Reference Links
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Associations Unlimited
(an encyclopedia of associations, searchable by name or acronym)
Information Please
Online encyclopedia, dictionary, almanac, and atlas.
Penn State Libraries Online Reference Resources
yourDictionary.com
(English and other languages)
American FactFinder
Your source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data from the United States Census Bureau.
Base de Estadísticas e Indicadores Sociales (BADEINSO) [database on social indicators]
From the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Latin America. In Spanish only.
Diversitydata.org
Quality of life indicators for US metropolitan areas, by race and ethnicity. From the Harvard School of Public Health.
Penn State Social Sciences Library Statistics & Data
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Statistical Indicators for Asia and the Pacific
Quarterly electronic publication from UNESCAP.
U.S. Department of State Background Notes
United Nations Population Information Network (POPIN)
Guide to population information on UN web sites, including data and statistics.
United Nations Population Information Network (POPIN): Publications
Links to major recurring population and population-related publications from the UN, including World Population Prospects, Demographic Yearbook, and Human Development Report.
World Development Indicators (WDI Online)
Available to the Penn State community through a University Libraries subscription.
World Health Statistics
Book and database published by the World Health Organization (WHO).
APA Style
Official site for the APA Publication Manual.
Bibliography Styles (Writer's Workshop at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
JAMA (American Medical Association) Style
Online Writing Lab Formatting in Sociology
Entrez Journals Database (PubMed)
Journal Title Abbreviations (ISI)
Journal Title Abbreviations for Science
Population Association of America (PAA) Home Page
PRI Links to Professional Associations
Scholarly Societies Project
“facilitating access to information about scholarly societies across the world since 1994”
