- Library Catalog--use Subject words to locate books and media, such as:
- aged
- aging
- alzheimer’s disease
- death
- dementia
- depression in old age
- exercise for the aged
- gerontology
- geriatrics
- longevity
- old age
- medicare
- osteoporosis
- physical fitness for the aged
- retirement
- social security
- Recent Reference books (2nd floor)
- Cambridge Handbook of Age and Ageing -- Ref. HQ 1061 .C315 2005 (on order)
- Encyclopedia of Aging -- Ref. HQ 1061 .E534 2002 (4 vols.)
- Encyclopedia of Alzheimer’s Disease -- Ref. RC 523 .M665 2003
- Encyclopedia of Arthritis -- Ref. RC 933 .S766 2004
- Encyclopedia of Senior Health and Well-Being -- Ref. RA 777.6 .K357 2003
- Selected recent books and videos:
- Alzheimer’s Disease -- RC 523.2 .D37 2005
- Biology Of Death -- QH 530 .K5613 2004
- Death’s Door -- HQ 1073 .G54 2006
- Denial of Aging -- HQ 1064 .U5 .G45 2006
- Designing Resistance Training Programs (last part about seniors) -- GV 505 .F58 2004
- Looting Of Social Security -- HD 7125 .S565 2004
- Maltreatment of Patients in Nursing Homes -- RA 997 .H357 2006
- Mature Mind: Positive Power of the Aging Brain -- BF 724.6 .C64 2005
- Medicare Matters: What Geriatric Medicine Can Teach American Health Care -- RA 412.3 .C39 2005
- New Politics of Old Age Policy -- HV 1461 .N76 2005
- Physical Activity Instruction of Older Adults -- GV 447 .P575 2005
- Saving Social Security -- HD 7125 .D525 2004
- Secret Life Of The Brain -- QP 376 .S42 2002—videocassette episode 5—Aging Brain
- Sex and the Seasoned Woman -- HQ 29 .S52 2006
- Supporting the Caregiver in Dementia -- RC 521 .S87 2006
- Women Confronting Retirement -- HQ 1063.2 .U6 .W658 2003
- Abstract/Indexing Databases are used to locate magazine, newspaper, and/or journal articles, such as:
- Academic Search Premier
- CINAHL
- Health Reference Center
- Lexis-Nexis
- PsychINFO
- Medline/PubMed
- Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
- ScienceDirect
- Social Sciences Abstracts
- SocINDEX with Full Text
- WilsonOmniFile
- Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics -- RC 952 .A1 .A56 (volumes of review articles shelved with books in main 3rd floor stacks)
- Current magazines/journals on aging are available in third floor Periodicals Area or online. Check Periodical Holdings on the Library’s Web Page for availability in full-text databases or electronic format.
- Ageing and Society
- Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics (Science Direct)
- Educational Gerontology
- Experimental Gerontology (Science Direct)
- Geriatrics
- Gerontologist
- International Journal of Aging and Human Development
- Journal of Aging and Physical Activity
- Journal of Aging Studies (Science Direct)
- Journals of Gerontology A and B
- Neurobiology of Aging (Science Direct)
- Psychology and Aging
- Research on Aging
- Rejuvenation Research ( formerly Journal of Anti-Aging Medicine)
- Selected Web sites:
- www.aoa.gov Administration on Aging—fact sheets, statistics, health insurance…
- www.aarp.org American Association for Retired Persons—medicare, social security, email Congress…
- www.graypanthers.org Gray Panthers Age and Youth in Action
- www.healthandage.com Live Well, Live Longer—news, articles, self-assessment, disease digests, alternative medicine…
- www.medicare.gov Medicare consumer information
- www.ncoa.org National Center on Aging—health tips…
- www.nia.nih.gov/ National Institute on Aging—Age Pages, menopause, Alzheimer’s, women’s issues…
- www.aging.state.ny.us/ NYS Office for the Aging—population estimates, care- giving booklets, health insurance QandA…
- www.cdc.gov.nchs/agingact.htm Trends in Health and Aging from the National Center for Health Statistics
Compiled by Ellen Paterson, July 1995, revised 1999, 2004, and September 29, 2006