Population in Singapore   Tags: singapore population  

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Singapore is the second most densely population country in the world. (Source: Mapsof World.com).  The 2010 census reveals the population count to be 5.08 million and 3.23 million were Singapore citizens. (Source: Department of Statistics). Of the resident population, the Chinese formed 74.1 per cent while the Malay and Indian populations were 13.4 per cent and 9.2 per cent, respectively.

The high average rate of life and low infant mortality rate showcases a well-established healthcare system. On the other hand, the city-state has registered low fertility, increasing population and a growing number of senior citizens. This is a familiar trend in many developed countries. Public policies and programmes regarding fertility, population growth and ageing population are frequently debated and discussed in the media.

This pathfinder serves as a guide to help you locate resources on the subject that are available at the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library as well as on the Internet.

Books and texts are often mainstays of resource guides as these provide introductory and comprehensive information on a particular topic. In the creation of this libguide however, effort was also made to recommend resources that are highly accessible, such as, ebooks, journal and newpaper articles, authoritative websites, among others. Please find below a brief write-up of the resource formats, as well as, how to access them.

• Print materials from both the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library, as well as, NLB's Public Libraries. Just click on the given links to activate NLB's online catalogue showing availability of the items. Apart for the reference books at the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library, books recommended in this guide can be reserved online and brought to the library branch of your choice for a small fee of $1.55 (just click on "Reserve this item").
  
  
• Journal articles from the library's eResources service (http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg). Most of the recommended journal articles are from Proquest Central and JSTOR as these databases are accessible from home. Just click on the given links to be brought to the relevant section of the eResources site. Thereafter, register (if you are new to the service) or log-in >> click on the relevant database (e.g., JSTOR, Proquest Central) >> conduct a search using the article's title.
  
  
• Newspaper articles from the Factiva database, as well as, the NewspaperSG database. Factiva is available via our eResources service and articles within can be accessed in the same manner as that for journal articles (described above). Newspapers from NewspaperSG can be accessed via (http://newspapers.nl.sg). Articles from 1831 - 1989 can be accessed from home (direct links to the articles are provided) while those after 1989 can only be accessed onsite at the libraries.

• Embedded videos. A picture speaks thousand words, what more a video? Click the play button on the embedded videos (from reputable sources) for some visual learning.
  
  
• Web resources. Relevant websites on the topic, as well as, journal articles accessible via the web.

This guide highlights items in the collection, and is thus not intended to be comprehensive. Interested readers should search the NLB catalogue for more works.

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