The Inventory provides the only systematic index of current English language periodical publications on marriage and the family. Volume XI lists over 3,200 articles (from 1984) from approximately 750 journals in a wide variety of disciplines. An introductory overview highlights major current trends in family studies, and three indexing systems list articles by author, subject and key word in the title. `If David Olson had done nothing else, his contribution as the continuing senior co-editor of the Inventory would earn him ...
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The Inventory provides the only systematic index of current English language periodical publications on marriage and the family. Volume XI lists over 3,200 articles (from 1984) from approximately 750 journals in a wide variety of disciplines. An introductory overview highlights major current trends in family studies, and three indexing systems list articles by author, subject and key word in the title. `If David Olson had done nothing else, his contribution as the continuing senior co-editor of the Inventory would earn him an honored place in the hall of fame of family scholars. (This series) remains in my opinion the best starting place for anyone interested in getting a quick start on a literature review in virtually any component of the field of family studies. -- American Journal of Family Therapy, Fall 1984 `The editors of this and the previous volumes of the Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature have provided an invaluable service to scholars in the area of family studies...It is hard to imagine how family sociologists and scholars of family studies can do without such an index. -- Contemporary Sociology, May 1985, Vol 14 No 3 `The Inventory is one of those resources that is a must for the library of any professional in the family life field or the library to which one has access...As such it has great value to the clinical practitioner, family life educator, researcher, and theoretician. -- Family Relations, April 1983
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