SOCIAL SCIENCES FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE

US Census Bureau Families and Living Arrangements
Demographic characteristics of households and families.
www.census.gov

Education Index - Home Economics Resources
Search for educational information and links in the field of Home Economics
www.educationindex.com

Consumer Behavior and Marketing: The Psychology of Consumers
Provides an overview of topics in consumer psychology from a marketing point of view.
www.consumerpsychologist.com

History of Women and Science, Health, and Technology
Bibliography of home economics and domestic science professions and their disciplines.
www.library.wisc.edu

Family and Consumer Science Resources Online
Annotated list of Internet resources covering the field of Home Economics/Family and Consumer Science.
members.tripod.com

The Ecology of the Family
Background paper for a family-centered approach to education and social service delivery. (February, 1996)
www.nwrel.org

Home Economics Institue of Australia
Professional association for home economists. Includes member information, publications, news, chat, student links and related resources.
www.heia.com.au

Forum for Family and Consumer Issues
A refereed e-journal designed to integrate, appply, and transmit knowledge about issues of current interest in Family and Consumer Sciences.
www.ncsu.edu

History of Home Economics
Notes on early home economics extension work in Iowa including a statement concerning the development of home economics teaching at Iowa State College.
www.exnet.iastate.edu

From Domesticity to Modernity: What Was Home Economics?
Cornell University Library exhibition on the history of home economics. Traces the in history of the profession, provides a timeline, biographies, bibliography and interviews.
rmc.library.cornell.edu

Home Economics Archive
Electronic collection of historic books and journals in Home Economics and related disciplines. The full text of these materials, as well as bibliographies and essays are available.
hearth.library.cornell.edu

Taking ADvantage
An online book with the thesis that advertising creates stimuli that take advantage of human subconscious processing which is a particular product of physical and cultural human evolution.
www.wsu.edu

The Home Economics Database
A searchable bibliography of articles in the field of home economics, family studies and consumer sciences, covering technological, social and economic aspects of both private and institutional households.
library.wur.nl

International Federation of Home Economics
Provides an international forum for home economists to develop and express concerns for individuals, families, and households at the United Nations and among other international non-governmental organisations whose interests parallel those of home economics.
www.ifhe.org