Internet connections provide links to other libraries as well. In addition, the library participates in Minitex, a state-wide network which makes it possible for participants to utilize the books and journals available in other libraries, including those at the University of Minnesota. Participants in past institutes have found these arrangements extremely helpful in conducting literature reviews in specialized areas. Excellent classroom facilities, audiovisual equipment, and computer laboratories have been reserved for the institute. The computer laboratories provide convenient networked access to all major research software that participants would need.
Internet access is available for use by students and visiting professors.
The program has received outstanding ratings from all cohorts. Participants report that the program has revitalized them to develop a focused research agenda, has introduced them to visiting professors who remain available to provide necessary consultation, has made them aware of grant support available at NIA, and has helped create relationships with colleagues from other colleges and universities. Many participants have commented upon how their students have benefited from the new knowledge, techniques, and cutting-edge research they have incorporated in the courses they teach. All members of the second cohort have developed their proposal outlines focusing on areas such as retirement planning, intergenerational exchange, stereotyping, technology use, quality of life, spirituality, human factors, and minority aging. A Neuropsychological Measure to Predict Elderly Depression.