Bibliographies, catalogs, dictionaries, directories, thesauri, and other information services of general demographic concern, except for those bibliographies coded under the specific topic discussed and cross-referenced to this heading.
63:20481 Armstrong, C. J.; Fenton, R.
R. World databases in social sciences. ISBN
1-85739-116-0. 1996. xiii, 793 pp. Bowker-Saur: London, England. In
Eng.
This publication provides evaluative and comparative
information on a wide range of electronic databases in the social
sciences. It covers databases available worldwide in many languages and
electronic formats, including Internet, CD-ROM, online, realtime,
diskette, or tape. The information provided includes name and type of
database, years of coverage, number of records, geographical coverage,
language, description, search software, search aids and manuals, and
comments from or references to reviews of the database. "This
directory is divided into eleven sections, starting with Social
Science/Sociology (databases covering all aspects of the topic), moving
through Social Science General and followed by the nine specific areas:
ethnic studies; urban and rural studies; women, children and the
elderly; social medicine; substance abuse; demography; psychology;
social policy; and opinion polls."
Correspondence:
Bowker-Saur, Maypole House, Maypole Road, East Grinstead, West
Sussex RH19 1HU, England. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
63:20482 Pizzorusso, Giovanni; Sanfilippo,
Matteo. Roman ecclesiastical sources for the study of
Italian emigration to North America (1642-1922). [Fonti
ecclesiastiche romane per lo studio dell'emigrazione italiana in Nord
America (1642-1922).] Studi Emigrazione/Etudes Migrations, Vol. 33, No.
124, Dec 1996. 547-738 pp. Centro Studi Emigrazione: Rome, Italy. In
Ita.
This special issue describes church sources in Rome containing
information on migration between Italy and North America from 1642 to
1922. There are separate sections on the secret Vatican archives, the
Apostolic Vatican Library, and other ecclesiastical archives. An index
of names and authors is included.
Correspondence: Centro
Studi Emigrazione, Via Dandolo 58, 00153 Rome, Italy. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:20483 Shiel, Suzanne.
Annotated bibliography of Canadian demography: 1996 update.
1997. [82] pp. University of Western Ontario, Population Studies
Centre: London, Canada. In Eng.
This is the continuation of an
annotated bibliography of Canadian population studies, updating it
through December 1996. It is arranged alphabetically by author; subject
and author indexes are provided.
For a previous publication in this
series covering the literature published in 1995, see 62:30792.
Correspondence: University of Western Ontario, Population
Studies Centre, London, Ontario N6A 5C2, Canada. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
63:20484 Vogel, Friedrich; Grünewald,
Werner. Concise encyclopedia of population and social
statistics. [Kleines Lexikon der Bevölkerungs- und
Sozialstatistik.] ISBN 3-486-21680-5. 1996. viii, 423 pp. R. Oldenbourg
Verlag: Munich, Germany. In Ger.
This work defines and explains in
German more than 1,000 terms, concepts, and methods of interest to
those working with population and social statistics. Appendices contain
German data collection and census laws, the publication list of the
German government's statistics office, and 1986/88 life tables for West
Germany.
Correspondence: R. Oldenbourg Verlag, Postfach
801360, 81613 Munich, Germany. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
