Gerontology

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Subject Directories

• AARP Guide to Internet Resources Related to Aging
• Michigan eLibrary > Aging & Elder Care

Internet Sites

• Current Awareness
  • Current Awareness in Aging Report (CARR) - a weekly e-mail report
  • National Institute on Aging News-Research Updates - Updates on Alzheimer's Disease
• Social and Medical Aspects of Aging
  • Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center
• Statistics on Aging
  • National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging
  • AgingStats.Gov  - website of the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics
  • Health and Retirement Study (HRS) - longitudinal study of health, retirement, and aging, sponsored by the National Institute on Aging

Articles: Indexes and Full Text

• Expanded Academic ASAP (Infotrac)
  • On-Campus
  • Off-Campus
• Health and Wellness Resource Center (Gale)
  • On campus
  • Off campus
• Health Reference Center Academic (Infotrac)
  • On-Campus
  • Off-Campus

Selected Ebooks

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• Angel, Ronald. Who Will Care for Us? : Aging and Long-term Care in Multicultural America. New York : NYU Press, 1999.
• Manuck, Stephen B., ed. Behavior, Health, and Aging.  Mahwah, N.J. : Erlbaum, 2000.
• Goldman, Connie. Secrets of Becoming a Late Bloomer: Extraordinary Ordinary People on the Art of Staying Creative, Alive, and Aware in Midlife and Beyond. Center City, MN : Hazelden, 2000.
• Callahan, Daniel, Ruud, H.J ter Meulen, and Eva Topinkovca, eds. A World Growing Old: The Coming Health Care Challenges.  Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c1995. 

Print Sources

• To find print (and some non-print) materials in OCC Libraries, search the Library Catalog.  Click on the links below to try some sample Library of Congress Subject Headings in the Library Catalog.
  • gerontology (gerontology in general)
  • geriatrics (medical aspects of the aged)
  • aged (about the aged)
  • aging (the process of aging)
     
• Selected Reference Books  Click on the title links below to view these titles in the Library Catalog.
  • Harris, Diana K. Dictionary of Gerontology.  New York : Greenwood, 1988.
         HL, RO  Reference  HQ1061.H338 1988
  • Kausler, Donald H. The Graying of America: An Encyclopedia of Aging, Health, Mind, and Behavior. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2001.
         AH, HL  Reference  HQ 1064.U5 K39 2001
  • Manheimer, Ronald J., ed. Older Americans Almanac.  Detroit : Gale, c1994.
         AH, HL, RO  Reference  HQ1064.U5 O416 1994
     
• Browsing Call Numbers (in Library of Congress Classification)  Click on the links below to browse these call numbers in the Library Catalog.
  • HQ 1060-HQ 1064  gerontology
  • RC 952-RC 953  geriatrics, aged - diseases

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