To Find Books
Use the MERLIN Library Catalog and the MOBIUS Union Catalog to find resources relevant to your research. Relevant works can be found using subject headings (Library of Congress) such as:
- Aged
- Aging
- Aging - Psychological Aspects
- Aging - Social Aspects
- Assisted Suicide
- Death
- Dying
- Euthanasia
- Geriatrics
- Gerontology
- Longevity
- Middle Age
- Old Age
- Retirement
- Right to Die
- Vitality
To find the location of a book in Miller Nichols Library, see the Location Guide.
To Find Articles
Remote (off-campus) access to databases is available only to UMKC students, faculty, and staff. All other users must access online resources within the Libraries. Begin searching by selecting a database. After selection you will be prompted to provide a UMKC Single Sign-On user name and password OR a 9-digit UMKC ID number followed by the letter k (example: 0123456789k) and last name, as needed.
- Ageline
(AARP) 1978 - present, with selected coverage 1966-1977.
Save to del.icio.us(Free
on the Web) -
Sociological Abstracts (CSA) 1963 - present. Save to del.icio.us
"CSA Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,809 serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Records added since 1973 contain in-depth and nonevaluative abstracts of journal articles. Major areas of coverage include: culture and social structure; demography and human biology; economic development; environmental interactions; evaluation research; family and social welfare; health and medicine and law; history and theory of sociology; management and complex organizations; mass phenomena and political interactions; methodology and research technology; policy, planning, forecast and speculation; radical sociology; religion and science; rural and urban sociology; social development; social differentiation; social psychology and group interaction; sociology of the arts, business, education; studies in violence and power; substance abuse and addiction; welfare services; and women's studies." [Source: Sociological Abstracts Factsheet, accessed February 17, 2005] - PsycINFO (Ovid) 1872 - present. Save to del.icio.us
PsycINFO (Ovid) 1967 - present. Save to del.icio.us
PsycINFO (Ovid) 1985 - present. Save
to del.icio.usContains citations and abstracts of journal articles and other research materials
in the various areas of psychology. Link to Ovid
Web user's guide. - CINAHL (Ovid) 1982 - present. Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text 1993 - present.The online version of the Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature indexes journals in nursing, allied health, and biomedicine. Link to Ovid Web user's guide. - MEDLINE (Ovid) 1950 - present. Save to del.icio.us
MEDLINE (Ovid) 1950 - 1995. Save to del.icio.us
MEDLINE (Ovid) 1996 - present. Save to del.icio.us
MEDLINE Daily Update (Ovid) Current edition. Save to del.icio.us
Links to full text. This National Library of Medicine database indexes international biomedical literature. Link to Ovid Web user's guide. - ISI Web of Science
Note: This database is no longer be available. Permits multidisciplinary searching for articles from international academic journals in the sciences, social sciences, and the arts and humanities. This combined database for the Science Citation Index, the Social Sciences Citation Index, and the Arts & Humanities Citation Index offers cited reference searching. Link to ISI Web of Science user's guide. - Sociological
Abstracts, (1953-present).
Ref Index Wall 2 HM1 .S67 - Social Sciences Index
Ref Index Wall 2 Z7161 .S6
Contains citations and abstracts for English language journal articles and book reviews printed in the social sciences including the areas of anthropology, art, business, geography, law, political science, psychology, religion, sociology, and women's studies. - OmniFile V Full Text (Wilson) 1982 - present. Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text 1994 - present.
Provides indexing, abstracts, and some full-text from five of Wilson's full-text indexes: General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, and Wilson Business Full Text.
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Selected Journals
This list includes journals available in the University Libraries (check the MERLIN Library Catalog for holdings and location information). To identify additional related journals, search MERLIN by subject or keyword.Note: HSL is the acronym for the UMKC Health Sciences Library.
Print Journals Available:
(links to electronic versions, if available, are found on the MERLIN record site)
- Ageing
and Society.
