Special Education
A
research guide: books, articles, web sites, & videos
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How to Find Books in the ODU Library: Search in the ODU Library Catalog.
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How to Find Books in Other OhioLINK Libraries:
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Reference Books—A Selection
Reference books provide a good starting point for
your research. Reference items are located in the Library’s Reference
collection, behind the Reference Desk on the top floor of Spangler.
See also these
related research guides: K-12 Education, Early Childhood Education, and TESOL.
Bibliographies and Guides
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ARBA
(American Reference Books Annual). Ch.
5, Education. R 011.02 A512r
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Current Index to Journals in
Education Ref-Indexes 1985 – 1995 In
Back Issues Room
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Education: A Guide to Reference and Information
Sources. R 016.37 O67e, 2000
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Meeting the Needs of People with Disabilities: A Guide
for Librarians, Educators, and Other Service Professionals. R 025.5 V439m, 1990
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Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors. At the Reference Desk – Refr 025 T413, 2001
Directories
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The Complete Learning Disabilities
Directory 2005/2006. R 371.9 C7386l, 2005
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The Internet Resource Directory for
K-12 Teachers and Librarians. R 025.06
I886r, 2000-01
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Resources for People with Disabilities: A National Directory. R 362.4048 R434, 1998 2 vols.
Encyclopedias
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Concise Encyclopedia of Special
Education. R 371.903 C748e, 2002
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A Cyclopedia of Education. R 370.3 M753c, 1968 5 vols.
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Encyclopedia of American Education. R 370.973 U57e, 2001 3 vols.
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Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and
Administration. R 371.2 E194e, 2006 Vols. 1-2
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Encyclopedia
of Education. R 370.3 E56d, 2003 8 vols.
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The Encyclopedia of Human
Intelligence. R 153.9 En195, 1995 2
vols.
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Encyclopedia of Special Education: A Reference for
the Education of the Handicapped and Other Exceptional Children and Adults. R 371.903s, 2007 3 vols.
Handbooks
· Contemporary
Education Issues. For available listings, perform a title search in the ODU
Library Catalog for Contemporary
Education Issues.
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The Disabled.
RCT 362.4 D611,
1997
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Educating At-Risk Students. R 371.93 E831a, 2002
· The Educator’s Desk Reference. R
370.72 F8755e 2002
· Handbook of Research on
Multicultural Education. R 370.117 H1917r
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Handbook of Research on Teaching. R 370.72
H1917r
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Handbook for Specific Learning
Disabilities. R 371.926 A221h, 1979
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Including Children with Special Needs. R
371.9046 I213c, 2004
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Learning About Learning Disabilities. R 371.926 L438, 1998
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Learning Disabilities Sourcebook. R 371.926 L4794d, 2003
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Praeger Handbook of Special Education. R
371.90973, 2007
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Schooling and Disability. R 370.6 N277y, 1989 vol. 88 pt. 2
Legislative and Other
Government Information
· The ABC-CLIO Companion to
the Disability Rights Movement. R 323.3
P384a, 1997
· American Public School Law. R 344.73 A272a, 2001
· Americans with
Disabilities Act Handbook. R 344.0159
A512, 1991
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Baldwin’s Ohio School Law: A Complete Guide to
Law and Fiscal Procedures. R 344.07 B182oh
· Baldwin’s Ohio School Law Journal. R 344.07 B182o, 1999/2000
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Educational
Policy and Law. R 344.73 E838p, 2002
· Ohio School Laws & Rules Annotated,
2004-2005. (CD-ROM available)
R 344.07 B182ohi, 2004-05 2 vols.
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From the Capitol to the Classroom: Standards-Based
Reform in the States.
R
370.6 N277y, 2001 vol.100 pt.2
Tests
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Performance-Based Student Assessment: Challenges
and Possibilities. R 370.6 N277y, 1996 vol. 95 pt. 1
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Tests in Print.
R 016.37126 T289i, 2002
Reference Resources Online
In addition,
there are numerous current full-text handbooks and encyclopedias on special
education, at-risk students, and adolescence are available online in Electronic
Reference Books.
To access from the
Library homepage: Click on Books, and select Electronic Reference Books.
Mental
Measurements Yearbook
This
database contains full-text information about and reviews of all
English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality,
vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas as included in the printed
Mental Measurements Yearbooks.
To access from the Library homepage: Click
on Articles in Databases,
select the Education category, and
click on Mental Measurement Yearbook
from the list.
Searchable full-text
dictionaries, Educational encyclopedias, and more are available via the ODU
Library’s Quick Reference page. To
access from the library homepage: Click on Quick
Reference.
eBooks
Full-text ebook
database. Search among 15,000 ebooks from multiple disciplines, including
reference books, other nonfiction, and fiction—including books about children’s
literature Search by keyword, title, or author. To access from the Library homepage: Click
on Books, and then select NetLibrary.
Brookings Online Library Catalog: Education
http://brookings.nap.edu/books/education.html
Includes
several online full-text publications, such as the following:
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Brookings Papers on Education Policy: 2000
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Earning and
Learning: How Schools Matter (1999)
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It Takes A City: Getting Serious about Urban School Reform (2000)
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The Black-White Test Score Gap
(1998)
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The Tracking Wars: State Reform Meets School Policy (1999)
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Choosing Equality: School Choice, the Constitution, and Civil Society (1999)
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Use an online research database to
find articles in scholarly journals, general magazines, and newspapers. ·
To access the databases below, from
the Library’s Articles in
Databases page, select the Education
category, or choose from the A-Z index near the top of the page. ·
To Help You Search in the Databases: |
A: Key Database for Education
Research
Contains peer-reviewed journal coverage
from more than 3,400 scholarly publications. Covers many academic areas of
study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences,
engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences,
and ethnic studies. Updated daily.
Covers contemporary education issues, and
indexes core international periodicals, monographs,
and yearbooks in education.
Updated monthly.
Includes
scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education,
including curriculum instruction, administration, policy, funding, and related
social issues. Coverage includes journals, books, and conference papers. Some
publications indexed as far back as the beginning of the twentieth century.
Full text. Presents over 4300 research journals,
covering numerous subject areas.
ERIC
is the U.S. Department of Education's Educational Resource Information Center
database which contains citations and abstracts from over 980 educational and
education-related journals and full text of more than 2,200 digests along with
references for additional information.
Updated quarterly.
Social Sciences Citation Index (ISI Web of Science)
Citations.
Indexes articles of scholarly journals from 50 disciplines of the social
sciences, with searchable author abstracts and a unique feature that enables
searching of articles that cite a known author or work. Note: Not intended as a
substitute for a comprehensive subject database such as SocINDEX, which comprehensively indexes journal
articles, books, conference proceedings, and other documents.
B: Databases for Professional
Development
Covers general reference, health, science, and other areas from
over 490 general interest and current events magazines. Updated daily.
Middle Search Plus
Covers topics from over 140 general reference, health and science magazines for
middle and junior high school students.
Updated daily.
Primary
Search
Includes coverage from 50 children’s magazines and over 100 children’s
pamphlets, designed for the elementary school student. Updated weekly.
Professional
Development Collection
Full-Text. Provides a
highly specialized collection of electronic information especially for
professional educators, professional librarians and education researchers.
Finding
Periodicals in this Library
Listed below are some special education and related periodicals
available in the ODU Library.