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Aged Aging Geriatrics Gerontology Resource Guide

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. Annual Review of Gerontology & Geriatrics — RC 952 .A1 .A56 (volumes of review articles shelved with books in main 3rd floor stacks)
6. 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 & Geriatrics (Science Direct)
   • Educational Gerontology
   • Experimental Gerontology (Science Direct)
   • Geriatrics
   • Gerontologist
   • International Journal of Aging & Human Development
   • Journal of Aging and Physical Activity
   • Journal of Aging Studies (Science Direct)
   • Journals of Gerontology A & B
   • Neurobiology of Aging (Science Direct)
   • Psychology and Aging
   • Research on Aging
   • Rejuvenation Research ( formerly Journal of Anti-Aging Medicine)
7. 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 Q&A…
   • 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