Wednesday, October 12, 2005

AARP's AgeLine Database

AARP has released a free database, AgeLine, which
provides indexing and abstracting of professional literature from social gerontology and aging-related research from psychology, sociology, social work, economics, public policy, and the health sciences. Links to full-text articles are also provided when available. The primary target audience is professionals in aging services, health, business, law, and mental health. However, it also includes some select consumer content. Based on the AARP description, the Library has added links to this database on the A-to-Z database list and the following "Databases by Subject" pages: Business, Family & Consumer Sciencess, History & Political Science, HPSS, Nursing, Psychology, and Sociology.

Material summarized is taken from journal articles, books and chapters, research reports, dissertations, gray literature, and educational videos from many publishers and organizations, including AARP. Links to full text or ordering options are included wherever possible. AgeLine is produced by AARP’s Research Information Center. Searching by subject, author, title, or journal name or year is available, as is browsing by select high-interest topics using AgeLine's "to Go" collections: Research to Go (for research and policy publications), Provider Publications to Go (for service provider publications), and Searches to Go (for general interest/consumer publications).

For a fuller description of AgeLine, see About AgeLine.