[University of South Alabama]

Gerontology

Selected Resources

http://library.southalabama.edu

June 2007
(251) 460-7025

The following is a basic list of library resources.  Please consult a reference librarian for assistance in using these materials or in locating additional information.  Contact us by e-mail: webref@jaguar1.usouthal.edu or call the number listed above.

DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Encyclopedia of Elder Care. Bookstacks RC 954 .E53 2004
Encyclopedia of Retirement and Finance. Ref. HQ 1064 .U5 E524 2003
Encyclopedia of Senior Health and Well-Being..
Ref. RA 777.6 .K357 2003
Encyclopedia of Aging. Ref. HQ 1061 .E53  2006
Encyclopedia of Financial Gerontology. Ref. HQ 1061 .E54 1996
Encyclopedia of Gerontology. Ref. RC 952.5 .E58 1996
Key Words in Ethics, Law and Aging. Bookstacks HQ 1061 .K3525 1995

 

HANDBOOKS AND GUIDES

Aging in America. Bookstacks HQ 1064 .U5 K37 2003
Aging: Concepts and Controversies
. Bookstacks HQ 1064 .U5 M665 2002
Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics. Bookstacks RC 952 .A1 A56 (1980-2002)
Cambridge Handbook of Age and Ageing. Bookstacks HQ 1061 .C315 2005
Care of the Aged. Bookstacks R 724 .B493 2003 
Couseling the Alzheimer’s Caregiver. Bookstacks RC 523 .M575 2003
Gerontological Social Work. Bookstacks HV 1461 .N313 2003
Handbook of Aging and Cognition. Bookstacks BF 724.85 .C64 H36 2000
Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences. Bookstacks HQ 1061 .H336 2006
Handbook of the Psychology of Aging. Bookstacks BF 724.55 .A35 H36 2006
Handbook of Theories of Aging. Bookstacks HQ 1061 .H3366 1999
Johns Hopkins Medical Handbook: The 100 Major Medical Disorders of People Over the Age of 50
Bookstacks RC 952.55 .J64 1992
Merck Manual of Geriatrics. Ref. RC 952.55 .M47 2000
Merck Manual of Health and Aging. Ref. RA 777.5 .M47 2004
Positive Aging: a Guide for Mental Health Professionals and Consumers. Bookstacks HQ 1061 .H53 2005

INDEXES TO ARTICLES

Academic Search Premier. SOUTHcat Plus: “Articles, Indexes, Databases”
AgeLine.  SOUTHcat Plus: “Articles, Indexes, Databases”
Expanded Academic . SOUTHcat Plus: “Articles, Indexes, Databases”: Gale/InfoTrac.
Health Source. SOUTHcat Plus: “Articles, Indexes, Databases”: EBSCO (Consumer and Nursing editions).
JSTOR. SOUTHcat Plus: “Articles, Indexes, Databases”
Marcive. SOUTHcat Plus: “Articles, Indexes, Databases”.
Medline. SOUTHcat Plus: “Articles, Indexes, Databases”
PsycARTICLES: SOUTHcat Plus: “Articles, Indexes, Databases”: EBSCO.
PsycINFO. SOUTHcat Plus: “Articles, Indexes, Databases”: EBSCO.
Social Work Abstracts. SOUTHcat Plus: “Articles, Indexes, Databases”. 
SocINDEX with Full Text. SOUTHcat Plus: “Articles, Indexes, Databases”

 

BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES

Biography and Genealogy Master Index. SOUTHcat Plus: Electronic Reference Books
Biography Reference Bank. SOUTHcat Plus: Electronic Reference Books
Profiles in Gerontology. Bookstacks HQ 1064 .U5 A624 1995

 

INTERNET RESOURCES

Administration on Aging
Age Net: a source for aging and gerontological resources
Alabama Ageline.gov (Alabama Department of Senior Services)
American Society on Aging
Caregiver Survival Resources
Gerontological Society of America
Gerontology
National Council on the Aging
National Institute on Aging

SUGGESTIONS FOR LOCATING ADDITIONAL BOOKS IN SOUTHcat CATALOG

SUBJECT SEARCH           KEYWORD SEARCH 

gerontology

 (aged or elderly) and care?

caregivers

 counseling aged

dementia

 gerontology research

aged .

 health aged

old age

 (gerontology or “old age”) and history

aged--united states

”social work”  gerontolog?

aging

 aged and (recreation or leisure)

retirement

 memory age?

elder abuse

”long time care” and (aged or elderly)

geriatrics

”home care” and (aged or old age)

alzheimers

”medical care”  (aged or elderly)

hospice care

 gerontolog? methodology

long term care

 minority aged “united states”

counseling

 depression and (old age or elderly)

social work with the aged

 nutrition aged

medical social work

 (aged or elderly) and statistic?

assisted living facilities

“social work” and elderly

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