Australian Institute of Family Studies
Language : ENGLISH
The Institute is a Commonwealth government research and information agency established in 1980 to promote the identification and understanding of factors affecting marital and family stability in Australia.

Catholic Central Library of London
Language : ENGLISH
The CCL 65,000 books and periodicals including theology, spirituality and related subjects, biography, history (including Catholic Family History).

Center for Marriage and Family
Language : ENGLISH
The Center for Marriage and Family was formally established in 1994 as an interdisciplinary center at Creighton University. It is dedicated to the proactive promotion of healthy Christian marriages and families in a contemporary culture of divorce and family dissolution. It seeks to achieve this goal by researching marriage and family with the best available interdisciplinary tools, by publishing the results of its research, and by developing and disseminating pastoral strategies on behalf of marriage and family as prescribed by its research.

Centre for Marriage and Families (at the Institute for American Values)
Language : ENGLISH
The Center for Marriage and Families, based at the Institute for American Values, issues research briefs, fact sheets, and other material related to marriage, families, and children.

Centro Internazionale Studi Famiglia (CISF)
Language : ITALIAN
This international center for the study of family life, located in Rome, was established under the inspiration of Don Giuseppe Zilli, and focuses on family life in contemporary society.

Council on Contemporary Families
Language : ENGLISH
Founded in 1996, with a membership consisting of national noted family researchers, mental health and social work practitioners, and clinicians, The Council on Contemporary Families (CCF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the national conversation about what contemporary families need and how these needs can best be met.

European Ethics Network (EEN)
Language: ENGLISH
The necessity for a substantial improvement in research and education in professional ethics coupled with a desire for greater interaction and cooperation among ethicists inspired the creation of the European Ethics Network (EEN). The EEN is not merely an academic club, rather it is a forum with a concrete purpose,. which is primarily to develop a practical ethics for, and as far as possible in dialogue with, professionals and to stimulate discussion between fundamental ethics and the specific areas of specialization. At the core of all the EEN's activities is a commitment to developing a critical 'ethical sense' within professionals and ethicists alike whereby they acquire the capacity to make adequate ethical judgments which take into account the social context of decision making and the broader frameworks of interpretation.

Family Institute, Duquesne University
Language : ENGLISH
The Institute is designed to promote research, scholarship and a rich interchange of ideas on the social institution of the family from multidisciplinary perspectives. Its electronic repository gathers current research and commentary on the family from the perspectives of sociology, psychology, economics, history, ethics, medicine, law and related disciplines.

Family Research Council
Language : ENGLISH
A multi-faceted think-tank and lobby site about marriage and family values with news items and political policy reports. The perspective is representative of the American Christian right.

Fordham University, Theology Department
Languages : ENGLISH
Spirituality Studies in the MA program.

Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California
Language: ENGLISH
Various links to lectures, courses, etc. on spirituality and theology.

The Heritage Foundation
Language: ENGLISH
The Heritage Foundation's familyfacts.org catalogs social science findings on the family, society and religion gleaned from peer-reviewed journals, books and government surveys. Serving policymakers, journalists, scholars and the general public, familyfacts.org makes social science research easily accessible to the non-specialist.

Huntington Library: Research in Women’s Studies
Language : ENGLISH
In 1936 the Huntington Library accepted a gift from Josephine P. Everett of about 500 titles concerning women and women's history. These books, and volumes presented later by the Susan B. Anthony Memorial Committee, formed the core of the collections in women's studies and provided the impetus toward collecting in this area. There are now over 2,000 reference volumes specifically on women, but other significant material may be found among the 320,000 volumes in the reference collection, which includes recent books in the field of women's studies.

Institute for Family Research and Counseling, University of Fribourg
Languages : ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN
The Institute for Family Research and Counseling at the University of Fribourg was founded in 1993. The aim of the Family Institute is to create an interdisciplinary forum targeting those issues which are of importance to the family as well as to promote post-graduate programs, research and counseling in this area.

Institute for Marriage and Public Policy
Language: ENGLISH
A project of the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, this website focuses on socio-cultural and legal developments about marriage and family life across the globe and not just within the USA.

Institut für Ehe und Familie (IEF)
Languages : GERMAN, ENGLISH
The IEF was established by the Austrian Bishops' Conference in 1973. The Main objective of the IEF is to support and promote family-related activities as well as do research work on family topics. The IEF wants to promote the integration of scientific work into the training of counsellors. The IEF offers the following services: An extensive library and comprehensive documentation center, a quarterly journal "dialog mit dialog spezial,” legal and psychological counselling at the court in the 1st district of Vienna in addition to family counselling at its own offices: and counselling to individuals as well as to couples and groups for "Natural Family Planning" (NFP).

Institut für Wirtschafts- und Sozialsgeschichte (WIZO), University of Vienna
Languages : GERMAN, ENGLISH
The Institute for Economic and Social History is engaged in research and teaching. One of its faculty members, Prof. Franz X. Eder, has compiled a "Bibliography of the History of Western Sexuality, 1700-1945" which is available on-line at this website. It is extensive, but not complete, containing about 16.600 titles of primary and secondary literature of the history of sexuality in Europe, the U.S. and Canada from 1700 to 1945. Beyond this it contains important titles of antique sexual history, of the history of sexuality in the middle ages and contemporary times, as well as titles for non-Western societies.

Instituto para el Matrimonio y la Familia, Universidad Católica San Pablo
Languages : SPANISH
The Institute for Marriage and Family at the San Pablo Catholic University of Arequipa, Peru, was created in 1998. It has as its main goal to promote the study and interdisciplinary reflection from the faith upon topics of marriage and the family. The Institute proposes both academic and social actions which are oriented to strenghtening family and marital realities.

