LibGuides: Diversity and Multicultural Resources: Aging

Articles and Databases

AgeSource/ AgeStats Worldwide
These two databases have been created by AARP to facilitate the international exchange of policy and program-relevant information in aging. AgeSource Worldwide identifies several hundred information resources in some 25 countries which are significant either in size or in their unique coverage of particular aging-related issues.
PsychInfo
It provides abstracts and indexing to the scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports in psychology, the behavioral sciences and mental health.
SocIndex
It covers all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study, including abortion, criminology & criminal justice, demography, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, political sociology, religion, rural & urban sociology, social development, social psychology, social structure, social work

Social Work Abstracts
It covers all aspects of the social work field, including theory and practice, areas of service, social issues and problems, therapy, education, human services, addictions, child and family welfare, mental health, and civil and legal rights.

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CINAHL Plus with Full Text
Covers nursing, biomedicine, consumer health, alternative/complementary medicine, health sciences librarianship, and 17 allied health disciplines

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MedLine
Covers medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care and pre-clinical sciences
Statistical Abstract of the United States
It is produced by and the user interface is provided by the U.S. Census Bureau
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Covers many medical disciplines with a strong focus on nursing and allied health. It includes the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide

Journals on Aging covering multiple subject areas

American Federation For Aging Research
National Council on Aging
National Center on Women and Aging
Focus national attention on the special concerns of women as they age, to develop solutions and strategies for dealing with these concerns, and to reach out to women and organizations across the country, promoting the changes necessary to improve older women's lives.
Administration on Aging
Provides information on services to the elderly, especially to enable them to remain independent. Information on meals on wheels, transportation and at-home services