An extensive reference list including:
Children, Youth and Environments Database: http://www.colorado.edu/journals/cye/CYE_BibData.htm#
Part of the Children Youth and Environments journal site. Contains references to books, book reviews, dissertations, reports, and articles on children, youth and their environments. Can limit to full-text availability. Date range from 1960’s onwards with a focus on the physical environment and children.
Childrensdatabase.ie: www.childrensdatabase.ie
Created by the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (OMC) to provide access to research and information on children for policy-makers, Government departments, academics, voluntary organisations and the general public.
European Health for All Database: www.euro.who.int/HFADB
HFA-DB is a central database of independent, comparable and up-to-date basic health statistics. It has been a key source of information on health in the European Region since WHO/Europe launched it in the mid-1980s. It contains time series from 1970.
Eurostat: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/home/
Family Research Database: http://www.fsa.ie/research/family-research-database/introduction/
The Family Research Database contains details of family research in Ireland undertaken between 1998 and the present day. It includes government research publications, academic articles and books, and reports by charitable organisations and non-governmental research bodies.
Irish Qualitative Data Archive: http://www.iqda.ie/
Irish Social Science Data Archive: http://issda.ucd.ie/index.html
From the Geary Institute at University College Dublin (UCD) and managed jointly by University College Dublin and the Economic and Social Research Institute an archive of machine readable data sets from surveys and official statistics, including the Central Statistics Office, Economic and Social Research Institute, Eurobarometer, SLAN, opinion polls and more. Some data sets also include links to all published reports.
Irish Statute Book: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie
This database provides a powerful search mechanism which can be used to identify relevant Acts, Statutory Instruments and orders. This database enables users of Irish Statutes to identify whether a particular provision has been amended or otherwise affected since its enactment.
Irish Work Life Balance Research: http://www.worklifebalance.ie/search/index.asp
The research section of the website contains an inventory of publications selected from the original 15 EU member states, including Ireland, along with the US, Australia and New Zealand. The focus is on English language publications produced from 1990 to 2005 and preference has been given to publications that are comparatively easy to obtain and are most relevant to the Irish situation. Categories are: Family Friendly/Work life balance arrangements; Flexibility and working time; Care Responsibilities and Other relevant aspects.
Lenus, The Irish Health Repository LENUS the Irish health repository for the HSE, is managed by the Regional Library & Information Service at Dr. Steevens' Hospital, Dublin and includes many key reports in relation to the Irish health service. http://www.lenus.ie/hse/
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development Ireland: www.oecd.org/ireland
A one-stop-shop for OECD reports and statistics on Ireland.
reSearch Web: http://www.researchweb.org.uk/
established with funding from the Scottish Executive, and being developed as a tool for the informed social work professional. Aims to provide a sound knowledge base for practitioners in social work and social care practice and policy.
Social Care Online: http://www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/search.asp
UK database of social care information includes research briefings, reports, government documents, journal articles, and websites. Contains section on families, children and young people.
StatCentral.ie: http://www.statcentral.ie/
StatCentral is the portal to Ireland's official statistics. Official statistics in Ireland are those produced by the Central Statistics Office, along with government departments, agencies and other state bodies. The portal provides a description of these statistics and links to where they can be found.
UNICEF Ireland Statistics: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/ireland_statistics.html
World Health Organisation Statistics: http://www.who.int/topics/statistics/en/
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