Library

      Since its creation in 1959, the library at Polisher Research Institute has collected works in gerontology and geriatrics, including the psychological, sociological, medical and economic aspects of aging. The library owned approximately 8,500 books, monographs, and reports and maintained a journal collection of over 350 active and archived titles. Reference, document delivery, and interlibrary loan services were available to staff and consortia partners. The library closed on February 27, 2009.

Searching the Collection

All of the Polisher Research Institute’s permanent library collections (Research Library and Lawton collections) can be searched in two ways.

To search on AccessPA:
Choose Montgomery County and Special Libraries to perform your search.

To search the library's online catalog:
Using the Simple Search, type in words to find these terms in any field. Use the Advanced Search to search specific fields.