Scope

While net population changes result from the interplay of birth rates, death rates, and the effects of migration, these elements depend on a wide range of social, economic, and environmental factors. These include marriage and childbearing patterns, employment opportunities, industrialization, health services, education, religion, the participation of women in the work force, and the types and prevalence of family planning

Overview

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online 1992 (updated daily)
Britannica Online is a searchable collection of authoritative references, including Britannica's latest encyclopedia articles. Basic instructions for Encyclopædia Britannica Online

Encyclopedia of Bioethics
College Library Reference Collection: QH 332 E52 2004
Refer to "Population Ethics" in Volume 4, pages 2032-2083

Encyclopedia of Population
College Library Reference Collection: HB871 E538 2003

Encyclopedia of Sociology
College Library Reference Collection: HM 425 E5 2000
Refer to "Population" in Volume 3, pages 2175-2184

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center 1990 - to date (updated daily)
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (OVRC) includes the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources and provides viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

Vital Statistics of the United States: Births, Life Expectancy, Deaths, and Selected Health Data
College Library Reference Collection: HB 3505 V58 2004

The World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Up-to-date population information prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency and based on statistics from population censuses, vital statistics registration systems, or sample surveys.

Finding Journal and News Articles

Below are links to databases that cover this subject area. The truncation symbol for all of them is an asterisk (*) unless otherwise noted.

Sample searches for databases:

population growth and fertility
birth control and developing countries
fertility and developing countries
population policy and china
demographic transition
population growth and environment*
overpopulation and policy
population density
population geography

Recommended Databases:

Academic Search 1984 - to date (updated daily)
This library database indexes approximately 3,100 popular magazines and academic journals and provides the full-text articles from approximately 1,000 journals. Basic instructions for Academic Search

CQ Researcher November 1991 - to date (updated weekly)
Contains weekly reports from Congressional Quarterly that cover the most current and controversial issues. Basic instructions for CQ Researcher

General Science Full Text 1984 - to date (updated monthly)
Indexes 150 popular and scholarly periodicals, as well as the Science section of the New York Times. Subjects include biology, chemistry, earth sciences, environment, nutrition, genetics, medicine and health. Basic instructions for General Science Full Text

ProQuest Research Library 1988 - to date (updated daily)
Indexes over 2,000 general-interest and academic journals. Nearly 1,000 periodicals are full-text. Dates vary, but many full-text journals go back to 1988. Basic instructions for ProQuest Research Library

Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) 1972 - to date (updated quarterly)
Indexes journal articles, books, government documents, statistical compilations, committee reports, directories, serials, reports of public, intergovernmental and private organizations, and most other forms of printed literature from all over the world. The full-text of the articles is not available in the database. Basic instructions for PAIS

Social Sciences Full Text 1983 - to date (updated monthly)
Indexes more than 415 scholarly journals in economics, politics, public administration, public health, sociology, criminology, environmental and urban studies, psychology and anthropology. Basic instructions for Social Sciences Full Text

Finding Books

MadCat
Books on population can be found in MadCat, the UW-Madison library catalog.

Sample keyword searches:

population and statistics and 2000
"birth control" and fertility
population and http (to find electronic resources)

Internet Sites

Population Reference Bureau
http://www.prb.org
Site provides timely and objective population information.

United Nations Population Information Network
http://www.un.org/popin/
A resource from the United Nations Population Division.

U. S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/ipc/www/
Population information from the International Programs Center of the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Population Profile of the United States
http://www.census.gov/population/www/pop-profile/profiledynamic.html
This useful source offers an introduction to the work of the U.S. Census Bureau.

Statistics

Statistical Universe 1973 - to date (updated monthly)
Contains the full text of more than 800 U.S. government statistical publications. Lexis-Nexis Statistical Universe is available to UW-Madison registered users.

Statistical Abstract of the United States
College Library Reference Collection: HA 202 U5
Refer to "Population" and "Vital Statistics" for tables giving population figures according to such factors as age, ethnic origin, sex, marital status, etc.

United Nations Statistical Yearbook
College Library Reference Collection: HA 12.5 U63
Also available through NetLibrary. Search for "Statistical Yearbook."
Contains tables showing world population broken down by country and region, plus tables giving a wide range of social and economic data for each country.

The World Almanac and Book of Facts
College Library Reference Collection: AY 67 N5 W7
Look in the index under "Population, U.S." and "Population, World."

Organizations

The Population Council
http://www.popcouncil.org/
The Population Council's mission is to improve the well-being and reproductive health of current and future generations and to help achieve a humane, equitable, and sustainable balance between people and resources.

The Population Institute
http://www.populationinstitute.org
This international, educational, non-profit organization seeks to reduce excessive population growth and provides information and current statistics on overpopulation.

Population Research Institute
http://www.pop.org/
The Population Research Institute is a nonprofit research and educational organization dedicated to making a case against the widely held development paradigm which places economic and population growth in opposition to each other.

Population Connection
http://www.populationconnection.org/
Population Connection is a national nonprofit organization working to slow population growth and achieve a sustainable balance between the Earth's people and its resources.