Interfacultair Instituut voor Familiale en Seksuologische Wetenschappen
Language : DUTCH, ENGLISH
The Institute of Family and Sexuality Studies at the School of Medicine, Catholic University of Leuven, offers an English master's degree as well as an English language Ph.D program.

International Directory
Language : ENGLISH
Library web pages, online catalogs, and profiles. A directory of over 5,000 libraries worldwide.

LIBIS Library Network
Languages : ENGLISH, DUTCH, FRENCH, GERMAN, SPANISH
A Consortium of Twenty Libraries in Belgium.

LIBWEB
Language : ENGLISH
A site that links to acadmic libraries in the USA and around the World

National Council on Family Relations
Language: ENGLISH
The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) provides a forum for family researchers, educators, and practitioners to share in the development and dissemination of knowledge about families and family relationships, establishes professional standards, and works to promote family well-being.

Nederlands Instituut voor Sociaal Sexuologisch Onderzoek (NISSO)
Languages : DUTCH, ENGLISH
An independent national research institute concentrating on issues around sexuality, intimate relationships and gender.

Newcastle Centre for Family Studies
Language : ENGLISH
The Centre aims to continue to be a leading Centre of excellence in undertaking and promoting multi-disciplinary research on family life and relationships, and to play a central and influential role in the development of family policy.

One Plus One
Language: ENGLISH
One Plus One is an independent research organization whose role is to generate knowledge about marriage and relationships: how they work, why they can sometimes run into difficulties and how couples cope when they do.
Its research findings are the basis for working projects created by One Plus One’s development team to support couples and families.

Istituto di Spiritualità, Pontificia Università Gregoriana
Language: ITALIAN
The Institute of Spirituality of the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy.

Istituto di Spiritualità, Pontificia Università San Tommaso d’Aquino (Angelicum)
Language: ITALIAN, ENGLISH
The Institute of Spirituality of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome, Italy.

Prospettiva Persona
Languages : ITALIAN
"Prospettiva Persona" is an academic journal founded by Giulia Paola di Nicola and Attilio Danese in 1992. Each issue contains a Women's Dossier, directed by Giulia Paola di Nicola: “Prospettiva Donna”. The editorial network links 140 women and men from more than 30 universities and 12 countries. The Editorial Board links about 120 members from 32 universities and more then 10 countries. Honorary President is Paul Ricoeur. Editorial staffs are in different universities, such as Rio de Janeiro, S. Paolo, Lublino, Paris, Arezzo, Bari, Brescia, Brussels, Chieti, Florence, Lamezia Terme, Lecce, Lione, Parma, Perugina, Rome, Salerno, Tione, Trento, Terni, Valencia, Venice, Verona. Currently "Prospettiva Persona" has more then 500 subscribers in Italy and abroad. All who are involved in the review share the aim to support people's quality of life and to serve women and men in today's life.

Religion, Culture and Family Project, University of Chicago
Language : ENGLISH
The Religion, Culture, and Family Project seeks to address the contemporary situation of American families from a range of theological, historical, legal, biblical, and cultural perspectives. It is directed by Don Browning at The Divinity School of The University of Chicago, and funded in coordination with the Louisville Institute by a generous grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc.

Santa Clara University
Language: ENGLISH
Graduate Program in Pastoral Ministries and Institute for Spirituality and Organizational Leadership.

Scholarly Societies Project
Language: ENGLISH
Sponsored by the Canadian University of Waterloo Library, the Scholarly Societies Project is a clearing house of nearly three and a half thousand scholarly societies, and an equal number of websites, in the humanities.

Tavistock Marital Studies Institute
Language : ENGLISH
One of the world's leading psychoanalytic authorities on marital and couple psychotherapy and research into the couple relationship, the Institute provides couple therapy, trainings in couple therapy, consultations to couples in distress as well as courses for therapists and counselors working with couples, consultation to professionals, lectures, workshops and conferences.

The Communitarian Network
Language : ENGLISH
The Communitarian Network is a coalition of individuals and organizations who have come together to shore up the moral, social, and political environment. We are a nonsectarian, nonpartisan, international association.

The European Observatory on the Social Situation, Demography and the Family
Language : ENGLISH
The European Observatory on Family Matters is a multi-disciplinary network of independent experts on family issues.

The Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life
Language: ENGLISH
The center explores challenges posed by religious pluralism and tensions between religious and secular values and examines the influence of religion on politics, civic culture, family life, gender roles, and other issues in the United States and elsewhere in the world.

The National Marriage Project
Language : ENGLISH
The mission of the National Marriage Project is to strengthen the institution of marriage by providing research and analysis that informs public policy, educates the American public, and focuses attention on a problem of enormous scope and consequence. Simply stated, the problem is this: marriage is declining as an institution for childbearing and child rearing, with devastating consequences for millions of children.

Titus Brandsma Institute for Spirituality
Languages : ENGLISH, DUTCH
The Titus Brandsma Institute is a scientific institution whose aim is "the promotion of the scientific practice and study of the theory of religious experience and the spiritual life," i.e. "spirituality." The Institute pursues this aim by maintaining a specialized scientific library, a scientific program of studies pertaining to the History and Themes of Spirituality and to the application of this study with a view to lived spirituality, contextualizing interpretations, and spiritual direction.

WIKIPEDIA on Same Sex Civil Unions
Languages : ENGLISH
This is a very helpful resource for information about same sex civil unions in Canada as well as throughout the world. Researches working on marriage today and "same sex marriage" in particular will find here excellent background articles and current sociological data.

Zentralinstitut für Ehe und Familie in die Gesellschaft
Languages : GERMAN, ENGLISH
Interdisciplinary resources, program information, courses of study, etc. about various dimensions of marriage and family life, sponsoired by the Catholic University of Eichstätt in Germany.