MNL (1983-present) - Generations.
MNL (1976-present) - The
Gerontologist.
MNL (1981-present)
HSL (1970-present) - The
International Journal of Aging and Human Development.
MNL (1973-present) - Journal
of the American Geriatrics Society.
HSL (1953-present) - Journal
of Gerontological Nursing.
HSL (1975-present) - Journal
of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences.
MNL (1946-present)
HSL (1956-present) - Psychology
and Aging.
MNL (1986-present) - Research
on Aging.
MNL (1979-present)
Electronic Journals on the Web, via MERLIN:
- Ageing and Society (1997-present)
- Generations (1990-present)
- Research on Aging (1999-present)
Reference Sources: Encyclopedias, Handbooks, Directories, Statistics, Bibliographies
Reference sources are useful for locating background information, definitions, general descriptions, and basic facts. Use these books to help you select or focus your research topic.
All call numbers in this guide refer to the UMKC Miller Nichols Library, unless otherwise noted. Titles are linked to the corresponding MERLIN Library Catalog record.
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
| Ref HQ1061 .R69 | |
The Graying of America: An Encyclopedia of Aging, Health, Mind, and Behavior |
Ref HQ1064 .U5 K39 |
Older Americans Almanac: A Reference Work on Seniors in the United States |
Ref HQ1064 .U5 O416 |
Handbooks
| Handbook of Aging and the Family | Ref HQ1061 .H3353 |
| Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences | Ref HQ1061 .H336 |
| Handbook of the Psychology of Aging | BF724 .55 .A35 H36 |
Directories
| National Directory of Educational Programs in Gerontology and Geriatrics | Ref HQ1060 .N352 |
| Older
Americans Information Directory |
Ref HV1457 .O42 |
Statistics
| Statistical Abstract of the United States | ReadyRef HA202 .A3 |
| Statistical Record of Older Americans | ReadyRef HQ1064 .U5 S673 |
| World Population Growth and Aging: Demographic Trends in the Late Twentieth Century | Ref HA155 .K49 |
Bibliographies
| Bibliographies and Indexes in Gerontology | Individually cataloged in Reference |
Additional Sources
| Aging: An Introduction to Gerontology | Ref HQ1064 .U5 A638 |
Government Publications
All call numbers in this guide refer to the UMKC Miller Nichols Library, unless otherwise noted.
- Aging
GovDocs HE 1.1015 (1993-1994)
GovDocs HE 23.3015 (1989-1990)
GovDocs HE 23.3110 (1954-1988) - Lexis-Nexis Statistical Universe
- Lexis-Nexis Congressional Universe
- Census of Population and Housing
- Special Tabulation on Aging; CD-ROM C 3.281/2:
- U. S. Census Bureau - Age Data
- GPO Access Current edition. Save to del.icio.us
Full text. A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office, this database provides access to information products produced by the federal government, including the Federal Register, Public Laws and the Congressional Record. "The information provided on this site is the official, published version and the information retrieved from GPO Access can be used without restriction, unless specifically noted." [Source: GPO Access homepage, accessed June 21, 2006.] - Sixty-Five Plus in America; GovDocs C 3.186: P-23/178
- Sixty-Five Plus in America, Revised edition.; GovDocs C 3.186: P-23/178 RV
- Sixty-five Plus in the United States; GovDocs C 3.205/8:95-8
- Statistical Abstract of the United States; GovDocs: C 3.134 (1894-present)
- Subject Index to Current Population Reports; GovDocs C 3.186/P-23-174
Web Resources
- UCLA GeroNet
Health & Aging Resources for Higher Education
(www.geronet.ucla.edu/) - Administration on Aging
US Dept. of Health and Human Services
(www.aoa.gov/)
Use search engines linked on the Internet Search Tools page to identify additional Web resources.
For further assistance, please contact the
Miller Nichols Library Reference Desk at (816) 235-1534.
