Library Guides: Gerontology: Databases, peer reviewed articles

Databases primarily are used for finding peer-reviewed literature. Because gerontology covers such a wide spectrum of topics, the list of databases that I have selected is also quite varied. Choose the one that most closely matches the topic that you are searching for.

Family and Society Studies Worldwide This link opens in a new window
Research, policy, and practice literature in the fields of Family Science, Human Ecology, Human Development, and Social Welfare. FSSW is an anthology of 4 database files providing access to more than 1.3 million records. 1970 to the present.
Family Studies Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Covers family studies, including marriage, divorce, family therapy, and other areas of key relevance to the Family Studies. The index contains more than 53,500 records.
PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
Literature in psychology and related disciplines. About 90% of the articles are peer-reviewed; also includes book chapters, reports, theses and dissertations.
Violence and Abuse Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Covering the areas of family violence, sexual assault, emotional abuse, and more related to violence and abuse.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Sociological Abstracts includes journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers, and working papers in sociology, social work, and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.

Sports Medicine and Education Index This link opens in a new window
Journals, conference proceedings and report literature in kinesiology; sport law, sports medicine, dance, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, coaching and sport sociology/psychology, as well as physical education itself.
CINAHL with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Covers a wide range of topics including nursing, biomedicine, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
A large database containing scholarly journal articles and conference papers on any topic in science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts & humanities. Includes cited references and h-index information.
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World Health Organization This link opens in a new window
The WHO site provides access to health areas the organization is involved with, detailed data and statistics, and information about individual countries.