This guide is intended to help graduate and undergraduate students who are interested in demography, family planning, development, sociology, public health, and social work in Sub-Saharan Africa.  Particular emphasis is placed on acquiring present demographic statistics in Africa, although many of the resources include historical data.  Some general resources on Sociology and African Studies are included.
 
 

Catalog Resources/Books

Franklin, Penn's Online Catalog can be accessed through the Library's Homepage: www.library.upenn.edu.

Suggested Subject Headings for use in Franklin:

demography
demography abstracts
demography africa
demography bibliography
demography methodology
demography penn dissertations
demography periodicals

population
population bibliography
population control
population growth
population policy
population statistics
population statistics periodicals

africa
africa bibliography
africa, eastern
africa maps
africa periodicals
africa population
africa social conditions
africa social life and customs
africa, southern
africa, sub-saharan
africa, west

-Also, enter the names of specific countries and then browse the Subject Headings Index for topics.
 

Books

The Demography of Africa
James D. Tarver.
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1996.

Van Pelt Library Reference Stacks
HB3661.A3 T37 1996

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Dictionary of Demography: Terms, Concepts, and Institutions
William Petersen and Renee Petersen ; with the collaboration of an international panel of demographers.
New York : Greenwood Press, 1986.

Van Pelt Library Reference Stacks
HB849.2 .P47 1986

Encyclopedia of Global Population and Demographics [Print]
Immanuel Ness and James Ciment.
Armonk, NY : Sharpe Reference, c1999

Van Pelt Library Reference Stacks
HB871 .N43 1999 v.1-2

    [Computer File]
    Armonk, NY : Sharpe Reference, c1999.
    Computer File: 1 computer optical disc : col. ; 4 3/4 in.

    Van Pelt Library Reference Moelis CD Area
    HB871 .N432 1999

Encyclopedia Of Sociology
Edgar F. Borgatta, editor-in-chief ; Rhonda J.V. Montgomery, managing editor.
New York : Macmillan Reference USA, c2000.
2nd ed.

Van Pelt Library Reference Stacks
HM425 .E5 2000

International Encyclopedia of Population
Editor in chief, John A. Ross (Center for Population and Family Health, International Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction).
New York : The Free Press, c1982.

Van Pelt Library Reference Stacks
HB849.2 .I61

Bibliographies, Indexes and Abstracts
 

Bibliographies:

IBSS Extra [Online]
1951-
The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences contains bibliographic citations from over 2600 international publications. Subjects include anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology.
Accessible from Penn's library home page(www.library.upenn.edu); then "Databases".

International African Bibliography.
London : Mansell, 1971-
Serial ;(Jan. 1971)-

Van Pelt Library
Currently received. Latest 5 years in Reference.
DT1 .I574

The Sociology of Human Fertility: An Annotated Bibliography.
Freedman, Ronald, 1917
New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts [1973]

Van Pelt Library
Z7164.D3
 

Indexes and Abstracts

IBISCUS [Online]
1972-
Bibliographic citations with indexing and abstracts for the scholarly and professional literature in economic development worldwide, especially Africa.  Currently over 195,000 entries, many of which are in French.  Demography, as a subject term, is indexed heavily, as is Africa, south of the Sahara.
Accessible online through Penn's Databases Page, and also at http://www.ibiscus.fr/biblio/gb/grille_simple.htm.

ISI Social Sciences Citation Index [Online]
1978-
Produced by the Institute of Scientific Information, this database covers more than 1725 journals in the social sciences.  Topics of particular interest to demographers are sociology, public health, social work, and urban studies.
Accessible online through Penn's Databases Page.

    Social Sciences Citation Index [Print]
    Philadelphia : Institute for Scientific Information

    1956-1977  Van Pelt Reference;
    1978-1996  High Density Storage
    Current issues no longer received.
    H1. S616

Medline
1966 -
Covers the fields of medicine, public health, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and the preclinical sciences.

Appropriate Medical Subject Headings include:

• demography (371750 hits)
• Africa South of the Sahara (64919 hits)
• Africa
• africa western
• africa eastern
• africa central
• africa southern
• population
• population control
• population density
• population dynamics
• population growth
• population surveillance
• public health
• sociology
• sociology, medical
• sociometric techniques

Accessible online through Penn's Databases Page.

PAIS International [Online]
1972-
The full title of this index is Public Affairs Information Service. Covers bibliographic citations and abstracts of scholarly material relating to public policy and planning as it relates to such topics as social sciences, agriculture and education.
Accessible online through Penn's Databases Page.

    PAIS International in Print
    New York, N.Y. : Public Affairs Information Service, Inc., 1991-

    1991- 1994 at Van Pelt Reference
    1985 -1990 at Van Pelt Reference under the title "PAIS Bulletin".
     Not Currently Received.
     JA1 .P357

Population Index [Online]
1986-
Online bibliography that covers all fields of interest to demographers, including fertility, mortality, population size and growth, migration, etc. The online index is clear and easy to use, one can browse through earlier issues, limit issues to titles relating to particular geographic regions, browse source list (over 400 indexed), or search.
Accessible through Penn's Databases page, and also at  http://popindex.princeton.edu/index.html

    Population Index [Print]
    Office of Population Research, Princeton University, 1937-1999.
    Quarterly Serial. Continues Population Literature (1935-36),

    Van Pelt Library - Latest 5 years in Reference.
    HB848 .P665

POPLINE
1970 -
Covers materials in journal articles, monographs, technical reports, and unpublished works on  family planning, population law and policy, and primary health care.
Accessible online through Penn's Databases page, and also at http://db.jhuccp.org/popinform/

Sociological Abstracts [Online]
1963-
Includes abstracts from books and book chapters, journals, dissertations, association papers and reviews from over 2600 international publications relating broadly to sociology.
Accessible online through Penn's Databases page.

