics from Ohio from 1990 through 1995 are at
Fiscal year 1997 data from Oregon is compiled by the Oregon Department of Human Resources, Services for Children and Families.
1996 and 1997 foster care and adoption statistics for the state of South Carolina.
Wisconsin has numbers for international, public, and independent adoptions finalized in 1994.
The most current national public agency adoption and foster care statistics are available at http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cb/stats/index.htm
For statistical data on international adoption consult the US State Department homepage.
Monthly updates on the number of children adopted from China is maintained at http://www.fwcc.org/95adoptions.html.
Other Links
Link to a list of researchers investigating international adoption:http://www.adoption-research.org/research.html
To track current legislation
http://thomas.loc.gov/
To obtain statistics collected and maintained by the federal government
http://www.fedstats.gov/
http://www.cdc.gov/
http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/nchshome.htm
To search the Federal Register, the Congressional Record, United States Code, and GAO Reports
http://www.gpo.ucop.edu/
An extensive list of famous adoptees is maintained by Roger Fenton
Search the Library of Congress catalog as well as the
catalogs of nearly 200 other major libraries.
