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NC*AGING e-newsletter #6
a service of the UNC Institute on Aging Information Center
May 2, 2001
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CELEBRATE OLDER AMERICANS IN NC
The month of May is the time to celebrate Older Americans Month. One way
to do that is to listen to WUNC's special series on "North Carolina
Voices: The State of Aging". Throughout May, WUNC will have numerous
reports and interviews on aging in North Carolina. You can see their
story schedule and link to the RealAudio broadcasts from this page:
http://wunc.org/news/aging/

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DATA SETS ON AGING
The National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA) makes data
sets available to the public -- some publicly available and some only to
members of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social
Research (ICPSR).  Under a new arrangement, users can *directly* access
the restricted data if they are using a campus computer at one of the
member institutions (access is granted to approved IP addresses).  Most
universities in North Carolina are ICPSR members, so this new feature
should be available to most gerontology researchers in the state.  Read
more about this new feature:
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ORG/announce.html#direct2

Or, go directly to the NACDA: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACDA/

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UPDATE ON AARP AGELINE AVAILABILITY
You now have expanded options for accessing AARP AgeLine (index of
gerontology literature). For gerontology faculty, the IOA is offering
accounts through the AHEC Digital Library. For others, AARP has made
AARP AgeLine available via its web site (note: this version has some
limitations). Read more about this database and access our online
tutorial at:
http://www.aging.unc.edu/infocenter/ageline/index.html

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GERONTOLOGY JOURNALS ONLINE
The Journals of Gerontology (series a and b) and The Gerontologist are
now available online from the publisher's web site
(http://www.gerontologyjournals.org/).  Access is free until July 2001,
after which access will be restricted to subscribers only.  The
Information Center can help you locate aging journals and articles,
either from its own collection or from other collections. For basic
information on where gerontology journals are available online or in
print, try our Journal Finder:
http://www.aging.unc.edu/infocenter/journals/index.asp

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THESES & DISSERTATIONS
The Information Center collects theses and dissertations on aging topics
written by NC students. Faculty who advise masters or doctoral students
are asked to encourage their students to submit their works to us.
Guidelines are available here:
http://www.aging.unc.edu/infocenter/theses.html

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UPCOMING EVENTS IN NC
A complete calendar is available at http://aging.unc.edu/calendar.html

May 3, 2001 | RETREAT UNC Institute on Aging Research Retreat for UNC-CH
Faculty | 9:30am-3:00pm | Friday Center, Chapel Hill, NC

May 4, 2001 | SHORT COURSE Public Policy Issues for Nonprofits in an
Aging | From the Duke Certificate Program in Nonprofit Management |
10:00am-4:00pm | Duke Hospital South

May 12, 2001 | SEMINAR Caregiving Seminar: Financial, Legal and Ethical
Concerns | Sponsored by UNCG & Blakey Hall | 11:00am-4:00pm | Elon, NC

May 24, 2001 | CONFERENCE Crossing Over Jordan: African Americans and
Care at the End of Life | Sponsored by the Duke Institute on Care at the
End of Life | 8:30am-4:00pm | Durham, NC

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NEW RESOURCES AVAILABLE
These are a few of the recent acquisitions of the IOA Information
Center. Our entire collection of resources (including print materials,
full text electronic materials, and web sites) is searchable via our
database, AGELIB, at http://aging.unc.edu/infocenter/agelib/.

Clark, Robert L. & Pitts, M. Melinda. (1996).  Older workers in North
Carolina. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Division of Aging.
NC : DOA 1996-04
also available at:
http://www.aging.unc.edu/infocenter/resources/1996/clarkr.pdf

Maddox, George L., ed. (2001). The encyclopedia of aging : a
comprehensive resource in gerontology and geriatrics. New York:
Springer.
HQ1061 .E53 2001 v.1 and HQ1061 .E53 2001 v.2

New journal titles:
  Contemporary gerontology : A Journal of Reviews and Critical Discourse
[Springer]
  Journal of aging and identity [Kluwer]

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