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To locate articles in Gerontology, the following indexes, electronic journals, full text resources and databases should prove helpful.

AgeLine open access Index to articles on aging available through the AARP. AgeLine will show information about an article, book or report on aging for free, but you have to pay to see an abstract. You will have to use the WMU Library Catalog and Journal Finder to get the actual article or book, if we have it, otherwise use Interlibrary Loan. Coverage from 1978 to present.

PsycINFO restricted
Psychological Abstracts BF 1 .P65 (General Stacks)
Covers world-wide literature in psychology and related disciplines. Journal articles, technical reports, books, book chapters, and dissertations are included. Coverage: 1887-present. Updated weekly.
Use the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms for subject words: BF1 .P65x 2005 (Education Lib. and Waldo Ref.)

Abstracts in Social Gerontology
formerly Current Literature on Aging.
Waldo Library, Reference. Call number Z7164.O4C8x

Sociological Abstracts restricted Indexes an international selection of publications in sociology and related disciplines from over 1,800 journals, serials, books, conference papers, and dissertations. Indexing and abstracting from 1963, and cited references with links from 2001. Updated monthly.
Print: HM 1 .S67 (Ref) 1953-1999

Social Sciences Abstracts restricted Indexes over 600 periodicals in anthropology, economics, ethnic studies, feminist studies, geography, human services, international relations, law and criminology, police science, political science, population studies, psychology, public administration, public health, social work, sociology, urban studies, and related social science subjects. Coverage: indexing from 1983 and abstracts from 1994. Updated weekly.
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Social Work Abstracts restricted Index of over 45,000 citations to journal articles in social work and related fields produced by the National Association of Social Workers. Also includes the latest edition of the NASW Clinical Register. Coverage is from 1977 to the present.
Print: HV 1 .N3x (Ref) 1977-1993

Medline (FirstSearch) restricted The major index to medical research, from clinical medicine to cellular and biomolecular biology. Produced by the US National Library of Medicine. Coverage: 1965 - present. Updated daily.

PubMed open access
PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's interface for searching MEDLINE, the major index to medical research, from clinical medicine to cellular and biomolecular biology. Provides free citations and abstracts, but limited full text. Coverage: 1966 - present. Updated weekly.
Tips for using PubMed effectively are found in the NLM PubMed tutorial and UFL PubMed tutorial.

Medline Plus restricted Health information from the National Library of Medicine presented accessibly for professionals and non-professionals.

MedscapeOne time registration required. Free access to Medline, and access to full-text medical articles.

List of Journals Indexed for Medline
The list is a PDF file that includes an alphabetic list of journals by abbreviated title. Click through the Terms and Conditions page to get to it.

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