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Population Research

Librarians:
Joann Donatiello
Office: Stokes Library
Phone: 609-258-1377

Elana M. Broch
Office: Stokes Library
Phone: 609-258-5517

Core Resources

Popline  (1970+)
Index to worldwide information about migration, contraceptive methods, demography, family planning, maternal and child health, human fertility, population law and policy, sexually transmitted diseases, vital statistics, etc. Covers journal articles, books, government publications, and technical reports.
PopIndex  (1986-2000.)
Annotated bibliography of global demographic and population literature. Covers books, journal articles, working papers, doctoral dissertations and machine-readable data files. 1937-1985 available in print and partially from JSTOR.
300+ signed articles on demographic and related topics
Demographic indicators including measures of fertility, life expectancy, migration, and measures of the impact of HIV/AIDS.
Statistical series on subjects ranging from population and land area to production figures for crops and manufactured products. Detailed documentation provides brief histories of the statistical series and source materials.
Social Explorer  (1790+)
Note: Works better with Mozilla Firefox.
Allows user to visually analyze and understand the demography of the United States through the use of interactive maps and data reports.
Indexing and abstracting of the world's literature in sociology and related disciplines, both theoretical and applied. Covers 2,500 journals, conference papers, dissertations, and book reviews. Includes materials in 30 languages.
Coverage of sociology journals, books, and conference proceedings, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study.

Important Resources

Provides access to U.S. decennial census data, the American Community Survey (ACS), population estimates and more.
Collection of evidence-based medicine databases covering the effects of interventions in health care. Published quarterly. Includes Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews; Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects; Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials; Cochrane Database of Methodology Reviews; Cochrane Methodology Register; Health Technology Assessment Database; and NHS Economic Evaluation Database.
Ebsco Academic Search  (1975+)  
Multi-disciplinary database providing abstract & indexing with select full text for many core scholarly journals as well as popular press periodicals
Global Health Database  (1912+)  
Note: If the database is in use, please try again later.
International public health database providing abstracts to literature about healthcare, biomedical life sciences, sexual and reproductive health, communicable and non-communicable diseases, environmental health, public health nutrition, food safety and hygiene . Covers English and foreign language journals, books, reports, patents, dissertations and conference proceedings.
Covers human population and demography as well as natural resource management. Includes abstracts for scholarly journal literature, papers, reports, books and reviews.
International Population Census Microfilm Guide    
Stokes library holdings include the International Population Census microfilm collection which includes census materials for countries throughout the world from the mid-1800s to the present. Guides to the collection include the following:
Online Guide for all Years of Coverage - Lists holdings by country and year, but not the specific tables available. Under "Collection Title" select "International Population Census Publications." Enter country in the "Full Text" box.
Post-1967 Guide Document containing all the guides from 1968 to the present. Includes detailed listing of the available tables for each census. Search by clicking on the binoculars and entering the country name or other search term.
1945-1967 Guide Guide for censuses taken from 1945-1967. Includes detailed listing of the available tables for each census. Search by clicking on the binoculars and entering the country name or other search term.
Pre-1945 Guide Use the International Population Census Bibliography, University of Texas at Austin: Bureau of Business Research 1965-1968. Call number: SPIA Reference Z7164 .D3 T45, v.1-6;suppl.
MEDLINE (EBSCOhost)  (1950+)  
Note: Preceded by: Index Medicus 1879-1927 Lewis Ref. 04956.49; Index Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office 1880-1959 (F) 04956.922; Q. Cumulative Index Medicus 1927-1956 ReCAP; Current List of Medical Lit. 1941-1959 Annex A 04956.279
Database of biomedical journal literature providing access to information on population and reproductive biology, medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, the preclinical sciences, and allied health. Worldwide coverage with an emphasis on English-language peer reviewed journals.
Citations to articles, books, reports, and select government documents on U.S. and international public policy issue. Generally considered to be a comprehensive index to policy literature.
PubMed  (1951+)  
Note: Preceded by: Index Medicus 1879-1927 Lewis Ref. 04956.49; Index Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office 1880-1959 (F) 04956.922; Q. Cumulative Index Medicus 1927-1956 ReCAP; Current List of Medical Lit. 1941-1959 Annex A 04956.279
Database of biomedical journal literature providing access to information on population and reproductive biology, medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, the preclinical sciences, and allied health. Worldwide coverage with an emphasis on English-language peer reviewed journals. Includes in-process records not yet added to Medline (Silverplatter), some out-of-scope citations, and some that precede the date a journal was selected for Medline indexing.
Includes annual economic, social, educational, environmental and health data from many of the World Bank's major statistical publications.
Provides citations and abstracts of the international literature in political science, including journal articles, books and book chapters, dissertations, and reviews. It also covers such areas as international relations, law, sociology, economics, and public policy. Provides references to reliable websites.

Related Resources

Access to citations and abstracts for every title in the Dissertation Abstracts database. Dissertations written from 1997 forward are available full text. The database includes citations to dissertations from 1861 to those accepted last semester. Citations for dissertations and master's theses published from 1980 forward have abstracts.
Factiva    
Full-text of many major national and regional newspapers, including the full-text of the Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and the Nikkei Weekly. Some titles are abstracted only. Includes selected full-text and abstracts of many industry and general interest publications.
Citations of known published and unpublished works resulting from analyses of data held in the ICPSR archive.
Aims to capture the "state of the art" of the social and behavioral sciences, expanding its focus to include related biological fields, such as evolutionary science, genetics, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry, and health. Topics include anthropology, archaeology, demography, economics, education, geography, history, law, linguistics, philosophy, political science, psychiatry, psychology, and sociology.
Comprehensive database of legal materials, including cases, statutes, and regulations of the U.S. government and the various state governments; case law from 1789 to present; current and historical statutes and regulations from 1980 forward. Provides full text of many major national and regional newspapers, including the full text of the New York Times. For comparisons between Lexis-Nexis Academic and Factiva see http://firestone.princeton.edu/econlib/universe.html.
Indexes statistical publications issued by (1) the U.S. government (ASI; 2004+ full text); (2) international and intergovernmental sources (IIS; 2007+ select full text); and state governments and private sources (SRI). Most sources are available in microfiche.
PsycINFO  (1800's+)  
Produced by the American Psychological Association, it is the most comprehensive database of psychology. Provides abstracts and citations to the scholarly literature in the behavioral sciences and mental health.
Covers urban affairs, community development, urban history, etc.
Web of Science (ISI)  (Sciences (1900+), Social Sciences (1898+), and Arts and Humanities (1975+).)  
Multidisciplinary index to journal literature in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Offers the option to find cited references, which are the authors lists of articles used in their research.

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