LibGuides: Domestic Violence Awareness Month October 2022: Databases, Films, and Online Resources

Recommended Databases

If you would like to research the topic of domestic violence further, there are several great databases available to you free of charge:

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
A scholarly, multi-disciplinary database providing indexing and abstracts for thousands of journals and other publications. Academic Search Complete includes full-text access to peer-reviewed journals, as well as indexing and abstracts for magazines, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings.
APA PsycARTICLES This link opens in a new window
Full text peer-reviewed articles published by APA and affiliated journals... is a collection from the foremost publisher in psychology provides access to the full spectrum of research in the field...current journal coverage and historical content dating back more than a century.
CREDO Reference This link opens in a new window
CREDO contains all kinds of reference books including encyclopedias, dictionaries, quotations, and subject-specific titles from some of the top university presses in the United States. It also includes over 200,000 images and audio files and over 1200 videos.
MasterFILE Complete This link opens in a new window
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full-text for nearly 1,700 periodicals with full-text information dating back as far as 1975. It also contains full-text for nearly 500 reference books and over 165,000 primary source documents.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window
This database is Ebsco's subject-specific database for sociology, psychology and other social and behavioral sciences.
EBSCO eBook Collections This link opens in a new window
EBSCO's eBook collection provides access to over 200,000 digitized books, including academic titles.

Films on Demand Recommendations

Films on Demand is a great database for streaming films and video clips on the topic of domestic violence.

Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Over 40,000 streaming titles covering a broad range of topics.

Some Links to Films

Articles of Interest

Looking Beyond Hypermasculinity to Address Domestic Violence in Communities of Color

Stop Domestic Violence

Online Resources

There are many valuable online sources where you can find information and help on the topic of domestic violence.

California Domestic Violence Laws
California domestic violence laws make it a criminal offense to harm (or threaten to harm) a current or former spouse, cohabitant, co-parent, dating or intimate partner. In some cases, the list of protected persons includes parents, children, and relatives. This website links to the Penal Code for each type of offense.
Futures Without Violence
Provides resources covering legislative, public education and international aspects of domestic violence
Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma
The institute is responsible for several academic journals and lists several valuable resources.
Intimate Partner Violence - Centers for Disease Control
From the CDC: There is a lot to learn about how to prevent Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). We do know that strategies that promote healthy behaviors in relationships are important. Programs that teach young people skills for dating can prevent violence. These programs can stop violence in dating relationships before it occurs.
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
The vision of NCADV is to create a culture where domestic violence is not tolerated; and where society empowers victims and survivors, and holds abusers accountable.
National Network to End Domestic Violence
The National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) was founded more than 30 years ago to be the leading voice for survivors of domestic violence and their allies.
United States Department of Justice - Office on Violence Against Women (OVW)
This comprehensive site defines various types of violence and provides resources to help victims.