Research Subject Guides: Geriatrics and Gerontology: Get Started

Key Gerontology Databases

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AgeLine (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
CINAHL Complete (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Nursing dissertations, National League for Nursing and American Nurses' Association publications, selected conference proceedings, evidence-based Care Sheets, and 250+ research instrument descriptions. Features CINAHL Headings - controlled vocabulary search terms for more precise, comprehensive search results.
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Web of Science, All Databases This link opens in a new window
Northeastern's subscription includes:Web of Science Core Collection (Arts and humanities, social sciences and Science Citation indexes)
Biosis Citation Index
Biosis Previews
Current Contents Connect
Data Citation Index
Derwent Innovations Index
KCI-Korean Journal Database
Medline
SciELO Citation Index
PubMed (NU customized) This link opens in a new window
Embase (Elsevier) This link opens in a new window
Embase includes unique non-English content and coverage of the most important types of evidence, such as randomized controlled trials, controlled clinical trials, Cochrane reviews and meta-analyses.
MEDLINE (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Medline includes literature published from 1966 to the present, with selected coverage prior to that period. Journals are selected by a committee of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

Coverage scope is biomedicine and health broadly defined, including public health, health care systems and delivery, health policy, pre-clinical sciences, bioengineering, life sciences, nursing, dentistry and veterinary medicine. Medline features CAS Registry numbers and Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) controlled vocabulary search terms for more precise, comprehensive search results.
PsycInfo (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Documents indexed include journals, articles, books, dissertations and more. 90% of the 3,000+ titles indexed in PsycINFO are peer-reviewed.

Clinical Resources

ClinicalKey (Elsevier) This link opens in a new window
Lexicomp This link opens in a new window
AccessMedicine (McGraw Hill Medical) This link opens in a new window
AccessPharmacy (McGraw Hill Medical) This link opens in a new window
AccessPhysiotherapy Including F.A. Davis Physical Therapy Collection ( (McGraw Hill Medical) This link opens in a new window
AccessAnesthesiology (McGraw Hill Medical) This link opens in a new window

Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Examination

Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Examination offers more than 8 hours of video content providing head-to-toe and systems-based physical examination techniques. Includes OSCE Clinical Skills interactive videos which allow viewers to observe and participate in the clinical encounter.

Bates' User Guide

Bates' Visual Guide Video URLs

COVID-19 Key Websites

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DSM-5 Online

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM-5) is the handbook used by health care professionals in the United States and much of the world as the authoritative guide to the diagnosis of mental disorders. DSM contains descriptions, symptoms, and other criteria for diagnosing mental disorders. The DSM-5 is part of the recently purchased package called PsychiatryOnline Premium. Connect to DSM-5

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Geriatrics and Gerontology: Get Started