Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 11:23:52 +0530 From: prafulla@nisc.co.in Dear All: NISC is pleased to offer FREE access to the following two global databases for the entire month of December 2003. ________________________________________________________ 1. Child Development & Adolescent Studies (101,640+ records) CDAS is today^s source for references to the current and historical literature related to the growth and development of children through the age of 21. Included are book reviews and abstracts from hundreds of journals, and a bibliography of thousands of technical reports, books, book chapters, theses and dissertations that cover the biomedical and social sciences worldwide. Over 10,000 new records added each year. NISC has transformed the entire 75 years of Child Development Abstracts & Bibliography (1927-2001) into today^s electronic format by including all of the issues previously published by the Society for Research in Child Development, Ann Arbor, Michigan. All this plus new coverage of Child Rights and welfare issues makes CDAS a contemporary and essential resource for leading research. 2. Family & Society Studies Worldwide (FSSW) (700,850+ records) A "must have" for any degree granting institution in these fields. A core resource for these professionals: Social Workers Marriage & Family Counselors Family Practitioners Social Scientists Sociologists Psychologists Organizations and Services dedicated to the Family Family & Society Studies Worldwide (FSSW) is a core resource in NISC's series of databases on family and gender related topics. NISC has recently expanded the coverage of FSSW, which formerly was produced by the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). FSSW contains all the citations of the discontinued print version, Inventory of Marriage & Family Literature, plus abstracts which were never available in print. The highly respected Australian Family & Society Abstracts, commonly known as FAMILY, is produced by the Australian Institute of Family Studies. Sociologists Psychologists Organizations and Services dedicated to the Family Family & Society Studies Worldwide (FSSW) is a core resource in NISC's series of databases on family and gender related topics. NISC has recently expanded the coverage of FSSW, which formerly was produced by the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). FSSW contains all the citations of the discontinued print version, Inventory of Marriage & Family Literature, plus abstracts which were never available in print. The highly respected Australian Family & Society Abstracts, commonly known as FAMILY, is produced by the Australian Institute of Family Studies. Enhanced sub-sets of records from highly relevant U.S. Government databases are included. Find everything you would expect and discover the unexpected about today's complex family and the challenges faced from within and society at-large. ________________________________________________________ Please contact us through email if you wish to have free access to these databases. Happy searching! Sincerely T.V. Prafulla Chandra Senior Editor