1. Geriatric
Nursing
Resources
@
Warner
Memorial
Library.
Prepared
by
Mark
Puterbaugh
Info.
Svcs.
Librarian
mputerba@eastern.edu
610-­‐341-­‐1461
Where
can
I
find
scholarly
arFcles?
DATABASES
• Applied
Social
Sciences
Index
and
Abstracts
(ASSIA)
Designed
to
meet
the
informaFon
needs
of
the
caring
professions,
and
spans
the
literature
of
health,
social
services,
psychology,
sociology,
economics,
poliFcs,
race
relaFons
and
educaFon.
The
database
abstracts
and
indexes
over
500
journals,
from
more
than
16
countries.
•
EBSCOhost
-­‐
CINAHL
This
database
is
a
rich
collecFon
of
full
text
for
nursing
&
allied
health
journals,
providing
full
text
for
more
than
610
journals
indexed
in
CINAHL®.
This
authoritaFve
file
contains
full
text
for
many
of
the
most
used
journals
in
the
CINAHL
index,
with
no
embargo.
Full-­‐text
coverage
dates
back
to
1981..
• EBSCOhost
–
Health
Source:
Nursing/Academic
EdiFon
This
database
provides
nearly
550
scholarly
full
text
journals
focusing
on
many
medical
disciplines.
•
JSTOR
Covers
full-­‐text
from
hundreds
of
journals
in
ecology,
botany
and
the
biosciences.
• PubMed
(hKp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/)
PubMed
comprises
more
than
23
million
citaFons
for
biomedical
literature
from
MEDLINE,
life
science
journals,
and
online
books.
CitaFons
may
include
links
to
full-­‐text
content
from
PubMed
Central
and
publisher
web
sites.
• PubMed
Central:PMC
(hKp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/)
PMC
is
a
free
full-­‐text
archive
of
biomedical
and
life
sciences
journal
literature
at
the
U.S.
NaFonal
InsFtutes
of
Health's
NaFonal
Library
of
Medicine
(NIH/
NLM).
• PubMed
Health
(hKp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/)
PubMed
Health
specializes
in
reviews
of
clinical
effecFveness
research,
with
easy-­‐to-­‐read
summaries
for
consumers
as
well
as
full
technical
reports.
Clinical
effecFveness
research
finds
answers
to
the
quesFon
“What
works?”
in
medical
and
health
care.
•
Sage
Premier
A
collecFon
of
over
240
of
the
highly
regarded
Sage
Journals,
covering
a
variety
of
disciplines.
• iGeriatrics
(free)
• Geriatrics
at
Your
FingerFps
$
• MulFmorbidity
GEMS
(free)
Check
out
apps
for
both
iOS
and
Android

2. • Online
Catalog
Search
for
books,
e-­‐books,
journal
Ftles,
media
and
other
items
available
through
Eastern
University’s
Libraries.
• eBrary
Large
collecFon
of
academic
e-­‐books
searchable
and
readable
through
this
mulF-­‐disciplinary
database.
• EBSCO
eBooks
Search
and
view
the
full
text
of
academic
e-­‐books
in
EBSCOhost.
• JSTOR
Books
Excellent
collecFon
of
mulF-­‐disciplinary
Ftle
from
academic
publisher.
•
NCBI
Bookshelf
(hKp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books)
NaFonal
Center
for
Biotechnology
InformaFon
Bookshelf
provides
free
access
to
books
and
documents
in
life
science
and
healthcare.
Where
can
I
find
books?
What’s
On
the
Web?
• AdministraFon
on
Aging
(hKps://www.apha.org)
The
mission
of
the
AdministraFon
on
Aging
(AoA)
is
to
help
elderly
individuals
maintain
their
dignity
and
independence
in
their
homes
and
communiFes
through
comprehensive,
coordinated,
and
cost
effecFve
systems
of
long-­‐term
care,
and
livable
communiFes
across
the
U.S.
• CDC
NaFonal
Center
for
Health
StaFsFcs
(hKp://www.cdc.gov/nchs/)
The
NaFonal
Center
for
Health
StaFsFcs'
website
is
a
rich
source
of
informaFon
about
America's
health
from
the
NaFon's
principal
health
staFsFcs
agency.
• Food
and
Drug
AdministraFon
(hKp://www.fda.gov)
The
FDA
is
responsible
for
protecFng
the
public
health
by
assuring
the
safety,
efficacy,
and
security
of
human
and
veterinary
drugs,
biological
products,
medical
devices,
our
naFon’s
food
supply,
cosmeFcs,
and
products
that
emit
radiaFon.
• Medline
Plus
Seniors'
Health
(hKps://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/seniorshealth.html)
MedlinePlus
will
direct
you
to
informaFon
to
help
answer
senior
health
quesFons.
The
site
brings
together
authoritaFve
informaFon
from
NLM,
the
NaFonal
InsFtutes
of
Health
(NIH),
and
other
government
agencies
and
health-­‐related
organizaFons.
• NaFonal
InsFtute
on
Aging
(hKps://www.nia.nih.gov/)
NIA
leads
a
broad
scienFfic
effort
to
understand
the
nature
of
aging
and
to
extend
the
healthy,
acFve
years
of
life.
In
1974,
• NIHSeniorHealth
(hKp://nihseniorhealth.gov/)
This
easy-­‐to-­‐use
website
features
health
and
wellness
informaFon
for
older
adults
from
the
NaFonal
InsFtutes
of
Health.
Thursday,
November
5,
15