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GERONTOLOGY: A GUIDE TO INFORMATION RESOURCES

KCMA Online Catalog

Useful LC SUBJECT HEADINGS for this topic:
Abused elderly
Age--factors in disease
Aged--diseases
Aged--health and hygiene
Aged--health risk assessment
Aged--home care
Aged--long term care
Aged--medical care
Aged--Nutrition
Aged men
Aged women
Aging
Aging parents
Alzheimer's Disease
Dementia

Euthanasia
Frail elderly
Geriatric Nursing
Geriatrics
Gerontology
Human Services
Killing of the elderly
Nursing home care
Nursing homes
Nutrition disorders in old age
Old age
Older people
Physical fitness for older people
Sports for older people
 
Useful MESH SUBJECT HEADINGS for this topic:
Aged
Aged 80 and over
Aging
Alzheimers disease
Dementia
Frail Elderly
Geriatirc assessment
Geriatric Nursing
Geriatrics
Health services for the aged
Homes for the aged
Housing for the elderly
Nursing homes
Skilled nursing facilities

Useful LC CALL NUMBERS on this subject:

BF724.8-.85Developmental Psychology--Old age
BV65 .A46Religion in relationship to aging
GN485Social and cultural anthropology of aging
GV184Recreation for the aged
GV482.6Exercise for the aged
HQ1060-1064Aged. Gerontology (social aspects). Retirement
HV675.7Accidents, Prevention of accidents among the aged
HV1450-1494Protection, assistance and relief for aged
HV5138Alcohol and the aged
HV6250.4 A34Aged as victims of crime
HV6545.2Suicide among the aged
HV6626.3Aged abuse
LC5451-5493Aged education
QH608Aging of cells
QP86Physiology of aging
Useful NLM CALL NUMBERS on this subject:
WT 100General works on geriatrics
WT104Ageing process
WT115Nutritional requirements and diseases of the aged
WT116Longevity. Life expectency. Death
WT120Geriatric hygiene
WT141Physical examination, diagnosis, diagnostic methods, monitoring of the geriatric patient
WT145Geriatric Psychology
WT150Geriatric Psychiatry
WT155Senile dementia. Alzheimer's Disease
WT166Geriatric therapeutics
WY152Geriatric nursing

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REFERENCE RESOURCES

HQ1061 E534 2002Encyclopedia of Aging
HQ1064 U5 O416 1994Older Americans Almanac: A Reference Work on Seniors in the United States
HQ1064 U5 V494 1990Fact Book on Aging
WT13 B565a 2001The Merck Manual of Geriatrics
WT13 E563 1996Encyclopedia of Gernontology: Age, Aging and the Aged
WT39 M555 2000The Merck Manual of Geriatrics
WY 152 S422 2001 Scope and Standards of Gerontological Nursing Practice

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PERIODICAL INDEXES/DATABASES
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Academic Search Complete
Provides full text for more than 3,430 scholarly publications covering a wide variety of academic areas of study
Alt-Health Watch
Full text articles from 170+ peer-reviewed and professional journals, magazines, reports, proceedings, association & consumer newsletters on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care
CINAHL (Nursing and Allied Health)
Index to over 1500 nursing and health publications
Contemporary Women's Issues
Although no longer being updated, this database provides full-text access to information on women in such fields as sociology, psychology, health
Electronic Journals Center
Full-text indexing service for over 2000 online scholarly and research journals
Gender Studies Database
covers the full spectrum of gender-engaged scholarship inside and outside academia, including professional journals, conference papers, books, book chapters, government reports, discussion and working papers, theses & dissertations and other sources.
Health Source (Nursing/Academic)
Provides access to nearly 590 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for over 627 journals
MEDLINE
International index to journals in medicine
ProQuest Nursing Journals*
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Index to full-text articles from over 250 nursing and allied health journals.
PsychINFO
Provides abstracts and citations to the scholarly literature in the behavioral and mental health sciences
SocIndex
A comprehensive database for sociology research indexing not only journal articles but also significant monographs
Women's Studies International
covers the core disciplines in Women’s Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research, including women's health issues
Periodicals available in the KCMA library
Geriatric Nursing
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Age and Ageing
Ageing International
Ageing Research Reviews
Ageing and Society
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Biogerontology
BMC Geriatrics
Canadian Journal on Aging
Drugs and Aging
Experimental Gerontology
Geriatrics and Gerontology International
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
Journal of Aging and Health
Journal of Aging and Identity
Journal of Aging Studies
Journal of Applied Gerontology
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Maturitas
Neurobiology of Aging
Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

INTERNET RESOURCES ON THIS TOPIC
Below are some related sites on the World Wide Web:
AARP's Ageline Database
http://www.aarp.org/ageline
Produced by AARP's Research Information Center this database provides abstracts of aging related research and policy, including both professional and selected consumer content.

The American Geriatrics Society
http://www.americangeriatrics.org/
The American Geriatrics Society is a professional organization of health care providers dedicated to improving the health and well-being of all older adults.

Emory University MedWeb: Geriatrics
http://www.medweb.emory.edu/MedWeb/SPT--AdvancedSearch.php?Q=Y&FK=geriatrics&RP=10&SR=0
Links to selected geriatics related sites maintained by the Health Sciences Center Library at Emory University

The Institute of Gerontology at Wayne State University
http://www.iog.wayne.edu/
Dedicated to research in the social and behavioral sciences and cognitive neuroscience to issues of aging and urban health

National Institute on Aging
http://www.nia.nih.gov/
A division of the National Institutes for Health, the NIA leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life.

Center for Policy on Ageing
http://www.cpa.org.uk/index.html
An independent centre of research and reference from the UK