Aging Resources  

Books & Manuscripts

Tips:

• Search these Library of Congress subject headings in WestCat, the library's online catalog:
• Tips: Use the Quick Search option and enter the terms below in the search box and select Subject as the search.
• old age
• old age assistance
• older people
• elder abuse
• elderly poor
• retirees
• social security
• medicare
• Use the Quick Search option and enter aging, ageing or elder? in the search box and select Any Word Anywhere as the search.
• Use the Advance Search option and search "Older Americans Act" or "Social Security" as phrases.
• If you are having trouble finding material on your topic, try searching I-Share (through WestCat), a database of the catalogs of over 70 Illinois libraries or WorldCat, a database of library catalogs from all over the world.
• Any book you find which we don't have may be requested through Interlibrary Loan. Allow a week to 10 days.
• Try searching OpenCRS to find Congressional Research Reports on your topic.

Articles

Tips:

• Search the database CQ Public Affairs Collection
• Search the database CQ Researcher
• Search the database Sociological Abstracts.
• Search the database Social Services Abstracts.
• Search the multi-disciplinary databases, like Periodical Abstracts and InfoTrac.
• Search LexisNexis (Legal tab) and Westlaw Campus for full-text law review articles.
• Make sure WIU doesn't have access to articles you find in databases that don't make all articles available full-text by searching the Periodicals Holdings List for the journal title. The PHL contains full-text e-titles purchased by WIU Libraries, and print/microform periodicals shelved in the Libraries.
• Any article you find to which we don't have access may be requested through Interlibrary Loan. Allow a week to 10 days.