Psychology 365: Gerontology
A Checklist of Selected Library Sources

Reference Sources:

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries:

• Encyclopedia of Psychology (REF BF31 E52 2000)
• Encyclopedia of Adult Development (REF BF724.5 .E53 1993)
• Encyclopedia of Aging (REF HQ1061 .E53 1995)
• Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Growth and Development (REF QP84 .C26 1998)
• Dictionary of Gerontology (REF HQ1061 .H338 1988)

Handbooks:

• How to Write Psychology Papers (REF BF76.5 .P27 1999)
• Psychologist's Companion : a guide to scientific writing for students and researchers (REF BF76.8 .S73 1993)
• Publication Manual of the APA (REF BF 76.5 A54)
• Research methodology books (Psychology -- Research - Methodology) BF713.-

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Periodicals/Journals: Indexes & Articles

Psychological Abstracts/PsycInfo

Indexes books and 1,300 journals written in over 25 languages, spanning 1887 to the present

Location: REFRM Table 6 BF 1 . P65 and Online

Index Medicus

An index to 3,700 medical journals published by the National Library of Medicine covering: medicine, health administration, psychology, physical therapy, nursing, all allied health education.

Location: REFRM Table Z 660 .I42 and online: FirstSearch, and LexisNEXIS; and free Web access through PubMed

ERIC (Late 1960's-)

A database that indexes and abstracts 750 journal titles (EJ) and thousands of reports and documents (ED) in education.

Location: Online through CSA, FirstSearch and EricWizard

Sociological Abstracts

Provides indexing and detailed abstracts of articles taken from 3,000 journals published world wide in sociology, social work and related social and behavioral sciences. Indexing began in 1963, abstracts from 1974-

Social Sciences Index

An index to articles and book reviews in 400 English-language journals in anthropology, economics, geography, political science, psychology and sociology. Indexing started in 1983, abstracts from 1994-

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Check the Library Catalog

• Classification: BF 724.55 A35 (Aging); BF 724.55 C63 (Aging and Cognition); BF 724.55 C66 (Control and Age); HQ1060 (Gerontology/Aged); RC451.4 A5 (Aged, Psychiatry)
  
  
• Subjects:
  

  Aging	Geriatics	Psychometrics
  Developmental psychobiology	Intergenerational relations	Behavioral assessment
  Aged	Cognition -- Age factors
  Gerontology	Age factors in ...