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Librarian - Carol Scamman

Email: cscamman@sfasu.edu
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Gerontology

Subject Indexes | E-Text | Websites

General Indexes

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.

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

 

Subject Indexes

AgeLine (AARP) summarizes articles from over 150 journals in gerontology and related fields.  This free database from AARP treats all kinds of issues related to gerontology.  To see if the library has full-text of the article abstracts, enter the journal title in Journals@Steen  or use the " Journals"   button on the library’s homepage.

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

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.

GeroWeb
Brought to you by the GeroInformatics Workgroup at the Wayne State University Institute of Gerontology, GeroWeb is designed as an online resource for researchers, educators, practitioners, and others interested in aging and older individuals.

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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