Databases: Health Sciences: Geriatrics + Gerontology
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AGELINE
VCU
- Coverage: 1978 - present
- Abstracts of the literature of social gerontology. Literature covered is of interest to researchers, health professionals, and consumers. Produced by AARP.
- CHEMnetBASE VCU
- A collection of chemical and chemical related dictionaries. It includes Handbook of Physics and Chemistry. The dictionaries are renowned for quick search for chemical and physical properties of compounds.
- Cochrane Library VCU
- Database of systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare. Includes Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness, Controlled Trials Register, and Review Methodology.
- The Cochrane Collaboration
- Colloquium Digital Library of Life Sciences: Collection One VCU
- Collection of e-books of dynamic Research & Development topics written by leading scientists around the world.
- CRCnetBASE VCU
- CRCnetBASE is a collection of over 6,000 electronic books that span over 40 disciplines in 34 separate collections. VCU Libraries does not subscribe to all the collections, but abstracts are available for all entries.
- Dissertations and Theses Full Text (ProQuest) VCU
- Coverage: 1637 - present
- Full text for most dissertations from 1997 to the present. Includes full text for some earlier dissertations, along with over 2.4 million dissertations and theses citations from around the world.
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MEDLINE/PubMed
VCU
- The primary database of information in biomedical and health sciences fields.
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MICROMEDEX Healthcare Series Intranet Application
VCU
- Databases of summaries and detailed monographs for drugs and drug interactions. [NOTE: Not all databases are available.]
- New York Times VCU
- Coverage: 1851 - 2006
- More than a newspaper for an American city, the New York Times is an international record of national and world news, as well as personal stories of how events affect individuals.
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PsycINFO (Psychological Abstracts)
VCU
- Coverage: 1887 - present
- APA database of abstracts for psychological literature. Includes journals, dissertations, reports, book chapters, and other scholarly documents. Limited coverage from 1887 - 1926.
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PubMed/MEDLINE
VCU
- The primary database of information in biomedical and health sciences fields.
- Social Science Electronic Data Library VCU
- Access to over 680 health and social sciences data sets from more than 285 studies funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.
- SpringerLink VCU
- Coverage: 1990-present
- Collection of world's leading interactive databases of high quality Science, Technology and Medicine journals, book series, books and reference works.
Database Availability
- VCU Available on OR off-campus with EZProxy
- Libraries Available in either Library
- Cabell Available in Cabell Library
- Tompkins-McCaw Available in Tompkins-McCaw Library
- Sponsored by VIVA, The Virtual Library of Virginia
- Mobile-enabled