This article reports an investigation into the coverage of the journal literature of geriatrics by selected bibliographic databases, including Medline, Embase, PsychInfo, Amed, and Ageline. Searches were designed to indicate the total coverage of geriatrics literature by each system and the retrieval of references relevant to a specific topic (eg, stroke rehabilitation in the elderly). The results supported previous findings: geriatrics literature is extensive and diffused over many journals and databases; no database provides comprehensive coverage; and retrieval performance varies among databases. A careful consideration of the sources to be searched and search design is particularly important in geriatrics.