    Sociological Abstracts [Print]
    San Diego : Sociological Abstracts, inc.]
    Serial ; 5 issues a year, <Oct. 1975->
    Not Currently Received

    v.1 (1952/1953)-v.10 (1962) at Van Pelt Reference
    v.11 (1963)-v.47 (1999)  at High Density Storage
    HM1 .S67

Handbooks, Guides and Directories

Guide to resources for African studies in the Libraries of the African Studies Consortium : Bryn Mawr, Haverford, Swarthmore and the University of Pennsylvania.
Compiled by Elisa Forgey.
Philadelphia, Pa. : African Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, 1998.

Van Pelt Library Reference Stacks
Z688.A54 G85 1998

The Handbook of National Population Censuses : Africa and Asia
Eliane Domschke and Doreen S. Goyer.
New York : Greenwood Press, 1986.

Van Pelt Library Reference Stacks
HA37.A33 D65 1986

Data Resources

Africa South of the Sahara
London, Europa Publications Ltd.
Serial, 1971-
[Regional equivalent of Europa Yearbook, includes a survey of history, government, economy, and statistics on the nations of sub-Saharan Africa. Includes individual country surveys.]

Van Pelt Library
30th ed. 2001 Shelved at Van Pelt Library Reference Desk
DT1 .A219

African statistical yearbook. Annuaire statistique pour l'Afrique
Addis Ababa, Economic Commission for Africa, United Nations.
Serial Annual, 1974-

Van Pelt Library. Latest issue in Reference.
HA1955 .U5

Demographic and Health Surveys [Online]
Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) are nationally representative household surveys with large sample sizes of about 5,000 households. DHS surveys provide data for a wide range of monitoring and impact evaluation indicators in the areas of population, health, and nutrition. One can search by selecting country/region and subjects such as abortion, child labor, and AIDS behavior. The site is also an exhaustive gateway for other statistical resources in the field of population studies and public health.
http://www.measuredhs.com

Demographic Yearbook. Annuaire Démographique
New York [etc.] Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office, United Nations.

Lippincott Library
Currently received. Latest 10 years in Lippincott Reference Stacks.
Van Pelt Library
49th, 1997 Shelved at Van Pelt Library Reference Desk
HA17 .D45

International Historical Statistics : Africa, Asia & Oceania, 1750-1993
B.R. Mitchell.
London : Macmillan Reference ; New York : Stockton Press, 1998.
3rd ed.

Van Pelt Library Reference Stacks
HA 4675 .M573 1998

IPC [Online]
The International Programs Center (IPC), part of the Population Division of the U.S. Bureau of the Census, contains current and projected world population information, information on country census dates, statistical software applications, technical assistance, and access to the International Database (IDB).  The IDB is a searchable database of demographic information from 1951 to the present. It was last updated May 2000 and includes projected information.
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/

United Nations Statistical Division: Demographic and Social Statistics [Online]
Provides a wealth of data and resources on population statistics worldwide.  The site includes reports titled "Social Indicators", "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants", "The World's Women 2000: Trends and Statistics", and others.  It is also recommended that one search the main page for the UNSD for more general databases and resources.
http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/sd_social.htm

Internet Resources/Gateways

The Center for Reproductive Law and Policy
The CRLP is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting women's equality worldwide by guaranteeing reproductive rights as human beings.  This site provides information regarding legislation, legal materials, international news, links to publications and other resources.
http://www.crlp.org/

Comittee for International Cooperation in National Research in Demography [CICRED]
The CICRED is a gateway that provides links to centers and websites on population studies worldwide and to reviews of published materials from over 80 journals.
http://www.cicred.ined.fr/

PopPlanet
Partnership with the National Council for Science and the Environment and the Population Reference Bureau. Provides statistics and resources relating to population, environment and health.  Country studies are included.  The site is still in construction and only a select number of countries in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Central America are included thus far.
http://popplanet.org

SOSIG: Social Sciences Information Gateway
Free Internet service which aims to provide a trusted source of selected, high quality Internet information for students, academics, researchers and practitioners in the social sciences, business and law. Below is a link to the page on demography:
http://www.sosig.ac.uk/statistics/demography/

Resources at Penn

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries Homepage
http://www.library.upenn.edu

Library Research Guides
http://www.library.upenn.edu/vanpelt/guides/guides.html

The African Studies Center
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/AS.html

The African Studies Consortium: A research community involving the University of Pennsylvania, Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore.
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/consortium/consort-index.html

The Population Studies Center
http://www.pop.upenn.edu/

The Demography Library at the Population Studies Center
http://www.pop.upenn.edu/library/demlib.html

The African Census Analysis Project
http://www.acap.upenn.edu/