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Research Tools for Demography
Use these research tools to find information related to Demography from sources such as scholarly articles, books and encyclopedias.
Article Databases and Indexes
Bibliographies and Subject Guides
Biographical Sources
Dissertation and Thesis Sources
Encyclopedias and Almanacs
Government Information Sources
Handbooks and Manuals
Library and Book Catalogs
Statistics and Numerical Data
Web Gateways and Search Engines
Listings of articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, etc. Many include abstracts (article summaries). Some include, or link to, the full text of articles.
Bibliographies and Subject Guides
Lists of materials in any format (books, articles, videos, web sites, etc.) organized around a common theme or topic. Subcategories as appropriate, i.e., chronological, language, geographic, etc.
- Print Resources
- Bibliography of American Demographic History: the Literature from 1984 to 1994. David R. Gerhan. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Pess, 1995.
Doe Reference: HB 3505 .G438 1995
- A Retrospective Bibliography of American Demographic History From Colonial Times to 1983. David R. Gerhan. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Pess, 1989.
Doe Reference: HB 3505 .A12 .G477 1989
- Afro-American Demography and Urban Issues: a Bibliography. Robert A. Obudho. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1985
Doe Reference E 185.87 .A12 .O281 1985
Biographical Sources
Information about people, including biographical dictionaries, profiles of people or "Who's Who", personal narratives, and other resources with significant biographical information.
- Print Resources
- Dictionary of Demography: Biographies. William Petersen and Renee Petersen. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1985
Doe Reference HB 855 .P47 1985 Biographies
Dissertation and Thesis Sources
Sources for locating masters theses and doctoral dissertations.
Encyclopedias and Almanacs
General or subject specific encyclopedias, almanacs, and other collections of factual information.
- Electronic Resource Finder
- Print Resources
- The Encyclopedia of Global Population and Demographics. Immanuel Ness, James Ciment. Armonk, NY : Sharpe Reference, 1999.
Doe Reference HB 871 .N43 1999; For accompanying CD-ROM ask at desk
Government Information Services
Listings of publications and other information published by authority of a governmental body, whether federal, state, local, or foreign, and of intergovernmental organizations, such as UNESCO, etc. Many of these sources include the full text of the items.
Handbooks, Manuals and Yearbooks
Collections of information designed to help practitioners in a specific field or profession, or in the case of yearbooks, to provide annually cumulated information in brief descriptive and statistic form.
- Print Resources
- The Population Reference Bureau's Population Handbook. Arthur Haupt, Thomas T. Kane. Washington, DC : Population Reference Bureau, 1998.
Doe Reference HB 871 .H3571 1998
Government Reference HB 871 .H3571 1998
Library and Book Catalogs
Listings of books and other materials belonging to a particular library or, as with union catalogs, a group of libraries, and usually containing information on the location and subject classification of each item. This category also includes national bibliographies, or lists of all books published in a particular country.
Statistics and Numerical Data
Web Gateways and Search Engines
Broad, subject-related sites and subject-specific search engines available without restriction on the World Wide Web.
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