Ageline

AgeLine is an online, bibliographic database produced by American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) that focuses on the subject of aging and middle-aged and older adults, particularly addressing thesocial, psychological, economic, policy, and health care aspects of aging.  Our subscription access is limited to 4 simultaneous users.

 Ageline is an excellent resource for UMass Boston students in Gerontology, as well as Sociology, Nursing, Public Policy, Psychology, Economics and related disciplines.

The library subscription is hosted by Ovid Technologies in a clear, easy-to-use interface. Ageline is also available on the AARP website. We recommend using the library's Ovid subscription because your search results will be linked to our library full-text holdings. Furthermore, the AARP website requires a credit card ($$); the library subscription works with your library barcode (FREE!)

DESCRIPTION

AgeLine summarizes journal articles, books and chapters, research reports, dissertations, gray literature, and educational videos from many publishers and organizations, including valuable, less accessible publications of the AARP itself.

Your search results will feature the link resolver that connects your search results to your library-funded subscriptions or to our interlibrary loan office. Remember your service guarantee: we will endeavor to obtain all the materials you need, free of charge.

Look for this logo inside your Ageline search results:

SPECIAL FEATURES

The Ageline web page has a special section covering Statistical Data on Aging.

In addition, on the Ageline web site you may also download the PDF version of the Thesaurus (272 pages, 5 MB).  The Thesaurus of Aging Terminology is a controlled vocabulary of subject terms (also called keywords or descriptors) used to index all publications cited in AgeLine. Because AgeLine focuses on aging-related topics from a variety of disciplines, the Thesaurus can be very useful in constructing a thorough search of the database, in defining how a term is used in AgeLine, and in identifying references having a major focus on that topic.

On the AARP's web site, you can also browse or search AARP's database on Internet resources, and link to more than 900 of the best sites for people age 50+.

TO LEARN MORE

Ageline's public web site features an excellent online FAQ to help you use the unique features of this knowledgebase.

Contact the librarians for personal assistance with your library research,