Aging

Reference Resources | Core Databases | Additional Databases | Current Periodicals

Reference Resources

Death and Dying : End-of-Life Controversies
also available online via Gale Virtual Reference Library to researchers with a Penn State Access Account.

Encyclopedia of Aging
also available online via Gale Virtual Reference Library to researchers with a Penn State Access Account.

The Encyclopedia of Aging : a Comprehensive Resource in Gerontology and Geriatrics

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences available via ScienceDirect to researchers with a Penn State Access Account.

Core Databases

Annual Reviews
see series Public Health and Sociology
Annual Reviews is a collection of comprehensive critical reviews written by leading scientists in the fields. Articles are heavily cited and highly ranked in terms of impact factors. Coverage is back to 1996, and is updated yearly. Available to researchers with a Penn State Access Account.

Sociological Abstracts
Seminal index for English language journals in Sociology, Social Work, and other Social Sciences. Provides abstracts for articles and is international in scope. Coverage: 1963 to the present. Available to researchers with a Penn State Access Account.

PsychInfo
Primary database for international literature in psychology and related disciplines. It is published by the American Psychological Association and provides coverage from 1840 to the present. Available to researchers with a Penn State Access Account.

AgeLine® database
AgeLine®, produced by AARP (American Association of Retired Persons), is an online guide to books, research reports, articles from journals and magazines, and videos related to issues of aging and life at 50+. It describes research, policy, and professional publications as well as those written for the general public.

AgeSource Worldwide®
AgeSource Worldwide®, published by AARP, identifies key information resources in aging around the world, such as libraries and databases. Contents are limited to English.

Additional Databases

Social Sciences Citation Index
Social Sciences Citation Index can be used to look up either a specific author or a particular publication to see how many articles in the database cited that author or publication. The index can also be used to find related articles (articles that have at least one reference in common).

ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research)
Access to the world's largest archive of computerized social science data, training facilities for the study of quantitative social analysis techniques, and resources for social scientists using advanced computer technologies.

Sociometrics Social Science Electronic Data Library
Consists of eight topically-focused data archives. Germane to age research is the Data Archive of Social Research on Aging (DASRA) assembled with the support of a grant from the National Institute on Aging. DASRA contains three large national surveys that deal with nearly all components of the aging process.

Current Periodicals

Age Published by the American Aging Association, Age features articles related to research in the biology of aging and research on biomedical applications that impact aging. The scope of articles to be considered include evolutionary biology, biophysics, genetics, genomics, proteomics, molecular biology, cell biology, biochemistry, endocrinology, immunology, physiology, pharmacology, neuroscience, and psychology.

Age and Ageing
Publishes articles on geriatric medicine and gerontology. Its range includes research on ageing and clinical, epidemiological and psychological aspects of later life.

Ageing and Society
"The journal of the British Geriatrics Society and the British Society for Research on Ageing."
Interdisciplinary and international journal devoted to the understanding of human ageing and the circumstances of older people in their social and cultural contexts.

Aging clinical and experimental research
Multidisciplinary forum on the explosively progressing field of gerontology and geriatrics. Subjects include: biogerontology, neurosciences, epidemiology, clinical gerontology and geriatric assessment, social, economical and behavioral gerontology.

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Produced by the American Geriatrics Society, this is one of the older and more established journals in the field. Subjects include: principles of aging, approach to the older patients, geriatric syndromes, geriatric psychiatry, geriatric diseases & disorders.

American Sociological Review
Published by the American Sociological Association, the American Sociological Review features original works of interest to the sociology discipline in general, new theoretical developments, results of research that advance our understanding of fundamental social processes, and important methodological innovations.

Canadian journal on aging
Published by the Canadian Association on Gerontology, the journal features manuscripts on aging concerned with biology, health sciences, psychology, social sciences, and social policy and practice.

Death Studies
Publishes works on bereavement and loss, grief therapy, death attitudes, suicide, and death education. Produced by the University of Florida Center for Gerontological Studies

Educational Gerontology
Covers original advances in gerontology, adult education, and the social and behavioral sciences.

Generations
Published by the American Society on Aging, Generations includes brief, easy-to-read articles of interest to aging individuals and caregivers instead of academic research studies that are of interest only to scholars and practitioners.

The Gerontologist
Provides a multidisciplinary perspective on human aging through the publication of research and analysis in gerontology, including social policy, program development, and service delivery. Produced by The Gerontological Society of America

The International Journal of Aging and Human Development
Includes critical reviews, trendsetting reports, case histories, and essays covering the latest research and developments in intergenerational relations, institutionalization, work, and retirement.

Journal of Aging and Physical Activity
Examines the relationship between physical activity and the aging process. Covers the development, implementation, and evaluation of physical activity programs for older adults.

Journal of Aging Studies
Covers the experience of aging from the perspectives of many disciplines offering new directions in theory and research and critiques of these approaches.

Journal of Applied Gerontology
Published by the Southern Gerontological Society, the journal covers all subdisciplines of aging with conclusions, findings, or suggestions immediately applicable to the problems encountered by older persons.

Research on Aging
Presents interdisciplinary research on current issues, methodological and research problems in the study of the elderly.

Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect
Produced by the National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, the journal is devoted to the study of the causes, treatment, effects, and prevention of the mistreatment of older people. Provides a forum for the discussion of scientific investigation, program developments, policy initiatives, and personal commentary about elder abuse and neglect. Available to researchers with a Penn State Access Account.

Journal of Women & Aging
Aims to enhance the knowledge of a variety of professionals concerned with meeting the social, psychological, and health care needs of women as they mature. Available to researchers with a Penn State Access Account.