Adoption

See the controversial topics resource guide for more information on locating resources and evaluating information.

Use the online catalog to find print and electronic books on your controversial topic.

The following is a list of recent books located in the NHC Library. For help locating these and additional titles, please see a librarian at the reference desk on the 3rd floor of the library building.

• Issues in Adoption by William Dudley
  HV875.55
• Patterns of adoption nature, nurture, and psychosocial development by David Howe
  HV875. H69 (electronic book)
• Strangers and Kin The American Way of Adoption Barbara Melosh
  HV875.55M444 2002
• Welcome Home An International and Nontraditional Adoption Reader by Lita Linzer Schwartz and Florence W. Kaslow
  HV875.55 W465 2003

Adopting by State
Adoption of children state home pages, profiles of the different state agencies, many with links to photo listings of their waiting children.

American Adoption Congress
International network of individuals and organizations committed to adoption reform

Child Welfare Information Gateway
Comprehensive resource on all aspects of adoption, including special needs, infant and intercountry adoption. Also, responding to and the prevention of child abuse and neglect of children nationwide. Formally, The National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse.

Children and Family Home
Within OCS, the Office of Children's Issues is responsible for coordinating policies and providing information about international adoption

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
Encourages adoption in the United States and advocates for children in the public
welfare system.

If you need additional help, please feel free to contact a librarian during open hours.

Or call us at: 281-618-5707. Our email is nhc.libweb@LoneStar.edu

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