Selected Library and Online Resources
for Education 252
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Dr. Susan Pliner Michael Hunter Reference Librarian
Note: Campus-wide access to
the Library’s catalog and electronic resources is through the Library home page-- http://academic.hws.edu/library
Reference
Encyclopedia of Education Gale Virtual Reference Library
Encyclopedia of
Education REF LB 15 .E47 (1971)
See important background essay on Special
Education: History
Encyclopedia of Intelligence REF BF 431 .E59 (1994)
See Learning Disabilities, Birth Defects, Mental Retardation and
specific conditions
Encyclopedia of Mental Health REF RA 790 .E53 1995
See Mental
Retardation - Evolution of the Definition of Mental Retardation
Encyclopedia of Psychology REF BF 31 .E52 2000
See Physical Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Special Education, Visual
Impairment and Deafness and Hearing Loss
International
Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Published in 1968, articles
present overview of topics from the professional thinking of the time. Good source for historical perspective
Locate
books in the HWS Library by using our catalog in the Lobby or through our Web
page http://academic.hws.edu/library/. You
can identify more books on a given subject by using Worldcat via the Library Web page and placing interlibrary loan requests
for items you would like. Time required
is usually 5 days to a week.
Scholarly Research
Databases
Public policy, law and legislation:
Public
Affairs Information Service (PAIS)
History of a problem/topic:
Education
Index - Search for topics combined with "history" or specific
time period names
ERIC - Search for topics combined with
"history" or specific time period names
America: History and Life - In Advanced Search, limit search by time
period covered by the article
Newspaper Database
Academic
Universe (Lexis-Nexus)
Websites
Disability
Rights Organizations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disability_rights_organizations
The
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
Current
Definition of Learning Disability in Federal Law
Public Law 94-142 and its
update, PL 101-476
A Guide to Disability
Rights Laws
Disability Information by
State
http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/
The
http://www.ada.gov/comprob.htm
State and Local Agencies
and Offices, by Topic
http://www.usa.gov/Agencies/State_and_Territories/Agencies_by_Topic.shtml
Sources for Visual Materials:
American Memory at the
Library of Congress