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BABY BOOMER RESOURCES
Tompkins County Public Library serves community residents at each stage of their lives by providing free and open access to the world's wisdom, knowledge, and information. In keeping with this mission, we offer many materials to assist our Baby Boomer patrons, many who are experiencing new roles in life as caregivers, retirees, and grandparents. This guide lists key general resources available through the Library.
Books and DVDs
You can use the PowerPAC online catalog to find materials at our library, as well as request them from other libraries in the Finger Lakes Library System. To narrow your search, try using the following search terms:
For a booklist, please view http://library.booksite.com/6631/nl/?list=CNL14&group=EB64&preview=1. Many of these titles were purchased with funds from a generous grant from the Triad Foundation.
Reference Librarians will be happy to assist you with your search.
Databases
- Academic OneFile (Gale Cengage Learning) Offers full-text articles of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more.
- Health Reference Center Academic (Gale Cengage Learning)Includes over 2,800 journals and magazines, many of which are full text. It contains nursing and allied health journals, other medical journals, newsletters and consumer health magazines.
Magazines
TCPL has subscriptions to a variety of print magazines and periodic literature. Paper copies of the following magazines and newspapers are located in the North Reading Room:
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Local Organizations
- Lifelong119 W. Court St
Ithaca
607-273-1511 - Greater Ithaca Activities Center - Adult Program607-272-3622
- Tompkins County Office for the Aging320 N. Tioga St
Ithaca
607-274-5482
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