7Understanding Aging

Sources of Information

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Outline

Topics to be Searched

Where to Search

Search Query Subjects & Keywords

Topics To Be Searched

Long-term Care

Housing Alternatives

Health Care

Social Security

Medicare & Medicaid

Topics To Be Searched

Retirement and Estate Planning Strategies

Issues Related to Caregivers

Creating a Legacy

HE FCS professional impact

Biblical Care Giving Principles

Where to Search To find books …

Library Catalog

WorldCat.org

Santa Clarita Public Library (santaclaritalibrary.com)

Valencia Public Library (colapublib.org)

College of the Canyons Library

Internet Archive (archive.org)

Where to Search To Find Articles …Periodical Indexes

Academic Search Complete

ERIC

ATLAReligion w/ Serials (ATLAR)

Christian Periodical Index (CPI)

Health Source (Academic & Consumer)

Opposing Viewpoints In Context (OVIC)

ProQuest Research Library

ProQuest Religion

Where to Search To Find Legal Information:

Lexis/Nexis (Business & Legal Database) – Federal and State code and case law, law reviews, journals and news.

Estate Planning and Elder Law (Lexis/Nexis) - Access up-to-date content and resources including Legal Blogs written by leading legal professionals, Legal Podcasts, view Top Cases, Emerging Issues and keep current with the latest Legal News.

Where to Search To Find conference

proceedings, conference papers, reputable digital resources, etc.

FirstSearch OAIster – digital resources Papers First - papers presented

at conferences worldwide Proceedings - index of worldwide

conference proceedings

Search Query

aged

aging

ageing

ageism

elderly

“old age”

“older people”

“older adults”

longevity

OR * these in Subject field then AND them with suggested keywords for each topic to follow

* Boolean command “OR” means either, i.e. record may have either this term OR that term viz a viz “all of these”, which is the Boolean command for “AND” meaning both, i.e. records must have both this term AND that term.

Search Query Keywords, Subjects

Long Term Care

“long term care”

“terminal care”

“home care”

“life care”

Housing Alternatives

Housing

“Home care”

“old age homes”

“Retirement homes”

Dwellings

“Institutional care”

“Prisons and Prisoners”

Search Query Keywords, Subjects

Use for Health Care

“Medical care”

“Health care”

“Health and Hygiene”

“Physical fitness”

Nutrition

Use for Social Security & Medicare/Medicaid

“Social Security”

Medicare

Medicaid

Search Query Keywords, SubjectsUse for Retirement & Estate Planning

Economics

Retirement

“Estate Planning”

“Living Trusts”Use for Caregivers

caregivers

Use for Legacy – in Academic Search

“personal legacy” “ethical will” Wills, ethical - Subject Legac* (for legacy or

legacies) AND … “Life Satisfaction” Achievement Heritage Influence Death Values

“Conduct of life” (as Subject) AND legac* as Keyword

Search Query Keywords, SubjectsImpact of HE FCS professional

“home economics” “family and consumer sciences” (keyword)AND aged (Subject)

American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) http://www.aafcs.org

Biblical Care Giving Principles

“Older people in the Bible” (Subject)

Aging Biblical Teaching (Subject)

Aged Religious Life (Subject)

Christian aged (Subject) “Church work with older

people” (Subject) Also search Book of the

Bible AND commentaries OR criticism: Deuteronomy, Chronicles, Ruth, Isaiah, Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Matthew

Find Books: in WorldCat

Use “Subject Phrase”

Limit “Year” to 2003-2013

Limit Language to English

Limit type to Books

Subtype Limits:

Audience: not juvenile

Content: not fiction

Find Books: in WorldCat