Demography presents the highest quality original research of scholars in a broad range of disciplines, including anthropology, biology, economics, geography, history, psychology, public health, sociology, and statistics. The journal encompasses a wide variety of methodological approaches to population research. Its geographic focus is global, with articles addressing demographic matters from around the planet. Its temporal scope is broad, as represented by research that explores demographic phenomena spanning the ages from the past to the present, and reaching toward the future.

2011 Impact Factor: 1.931

Top cited papers from Demography:

• Paternal Incarceration and Support for Children in Fragile Families - Geller, Amanda; Garfinkel, Irwin; Western, Bruce
• The Protective Effect of Marriage for Survival: A Review and Update - Rendall, Michael S.; Weden, Margaret M.; Favreault, Melissa M.; et al.
• Beyond Absenteeism: Father Incarceration and Child Development - Geller, Amanda; Cooper, Carey E.; Garfinkel, Irwin; et al.
• Child Underreporting, Fertility, and Sex Ratio Imbalance in China - Goodkind, Daniel
• The Evolution of Family Complexity from the Perspective of Nonmarital Children - Cancian, Maria; Meyer, Daniel R.; Cook, Steven T.

You may click here to view the most downloaded articles which are downloaded live and in real-time Demography.

HKUL users can continue to access the journal via http://library.hku.hk/record=b1391568

[Source: SpringerLink]

• Digital Scholarship Lab

Based at the University of Richmond, the Digital Scholarship Lab develops “innovative digital humanities projects that contribute to research and teaching at and beyond the University of Richmond.” On the website, visitors can learn about ongoing projects, publications, and the Lab’s team of dedicated professionals. The Projects section is quite remarkable, as it contains seven unique projects, including Visualizing Emancipation, Hidden Patterns of the Civil War, and Mining the Dispatch. This last project is fantastic, exploring “the dramatic and often traumatic changes in the social and political life of Civil War Richmond” through the articles of the Richmond Daily Dispatch. There are also several Mini-Projects, which include a meditati on on Pac-Man and the fascinating Americans in Paris. The Publications and Presentations area includes links to presentations given by staff members, along with commentaries and the like. The site is rounded out by the News area and an About area which provides details on the staff.

• NOAA: Images, Visualizing Data, Marine Geology & Geophysics Division

The National Geophysical Data Center at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has a wide range of educational materials designed for oceanographers, private industry partners, and a range of other users. This particular corner of the site brings together dozens of resources that deal with seafloor topography, sediment thickness, natural hazards, and unique animated dives to ocean floor features. This last collection is quite remarkable, as it allows visitors to dive into the Mariana and Puerto Rico Trenches in a way that would be impossible without some rather expensive equipment. Moving along, t he Crustal Age of the Ocean Floor area is an absolute wonder, featuring high-quality images of the earth’s tectonic plates. Additionally, the Globes and Global Relief Images area includes short videos of rotating relief globes, along with a very cool global relief origami piece that can be printed out as a type of decoration or class project. The site is rounded out by a link to the Natural Hazards Image Database, which contains thousands of photographs documenting the effects of earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes.

[Source: Scout Report, Volume 19, Number 8, February 22, 2013]

Demography presents the highest quality original research of scholars in a broad range of disciplines, including anthropology, biology, economics, geography, history, psychology, public health, sociology, and statistics. The journal encompasses a wide variety of methodological approaches to population research. Its geographic focus is global, with articles addressing demographic matters from around the planet. Its temporal scope is broad, as represented by research that explores demographic phenomena spanning the ages from past to present, and reaching toward the future.

2011 Impact Factor: 1.931

These recent articles have been highly cited and are available to read for free until September 30th, 2012:

• Paternal Incarceration and Support for Children in Fragile Families - Amanda Geller, Irwin Garfinkel and Bruce Western
• Parenting as a “package deal”: Relationships, fertility, and nonresident father involvement among unmarried parents - Laura Tach, Ronald Mincy and Kathryn Edin
• Nontraditional families and childhood progress through school - Michael J. Rosenfeld
• Causes and consequences of early-life health - Anne Case and Christina Paxson
• Incarcerating death: Mortality in U.S. state correctional facilities, 1985–1998 - Evelyn J. Patterson

HKUL users can continue to access the journal via http://library.hku.hk/record=b1391568

NOAA Education Resources: Carbon Cycle Collection

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has recently updated its Education Resources website, and there are some fine changes worth nothing. One in particular is the updated section on climate. First-time visitors will note that the materials here are divided into five sections, which include Real World Data and Background Information. Educators will find that the homepage contains a great introduction to the operations and processes of the carbon cycle, and it’s a great stand-alone resource for students new to the field. Moving along, the Lessons and Activities area includes six different resources, including Cycling Carbon Lab and Finding Carbon Sinks. Finally, visitors shouldn’t miss the Career Profiles area which may serve to inspire young people to join the ranks of persons working as fuel scientists and geologists.

