AUSTRALIAN FAMILY & SOCIETY ABSTRACTS.

This article presents "Australian Family & Society Abstracts," commonly known by its short title "Family," which is the Australian Institute of Family Studies' bibliographic database. It has been operating since 1984 and covers literature from 1980 to the present. Approximately 3000 new documents are added each year. Family covers the research, policy and practice literature about Australian families and the social issues that impact on them. Publications indexed in the database are drawn from a wide range of social science disciplines including sociology, psychology, demography, health sciences, education, economics, law, history and social work. Source documents are journal articles, conference papers, books, book chapters, government reports, working papers and research reports, unpublished papers, statistical documents and theses. Some of the topics covered in the bibliographic database are: trends and change in marriage and the family; family law; family and social policies; social and community services. INSET: Sample record..