Finding Aid:  Aging

The following selective list of print and Web resources has been compiled by the Layne Library staff as a starting point for research on Aging.  It is not a complete listing of Aging materials held by Layne Library or available online, but is intended to serve as a guide to some of the Library's resources, and as a pointer to a variety of online resources.
 

Websites

• AARP Webplace
• Administration on Aging (AOA)
• AgeNet
• Center on Aging Studies Without Walls
• Eldercare Web
• Health and Retirement Study
• Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
• Kansas Elder Law Network
• Mid-Florida Agency on Aging, Inc.
• NCEA, National Center on Elder Abuse
  
• National Council on the Aging
• National Institute on Aging
• National Indian Council on Aging
• Social Gerontology & the Aging Revolution
• University of Pennsylvania Health System Institute on Aging
• UW-Madison Institute on Aging
• Yahoo! Geriatrics and Aging links
   

Encyclopedias And Reference Sources

• Merck Manual of Geriatrics

    Print sources available in Layne Library:

• Alternative Health & Medicine Encyclopedia  R733 .M38 1995
• Encyclopedia of Aging   Ref. HQ1061 .E53 1987
• Encyclopedia of Psychology Ref BR 31 .E52 2000
  • Subject entries of "Adulthood and Aging" and "Ageism"
• Encyclopedia of Sports Science   Ref. GV558 .E53 1997

Indexes

• PsycINFO : article abstracts and citation
  • Subject searches with terms such as " aged"   and " aging ".
• Infotrac Web Full Text : abstracts, citations and full text articles
  • Subject searches with terms such as " aged"   and " aging ".
  • Try more than one database for the most thorough results -- remember that each database indexes different periodicals.
• ERIC : article abstracts and citations, as well as other (lesson plans, etc.) resources in the field of education
• Education Abstracts Full Text : citations, abstracts, and full text articles
  • Indexes resources relating to education, including journals, yearbooks, and a limited number of books.
  • Use " Aged," "Aging ," "Gerontology "
• CINAHL : abstracts and citations.
  • Use for health and medical-related information on aging

    Print* and CD-ROM indexes available in Layne Library:

• Business Periodicals Index
  •   Use "Aged ," "Generation Marketing ", and " Age and Employment "
• Education Index
  • Use " Aged," " Aging ," "Gerontology "
• General Sciences Index
  • Use " Aged"
• Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature
  • Use " Aged"
• Social Sciences Index
  • Use " Aged," " Gerontological ," " Gerontology "

  *Print indexes are located on the index table in the Periodical room.

Periodicals

• HNRC: Scientific Publications Database , Tufts University

    Print journals available in Layne Library

• Geriatric Nursing
• Gerontologist
• Journal of Gerontological Nursing
• -- articles in discipline specific journals such as American Sociological Review or Psychological Reports can  be located using the indexes listed above.

Videos

• Art Linkletter on Positive Aging (1994)  VT 801-802
• Fitness and Wellness for the Senior Citizen (1990)   VT 779
• On Old Age (1995)   VT 970-971
• Principals of Geropsychology, Assessment and Consultation (1998)   VT 1090-1091

Searching the Library Catalog

• Subject searches: "aged ," "aging ," "old age"
• Keyword searches on "aging," "gerontology," "geriatric," "old age "
• Limit by publication year to see the most recently published resources.

Statistics

• Statistical Information on Older Persons from the Administration on Aging (US Census Bureau statistics and projections)

    Print statistics sources available in Layne Library:

• Older Americans Almanac   Ref. HQ1064 .U5 O416 1994
• Statistical Handbook on Aging Americans   Ref. HQ1064 .U5S695 1994
• Statistical Abstract of the United States   Ref. HA202 .S8

Legislation

• THOMAS -- US Congress on the Internet
  • Use " aged" for subject searches

  Created by J. Barker
Last updated 11/16/2001
Corrections or comments please contact: jobarker@dwu.edu