LibGuides: Aging LibGuide: Articles

Suggested Databases for Finding Articles

Because Aging is a cross-disciplinary field, we recommend databases in the health sciences, psychology, politics, and sociology.

Academic Search Complete	Multi-disciplinary
CINAHL Plus with Full Text	Nursing, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and other allied health fields
Healthsource: Consumer Edition	General health care magazines
MEDLINE - EbscoHost	Medical research
PsycBOOKS	Full text database of books and chapters
PsycINFO	Psychology
SIRS Researcher	Social, scientific, historic, business, and political issues
SOCIndex	Comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study.

In addition to the above databases, you may wish to consider:

Additional health-sciences databases

Lexis-Nexis, for legal research
Google Scholar - A specialized Google search for scholarly literature on the Internet. Some sources may be free, some may be "pay per view." Please keep in mind that you can request articles not available in KML collections through our Interlibrary Loan service, free of charge. More about Google Scholar.

Click here for a full listing of the library's databases.

If you would like help with using the databases, you may wish to start by accessing KML's online tutorial and/or using each database's own "Help." You may also contact KML's Reference Librarians through Ask a Librarian.