[Source: The Scout Report, Volume 18, Number 19, May 11, 2012]

SAGE has published a collection of the top downloaded and cited journal articles from across its entire journals portfolio for 2009-2010. The list recognizes more than 100 articles that were the most downloaded and most cited published from 2009-2010 and the most downloaded articles from SAGE ’s deep backfile. The list covers articles across 39 disciplines, reflecting the full breadth of SAGE’s publishing, from Anthropology, to Special Education, to Neuroscience and Neurology and Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine. You may also view a complete list of SAGE journals ranked in the 2010 Journal Citation Report (Thomson Reuters, 2011).

Articles in the collection have been made free to access. To see the full list and read in full, please click the following links:

• Most downloaded articles 2009-2010
• Most cited articles 2009-2010

• Community Oriented Policing Services

The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) is the office of the U.S. Department of Justice that “advances the practice of community policing in America’s state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies.” COPS was created in 1994, and since then it has worked to provide technical and practical assistance to thousands of law enforcement partners across the country. First-time visitors may stop by the “About” section to learn a bit more about their work and to view practical documents like “Burglary at Single-Family House Construction Sites” and “2011 Electronic Control Weapons Guidelines”. Scholars and policy folks shouldn’t miss the “Resources” area. Visitors will find the COPS Media Center and the archives of the “Geography & Public Safety” newsletter, which focuses on how GIS is being used to assist law enforcement activities…
[Source: The Scout Report, Volume 17, Number 44, November 4, 2011]

 

• Digital Dictionaries of South Asia 

Based at the University of Chicago, the Digital Dictionaries of South Asia (DDSA) project was funded with monies provided by the Office of International Education and Graduate Programs at the US Department of Education. The goal of the project was bring together a range of South Asian dictionaries for scholars and others working with documents of all types. Currently, there are over 25 dictionaries available on the site, and visitors can look over a list of available titles on the homepage. Some of the languages covered here include Gujarati, Marathi, Sanskrit, and Urdu. It’s a remarkable collection, and for those doing work in a range of fields (such as linguistics and comparative literature) it will be a resource they will want to share with others…

[Source: The Scout Report, Volume 17, Number 45, November 11, 2011]

At Online College Classes, you will find resources offered by some of the finest educational institutions in the world in an exceptionally large variety of academic disciplines and topics. Below show these resources:

• Online Classes

A number of world class universities and institutions of learning make premium course content readily available for you. Harvard, Yale, MIT, and UC Berkeley are among the leading providers of lecture series and online courses. The online classes cover many disciplines, such as social sciences, humanities, arts and sciences.

 

• Open Courseware

Many academic institutions have set up their own projects to make learning available to all, with MIT’s Open CourseWare at the vanguard. You can get a few free courses available on the web from a variety of university around the world. Some of them include lessons, podcasts, notes and videos on many topics.

 

• Textbooks & eBooks

Digital textbooks exist in a variety of forms, including open-source documents, interactive eBooks, and as digital versions of regular texts. You can find a list of these online sources, organized by subject, to help you find the information necessary for your study.

 

• Videos

The improvements in internet speed and hosting services like YouTube have inspired a proliferation of video on the web. Many colleges now post recorded lectures for their students, and some even open this service up to the public. You may obtain recorded lectures and short seminars covering a wide variety of subjects.

 

• Podcasts

Being able to see or hear the material makes it easier to remember and understand the academic materials. From this website, you may find that many websites have dedicated themselves to providing books on tape and podcasts that people can download and listen to, for free, to help retain information.

 

• Language

The types of lessons include podcasts, written tutorials and video for each learner to choose what works best for them. Some of these programs center on conversational phrases for travelers while others focus on grammar to really understand the language. You may gain a variety of resources related to learning various languages such as English, French, German, Japanese, Korean and so on.

 

• Archives & Directories

There are a number of websites that do the searching, sorting and cataloging for you. You will find a number of these archives and directories, covering a range of topics from historical documents to literary collections online, to even video lectures from well-know and distinguished professors.

 

• Research and Writing Courses

Each study tool is tailored to the specific subject it is included in, though there may be some crossover. The guidelines are not set in stone, they simply are meant to lead you to increased academic success. Feel free to browse each of the sections to find advice that works for you.

