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Gerontology

Subject Databases
E-Text
Websites

Librarian - Carol Scamman

Email: cscamman@sfasu.edu
Phone: (936) 468-1710
Office: 202e
Appointments Available

General Databases

Academic Search Complete (Ebsco) is a multidisciplinary index giving access to articles in over 8000 journals with many available in full text.

Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale Cengage Learning) is a general database with indexing for journal, magazine and newspaper articles, with many of the articles available full text.

Google Scholar provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.

Wilson Select Plus (FirstSearch) is a general database that contains full text articles from popular and scholarly journals and magazines.

 

Subject Databases

Contemporary Women's Issues (Firstsearch) provides full text access to information on women from journals, newsletters, research reports, and fact sheets.

DIScovering Science provides comprehensive coverage of scientific disciplines including Physical Sciences, Medicine, Technology, Information Sciences and Mathematics.

Health Reference Center (1996 - Present) provides indexing for magazine and journal articles, and pamphlets dealing with personal and allied heath, medicine, and nursing. Many of the articles are available in full-text format.

Medline (FirstSearch) is a database that covers all areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing. There is no full text access, but most records include substantial abstracts.

PsycINFO (Ebsco) indexes and abstracts books and book chapters in English, and 1,300+ journals in over 20 languages in the field of psychology.

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E-Text

Google Print
Search inside books online (full text available for some).

NetLibrary is a collection of electronic books (eBooks) especially selected to meet the needs of the university curriculum.

Gale Virtual Reference Library - Access the content of reference books electronically, anytime, anywhere.
Encyclopedia of Aging

Online Books: Family, Marriage, Sex and Gender (and Aging)

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Websites

Administration on Aging
Timely resources from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

Alzheimer's Disease Education & Referral Center
A service of the national Insurance on Aging(NIA) containing information about Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Sponsored by the Federal Government.

National Institute on Aging
Federal Government site related to aging issues.

AARP Guide
The AARP guide to Internet Resources Related to Aging lists and describes Internet sites of interest to older people and those concerned with aging-related issues, including researchers, policy makers, service providers, caregivers and students.

 

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