Skip to Main Content

RESEARCH GUIDES

Disability Studies

This guide provides information on print and electronic resources for the study of disabilities and people with disabilities.

General Reference Sources

These electronic reference collections are great places to start your research.

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Dictionary of Developmental Disabilities Terminology by Pasquale J. Accardo, Barbara Y. Whitman, et al.
Call Number: McKeldin Library Reference RJ135 .A26 1996
Second Edition (2002) is available at Shady Grove Library Reference RJ135.A26 2002
Encyclopedia of American Disability History [E-Book] by Susan Burch, ed.
Click on "View Now" or "Find It" to access the fulltext.
Encyclopedia of Disability [E-Book] by Gary L. Albrecht, general editor
Call Number: E-Book
Click on "View Now" or "Find it" to access the fulltext.
Encyclopedia of Learning Disabilities, 2nd ed. by Carol Turkington & Joseph R. Harris
Call Number: McKeldin Library Reference LC4704.5 .T86 2006
Encyclopedia of Special Education: A Reference for the Education of Children, Adolescents, and Adults with Disabilities and Other Exceptional Individuals [E-Book] by Cecil R. Reynolds & Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, eds.
Click on "view Now" or "Find it" to access the fulltext.
Random House Webster's American Sign Language Dictionary by Elaine Costello
Call Number: McKeldin Library Stacks HV2475 .C66 1998
See also Random House Webster's American Sign Language:
Computer Dictionary
Legal Dictionary