Homeless Subject Guide LRC@TCC

Scope: Statistics, public policy, and assistance for the homeless and homelessness.
Call number areas to browse:  HV4493, HV4503-4506.
Keywords to search:
homeless, homelessness, shelters
Subjects to search (Library of Congress):
homeless persons, homeless children, homeless women, homeless youth, homelessness, shelters for the homeless

Books in our catalog:
Gale Virtual Reference Library (r)
American homelessness: a reference handbook (HV4505.H647)
Homeless: struggling to survive (HV4505.H65525 1997)
Homeless: opposing viewpoints (HV4505.H65512 1966))
Homeless in America (Ref HV4505.H65)
Homelessness in America (HV4505.H652 1996)
Out of sight, out of mind: homeless children and families in small-town America (HV4505.V57 1996)
Rachel and her children: homeless families in America (HV4505.K69)
Tell them who I am: the lives of homeless women (HV4506.W2.L54 1993)

Library Resources (r):
Ethnic Newswatch
Issues and Controversies on File
CQ Researcher

Internet Resources:
Homelessness from U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) includes housing, food, health, fact sheets.

Homelessness: Programs and the People They Serve is a comprehensive report from HUD including statistics, history, etc.

International HOMELESS Discussion List, Archives, and Weblinks contains links to over 500 Internet sites (in several countries) with information on Homelessness.

National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nationwide federation of public, private, and nonprofit organizations.

National Coalition for Homeless Vets seeks to eliminate homelessness in the veteran community.

National Coalition for the Homeless is a national advocacy network offering fact sheets and legislative information.

National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty established in 1989, serves as the legal arm of the national movement to end homelessness in America.

Locally:
Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach, and resource list for Hampton Roads area.