Information Resources
AIFS Library and information services
Find information to keep up to date with research, policy and practice relating to Australian families
- Services, hours, features of the library collection
- Library catalogue
- Australian Family & Society Abstracts / Family & Society Plus - a database created by AIFS Library staff. It records the research, policy and practice literature about Australian families and the social issues that affect them
- List of journals regularly scanned for indexing in our Family & Society Plus database. Journals listed are available in libraries, from the AIFS Library via the interlibrary loan system, or directly from the publisher/distributor.
- Family Thesaurus - terms developed for indexing and retrieving information in the Family & Society Plus database
Family Facts & Figures
- View charts on family and household statistics
AIFS Mailing lists
Join one of our email lists:
- aifs-alert - a fortnightly 'what's new' list about the work and activities of AIFS
- ACSSA-alert - a 'what's new' e-list for the Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault (ACSSA)
- AFRC-alert - an email list for news and updates from the Australian Family Relationships Clearinghouse(AFRC)
- CAFCA-chat - for people working in the Stronger Families and Communities Strategy key areas
- childprotect - an email list for people involved in child abuse prevention
- growingup-refgroup - an email list to keep up to date with developments in the LSAC project
Conferences listing
- Keep abreast of forthcoming conferences in Australia and overseas
Government sites with information about family policy and research
Australian Government
- Attorney-General's Department
- Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
- Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) - FaHCSIA is responsible for social policies and support affecting Australian society and the living standards of Australian families.
- Office for Women
State Government
- Office for Children, Youth and Family Support - Australian Capital Territory
- Department of Community Services - New South Wales
- Department of Health and Community Services - Northern Territory
- Department of Communities - Queensland
- Department for Families and Communities - South Australia
- Department of Health and Human Services - Tasmania
- Department of Human Services - Victoria
- Department for Communities - Western Australia