Briefs

NCOFF Briefs provide summaries of literature reviews, research reports, and working papers published by NCOFF. A select number of briefs provide introductory summaries of emerging practice and policy-focused issues in the field.

Literature Reviews

The Literature Reviews, a series of commissioned papers by distinguished scholars, offer a broad overview of the issues involved in each of the Core Learnings and the current state of research in these areas. They suggest implications and direction for future research efforts.

Working Papers and Monographs

The Working Papers and Monographs are intended to highlight critical and emerging topics in the field that have received minimal attention and to complement issues identified in the NCOFF FatherLit Database and Core Learnings. Monographs may take the form of papers by a single author, an edited volume of papers, or a list of recent books and papers along with book reviews by our research staff. These book reviews will often be in the form of "meta-reviews", reporting on scholarly and popular reviews of the books in question.

State Policy Documents

The State Policy Series brings together representatives from executive and state branches of government with researchers and practitioners serving fathers and families. It addresses the need for policymakers to exchange ideas on programmatic and legislative initiatives related to father and family issues in their respctive states. These meetings are summarized in a body of reports. The State Policy Series documents are available online.

Roundtable Publications

The Roundtable Series is based on NCOFF's Seven Core Learnings and consists of meetings of researchers, practitioners, and policymakers in critical discussion of research issues surrounding fathers and families. The discourse of these meetings is summarized in reports. Synoposes of the Roundtable Series documents can be obtained online; the full reports can be obtained by calling NCOFF.

Special Practice and Policy Reports

Synoposes of other practice and policy reports can be obtained online; the full reports can be obtained by calling NCOFF.

The Fatherlit Database reflects NCOFF's ongoing effort to compile, abstract, and annotate the existing literature on a variety of father and family support issues drawn from multiple disciplines including psychology, sociology, education, legal studies, economics, and anthropology. The materials included in the Database focus around NCOFF's Seven Core Learnings. The Database is constantly growing, and now contains over 7,800 citations. FatherLit is accessible through the web at both the NCOFF website and the Father & FamilyLink website. It will soon be available on CD-ROM, which is currently in Beta Test and can be downloaded from the NCOFF web site. Just visit our Download Page for instant access.