Databases for Articles

MEDLINE (Ovid) http://proxy.mul.missouri.edu/login?url=http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&PAGE=main&NEWS=N&D=mesd

Citations and abstracts to worldwide biomedical literature including research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and healthcare services. MEDLINE references articles from about 4000 journals published in 70 countries. Evidence-based search filters are available to assist in narrowing results to methodologically rigorous articles. To run a cited reference search on an article found in MEDLINE,copy and paste the PMID article Identifier here. [more]

Nursing Home Compare http://www.medicare.gov/nhcompare/home.asp

Database to compare nursing homes. Also includes links to Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home and Nursing Home Checklist.

PsycINFO with PsycARTICLES http://proxy.mul.missouri.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=psyh

Also Known as: psychological abstracts PsycINFO contains references to articles in more than 1,300 periodicals as well as technical reports, dissertations, and other materials in psychology and related behavioral and social sciences. With the inclusion of PsycARTICLES, over 149,000 full-text articles from more than 70 journals published by the American Psychological Association and participating publishers are provided. [more]

Social Services Abstracts http://proxy.mul.missouri.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/socialservices/advanced?accountid=14576

Indexes and abstracts current published research on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. [more]

Social Work Abstracts http://proxy.mul.missouri.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=swh

Produced by the National Association of Social Workers, Inc., contains more than 35,000 records from social work and other related journals on topics such as homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging, substance abuse, legislation, community organization, and more. [more]

Sociological Abstracts http://proxy.mul.missouri.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/socabs/advanced?accountid=14576

Also Known as: sociology Indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Search and display cited references for key journals published since 2001, and all journals since 2004. Each individual cited reference may also link to an abstract and/or to other papers that cite that reference. Formerly known as Sociofile. [more]

Journals

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Other Resources Online

Medicare Nursing Homes http://www.medicare.gov/Nursing/Overview.asp

A free database of Medicaid and Medicare nursing homes.

Rating America's Nursing Homes http://content.gannettonline.com/gns/nursinghomes/index.html

This site contains information about how to access a database of quality ratings of 16,000 nursing homes and resources on the web. The site also contains tips on choosing a nursing home.

eBooks / Books

Encyclopedia of Aging http://proxy.mul.missouri.edu/login?url=http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX3402299999&q=morenetuomcolum

Encyclopedia of Elder Care http://proxy.mul.missouri.edu/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/umcolumbia/Doc?id=10209929

Encyclopedia of Gerontology http://proxy.mul.missouri.edu/login?url=http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX3031999999&q=morenetuomcolum

Geriatrics At Your Fingertips http://www.geriatricscareonline.org/ProductAbstract/geriatrics-at-your-fingertips/B005/

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Hazzard's Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology http://proxy.mul.missouri.edu/login?url=http://www.accessmedicine.com/resourceTOC.aspx?resourceID=540

Also Known as: Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology

Practice of Geriatrics http://proxy.mul.missouri.edu/login?url=http://www.mdconsult.com/public/book/view?title=Duthie:+Practice+of+Geriatrics

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