Gerontology Research Tools
Beginning Your Research:
- Library Catalog - a record of materials owned by the Eccles Library and Utah Health Sciences Library Consortium (UHSLC) contributors
- Marriott Library Catalog - a record of materials owned by the Marriott Library
- netlibrary: provides access to electronic books
- MD Consult: requires that you set up a user account; provides access to a wealth of electronic textbooks, journals and patient education materials
- Stat!Ref: provides access to electronic textbooks
- LocatorPlus - NLM's Catalog: a record of materials owned by the National Library of Medicine
- WorldCat: a record of materials cataloged by OCLC member libraries be sure to Exit when done)
For journal articles use:
- Databases
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AGELINE; provides bibliographic
coverage of social gerontology, which is the study of aging in psychological, health-related,
social, and economic contexts. The delivery of health care to the older population and its
associated costs and policies is particularly well covered, as are consumer, employment, and
public policy issues.
- Help Sheets
- AgeLine Description (PDF file)
- Searching AgeLine, Basic and Advanced (PDF file)
- Searching AgeLine Tips (PDF file)
- AgeLine Age Groups (PDF file)
- CINAHL-EBSCOhost: searches for journal articles in the nursing and allied health literature
- Cochrane Library: full text, evidence-based systematic reviews
- PubMed an index for health, medical, nursing and pharmacy journal articles
- MedlinePlus: This database has an emphases on consumer health information
- PsycINFO- EBSCOhost interface Select the link to PsycINFO 1887-Current
- LEXIS/NEXIS: News, Business, Legal Research, Medical and Reference
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SocioFile
covers sociology and related disciplines by including bibliographic citations and abstracts (from sociological abstracts and SOPODA) and enhanced dissertation citations (from Dissertation Abstracts International) - From this page, link to Social Science Abstracts, Social Work Abstracts, SocioFile or Sociological Abstracts
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AGELINE; provides bibliographic
coverage of social gerontology, which is the study of aging in psychological, health-related,
social, and economic contexts. The delivery of health care to the older population and its
associated costs and policies is particularly well covered, as are consumer, employment, and
public policy issues.
- Selected Online Journals
- Age and Aging
- Aging -- Searched in EBSCOhost Health Source: Consumer Edition
- Gerontology
- Journals of Gerontology, Series A, psychological sciences and social sciences
- Journals of Gerontology, Series B, biological sciences and medical sciences; available in print and shelved as Journal of Gerontology
To find statistics:
- LEXIS/NEXIS Statistical Universe
- Index to International Statistics: provides link to database
- U.S. Census Bureau
- CDC-Wonder
- National Center for Health Statistics
A few good websites to start your research:
- Government Sites
- Administration on Aging - provides information on older persons and services for the elderly
- National Institute on Aging
- Social Security Online
- U. S. Census Bureau
- Organizations
- AARP Webplace
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Gerontological Society of America
NCOA (The National Council on the Aging) www.ncoa.org Official Site of the American Psychological Association Division 20, Adult Development & Aging http://www.apa.org/about/division/div20.html
- Local Government Agencies
- Utah Department of Human Resources - Utah State Aging Adult Services
- Salt Lake County Aging Services
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