Journal articles, book chapters, health and healthcare services, and consumer issues related to the aged and the aging process are included. This database is developed jointly by the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University and the National Library of Medicine. Agriculture, biochemistry, biomedicine, biotechnology, ecology, microbiology, pharmacology, and zoology are all included. Journal articles, meeting proceedings, government and symposia reports, and selected monographs are in the database.
Some abstracts are available.
Publications from the American Nurses Association and the National League for Nursing are also covered. Every word of every article included in these journals is searchable, displayable, saveable, and printable. Often articles enter the database within a few days of publication, making it among the most timely of databases available. Abstracts are included for dissertations from 1980 forward, and for masters theses from 1988 forward. All engineering disciplines are represented, along with related fields in science and management.