GERONTOLOGY: A GUIDE TO INFORMATION RESOURCES
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Useful LC SUBJECT HEADINGS for this topic:
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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:
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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:
| BV65 .A46 | Religion in relationship to aging | ||
| GN485 | Social and cultural anthropology of aging | ||
| GV184 | Recreation for the aged | ||
| GV482.6 | Exercise for the aged | ||
| HQ1060-1064 | Aged. Gerontology (social aspects). Retirement | ||
| HV675.7 | Accidents, Prevention of accidents among the aged | ||
| HV1450-1494 | Protection, assistance and relief for aged | ||
| HV5138 | Alcohol and the aged | ||
| HV6250.4 A34 | Aged as victims of crime | ||
| HV6545.2 | Suicide among the aged | ||
| HV6626.3 | Aged abuse | ||
| LC5451-5493 | Aged education | ||
| QH608 | Aging of cells | ||
| QP86 | Physiology of aging |
Useful NLM CALL NUMBERS on this subject:
| WT100 | General works on geriatrics | |
| WT104 | Ageing process | |
| WT115 | Nutritional requirements and diseases of the aged | |
| WT116 | Longevity. Life expectency. Death | |
| WT120 | Geriatric hygiene | |
| WT141 | Physical examination, diagnosis, diagnostic methods, monitoring of the geriatric patient | |
| WT145 | Geriatric Psychology | |
| WT150 | Geriatric Psychiatry | |
| WT155 | Senile dementia. Alzheimer's Disease | |
| WT166 | Geriatric therapeutics | |
| WY152 | Geriatric nursing |
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REFERENCE RESOURCES
| E-Book | Gale Encyclopedia of Senior Health: A Guide for Seniors and Their Care Givers | ||
| HQ1061 E534 2002 | Encyclopedia of Aging | ||
| WT13 E564 2007 | Encyclopedia of Health and Aging | ||
| WT 30 E56 2005 | Encyclopedia of Ageism | ||
| WY 152 G377 2010 | Scope and Standards of Gerontological Nursing Practice |
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PERIODICAL INDEXES/DATABASES
- 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
- 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 KC library
- Geriatric Nursing
Periodicals available through the Electronic Journal Center
- 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:
- The American Geriatrics Society
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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. - Gero Nurse
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http://www.geronurseonline.org//
The official geriatric nursing website of the ANA, developed to provide information on nursing care for older adults. - The Institute of Gerontology at Wayne State University
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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
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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
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http://www.cpa.org.uk/index.html
An independent centre of research and reference from the UK
