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Hot Topics: Homelessness: Extending Your Research

A research guide on homelessness

Books at Fogler Library

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Child and Family Well-Being and Homelessness by Mary E. Haskett (Editor)
Publication Date: 2017-02-17
Footwork by Tom Hall
Publication Date: 2016-12-20
Homeless by Joshua D. Phillips
Publication Date: 2016-09-15
Homeless Youth and the Search for Stability by Jeff Karabanow; Sean Kidd; Tyler Frederick; Jean M. Hughes
Publication Date: 2018-05-31
Indigenous Homelessness by Evelyn J. Peters (Editor)
Publication Date: 2016-10-28
Invisible Nation by Richard Schweid
Publication Date: 2016-10-25
A Roof over My Head by Jean Calterone Williams
Publication Date: 2016-10-07
Runaway and Homeless Youth by Stephen J. Morewitz
Publication Date: 2016-07-27
Still a Family by Brenda Reeves Sturgis; Jo-Shin Lee (Illustrator)
Publication Date: 2017-01-31

Databases

Homelessness is a far-reaching research topic. The databases listed here reflect the breadth of the issue.

CINAHL
Covers journals in nursing and allied health fields
Criminal Justice Abstracts
Covers records and journals related to the criminal justice field.
EconLit
Indexes economics literature

Eviction Lab
The first nationwide database of evictions from Princeton University

Medline
Covers medical journals
PAIS
Covers public policy issues through a wide variety of international sources.
PsycINFO
Contains citations and abstracts in the fields of psychology and psychiatry.
PubMed
Citations and abstracts for journals in medicine, nursing, biosciences, other health fields.
Social Services Abstracts
Indexes research materials in social work, human services, and related areas.
Sociology Collection
Indexes the literature of sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Indexes the literature of political science

Media Examples

@Home
Documentary.
Living Broke in Boom Times
Documentary.
Strike Dice! Betting on My Father
Documentary.
TED Talks: The issue of homelessness
TED Talks playlist
When the Light's Red
Documentary
Where the Heart
Documentary.
yHomeless
Documentary.

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