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Gerontology


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Finding Articles 

JOURNAL INDEXES

Abstracts in Social Gerontology   HQ1060 N34 Main Ref.
Provides abstracts of articles, books, pamphlets, government publications, legislative  research studies in gerontology.  (1964-present, beginning with 1999 available electronically)

AgeLine
Produced by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)  and indexes journals, books, book chapters and reports in the area of social gerontology.  (1978-present)

Dissertations-University of Arizona Only 1996- present
These are University of Arizona dissertations only.

Dissertations and Theses - Full Text (Proquest) 1861-present
Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350-word abstracts written by the author. Master's theses published from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. Includes full text of dissertations from 1996 to present

Human Resources Abstracts   HV1 P65 Main Ref .
Abstracts for current literature on poverty, manpower, and human resources
development.  (1975-present, beginning with 1999 available electronically)

Social Work Abstracts  HV1 S6455  Main Ref.
Abstracts on social work and welfare. (1995-present)

PsycInfo
Covers the world's literature on psychology and related sciences (1887-present).

Academic Search Complete (through EBSCOhost)
1980 to present as an index. Full text of some artices from 1990 to present.

InfoTrac OneFile
Includes comprehensive coverage of interdisciplinary information for social sciences, humanities, and non-technical sciences. Indexes over 1400 journals and magazines as well as The New York Times.(1982-present)

Sociological Abstracts
Includes journal articles and dissertations in sociology. (1973 to present)

Public Affairs Information Service a.k.a. PAIS International.
Indexes and provides a brief summary of books, articles, and government documentsdealing with public policy and social issues. (1972 -present)

Social Sciences Citation Index
Multidisciplinary database that includes cited authors. (1973 -present)
 

MEDICAL AND HEALTH JOURNAL INDEXES

Allied and Alternative Medicine Database
Allied, complementary and alternative medicine. (1985 -present)

Alt-Health Watch
Complementary, alternative, holistic and/or integrated health care and wellness.  (1978-present)

CINAHL (Comprehensive Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature)
Provides comprehensive coverage of the English language journal  literature related to nursing and the allied health discipline.  (1983-present).

HealthSTAR
Provides coverage of published literature on health services, technology, administration and research, focusing on both the clinical and non-clinical aspects of healthcare delivery. (1975 - present)

Medline
Provides coverage to literature in medical sciences. (1966- present)

 

NEWSPAPER INDEXES

 

Access World News
Full text of local and regional newspapers. Coverage is as early as the mid 1980's for some papers.

Arizona Daily Star
Full text index of news articles from the Arizona Daily Star. This database includes locally produced news articles and  regional Associated Press stories. It does not include national Associated Press stories, guest comments from  editorials, or specials to the Arizona Daily Star. (1991-present)

Ethnic Newswatch
Provides full-text coverage of multicultural subjects published in international and U.S. enthnic and minority newspapers and journals.(1990 -present)

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe (formerly CIS)
Includes general topic news, as well as company, industry, market, government and political news. Coverage also includes: country and state profiles, law reviews, federal case law, medical and health topics, and accounting, auditing and tax information.

Wall Street Journal
Full text from 1984 to the present.

GOVERNMENT INFORMATION INDEXES

Lexis-Nexis Congressional Universe   (formerly CIS)
U.S. Congress and legislative information. Full Text