 

[Source: Online College Classes]

The Louisville Herald-Post Collection

In 1925, the Louisville Post and the Louisville Herald merged under the direction of James Buckner Brown. Under Brown’s leadership this new publication became an influential force in local politics, and it made quite a run of it until folding for good in 1936. The paper’s photo “morgue” was acquired by the University of Louisville Photographic Archives in 1994.

Over 3,800 digitized photographs are included. Collection headings including “Military”, “Cities & Towns”, and “Ohio River” enable users to view.  Moreover, digital collections can be browsed by subjects such as ”Everyday Life“,  ”Ethnic Communities“,  ”Geography“, “Journalism“, “Politics and Civic Affairs” and ”Popular Culture“. Search engine is also provided to look for specific materials. Overall, this website contains rich resources about social sciences.

[Source: The Scout Report, Volume 17, Number 30, July 29, 2011]

The journal’s objectives are to publish papers of broad interest in the humanities and social sciences.

The journal strives to enable a sound balance between theory and practice and will publish papers of research, conceptual, viewpoint, case study, literature review nature in broad topics in the field such as: Philosophy and Psychology, Religion and Theology, Social Sciences, Language, the Arts, Literature and Rhetoric, Geography and History, Management, Communication, Media and Information Sciences.

It is available free of charge as an Open Access journal on the Internet. Please click here to access.

The following are the latest Springer books in social sciences related subjects. For titles that are not available in HKU Libraries, users may wish to submit online recommendations at

http://lib.hku.hk/general/e-form/eform_book.html.

Environment

Climate Change

• The subalpine lake ecosystem, Øvre Heimdalsvatn, and its catchment: local and global changes over the last 50 years

Book Series: Developments in Hydrobiology , Vol. 211

Editor/s: Brittain, John E.; Borgstrøm, Reidar

Environmental Management

• Green and Sustainable Pharmacy

Editor/s: Kümmerer, Klaus; Hempel, Maximilian

Monitoring / Environmental Analysis

• Nanoparticles in the Water Cycle

Editor/s: Frimmel, Fritz H.; Niessner, R.

Pollution

• Novel Biomaterials

Book Series: Environmental Science

Srivastava, Shalini; Goyal, Pritee

• Water Scarcity in the Mediterranean

Book Series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry , Vol. 8

Editor/s: Sabater, Sergi; Barceló, Damià

Geography

Landscape, Regional and Urban Planning

• Encyclopedic Dictionary of Landscape and Urban Planning

Editor/s: Evert, Klaus-Jürgen

Physical Geography

• Anthropogenic Geomorphology

Editor/s: Szabó, József; Dávid, Lóránt; Lóczy, Dénes

• Tree Rings and Natural Hazards

Book Series: Advances in Global Change Research , Vol. 41

Editor/s: Stoffel, Markus; Bollschweiler, Michelle; Luckman, Brian H.; Butler, David R.

Psychology

Clinical Psychology

• Subcortical Structures and Cognition

Koziol, Leonard F.; Budding, Deborah Ely

Psychology (general)

• Brain Protection in Schizophrenia, Mood and Cognitive Disorders

Editor/s: Ritsner, Michael S.

• Genes, Memes, Culture, and Mental Illness

Leigh, Hoyle; Leigh, Hoyle

Social Sciences

Criminology & Criminal Justice

• Juvenile Delinquency in Europe and Beyond

Editor/s: Junger-Tas, Josine; Marshall, Ineke Haen; Enzmann, Dirk; Killias, Martin; Steketee, Majone; Gruszczynska, Beata

• The Colombian Peace Process and the Principle of Complementarity of the International Criminal Court

Ambos, Kai

Demography

• Supercentenarians

Book Series: Demographic Research Monographs

Editor/s: Maier, Heiner; Gampe, Jutta; Jeune, Bernard; Vaupel, James W.; Robine, Jean-Marie

Human Geography

• Landscape Modelling

Book Series: Urban and Landscape Perspectives , Vol. 8

Editor/s: Anděl, Jiří; Bičík, Ivan; Dostál, Petr; Lipský, Zdeněk; Shahneshin, Siamak G.

• Multimedia Explorations in Urban Policy and Planning

Book Series: Urban and Landscape Perspectives , Vol. 7

Editor/s: Sandercock, Leonie; Attili, Giovanni

Political Science

• Presidential Science Advisors

Editor/s: Pielke, Roger; Klein, Roberta A.

Social Work

• A Practical Guide to the Evaluation of Child Physical Abuse and Neglect

Editor/s: Giardino, Angelo P.; Lyn, Michelle A.; Giardino, Eileen R.

Sociology

• Environmental Sociology

Editor/s: Gross, Matthias; Heinrichs, Harald