The Aged in Australia :
A Research Guide and Select Bibliography of Australian Publications

I. RESEARCH GUIDE

Bibliographies

Indexes, abstracts, databases

1. APAIS: Australian public affairs information service. Indexes scholarly journal articles, conference proceedings and major newspaper articles in the social sciences and humanities. 1945+ published by the National Library of Australia [RF 016.3 AUS]. 1978+ also published electronically by Informit (Melbourne) on the CD-ROM Austrom and as a fee-paying Internet database [http://www.informit.com.au].

2. Australasian medical index. Indexes medical titles not already indexed by Index medicus. Comprehensively indexes major titles on the aged such as Australasian journal on ageing and Lincoln papers in gerontology. Produced by the National Library of Australia and published by Informit (Melbourne) on the CD-ROM Austhealth and as a fee-paying Internet database [http://www.informit.com.au].

3. Australian family and society abstracts. Indexes journals, conference papers, books, book chapters, government publications, research reports, discussion and working papers, statistical documents, annual reports, bibliographies and theses. Training and curriculum material and other media such as videos are also indexed. Produced by the Australian Institute of Family Studies and published by Informit (Melbourne) on the CD-ROM Austrom and as a fee-paying Internet database [http://www.informit.com.au].

4. Australian national bibliography. (1901–1996). 1946–1965 title varies. Lists books, journal titles etc received in the National Library of Australia's Australian collections. Most titles are also listed in the National Bibliographic Database (see below). Published by the National Library of Australia.
RFq 015.94 AUS

5. Multicultural Australia and immigration studies (MAIS). Provides more than one thousand references to titles on aged migrants. Indexes books, journals, newspaper articles, government reports, conference proceedings, press releases and speeches. Produced by the Office of Multicultural Affairs, Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. Published by Informit (Melbourne) on the CD-ROM Austrom and as a fee-paying Internet database [http://www.informit.com.au].

6. National bibliographic database (NBD). Lists books, journal titles, videos and other library materials held by major research libraries. Maintained by the National Library of Australia as a fee-paying service under the name of the Australian Bibliographic Network (ABN), to be changed to Kinetica in 1999.
[http://www.nla.gov.au/kinetica/databases.html]

7. Recent Australian publications. Lists recently published titles added to the National bibliographic database (see above). Available as a free database on the Internet
[http://www.nla.gov.au/kinetica/rap.html].

Other bibliographies

8. Gunn, Peter. Ageing: a social science bibliography of Australian material . Melbourne: P. Gunn, 1977. xi, 174 p. ISBN 09596 01708. Contents: General listing; Government publications; Legislative enactments (Acts relating to the aged passed by the Australian Parliament, 1901–1976); Serial publications.
N+ 016.61267 G976

9. Olweny, Phoebe. The elderly: a bibliography of materials held in the Library Resource Centre of the Croydon Park College of TAFE . Croydon Park, SA: Library Resource Centre, Croydon Park College of TAFE, 1988. 29 p. ISBN 0959176187. Contents: Death and dying; Degenerative disorders; Diet and nutrition; General human development; Home and nursing care; Physical health; Psychology of the elderly; Role of the elderly in society.
NLpf 016.3626 O52

10. Wesley Central Mission (Melbourne, Vic). Ageing, a bibliography. Compiled and edited by Kati Sunner. 2nd rev. ed. Melbourne: Wesley Central Mission, 1993. 61 p. ISBN 1875146083. Contents: Aged—General; Bibliographies; Conference proceedings; Directories/handbooks; Disability and ageing; Discrimination / community attitudes; Education and employment issues; Ethnic and Aboriginal aged; Family relationships and support; Government and political party support; Health issues; Home and community care; Housing and homelessness; Human rights; Income support; Legislation; Long-term care; Population studies; Quality of life and well-being; Recreation; Religion; Residential care; Safety and violence; Social networks; Social welfare and community issues; Transport issues; Volunteers; Women.
NLq 016.3626 W513-2

11. Scott, Helen Stewart, 1946–. Reference information on older people . Melbourne: Council on the Ageing (Australia), 1997. 13 p. Contents: Bibliographies; Dictionaries and encyclopedias; Directories; COTA directories; Indexes, abstracts and databases; Journals; Key Australian texts; State government policy statements; Titles offering family advice and assistance; Series (Australian); Statistics; Lincoln papers in gerontology; Aged and community care service development and evaluation reports.
Nq 016.30526 S462
Online version : http://www.cota.org.au/referenc.htm

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