Research Web sites
Check out these sites for research and the application of research to professional practice.
- CSEFEL: What Works Briefs
- Gallaudet Research Institute
- Institute on Community Integration Transition & Career Preparation
- National Association of Special Education Teachers - Publications
- National Center for Special Education Research
- National Center on Response to Intervention
- National Center on Secondary Education and Transition
- National Center on Severe and Sensory Disabilities
- National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented
- NIH Autism Research Network: Publications
- RTI Action Network
- TeachingLD: Current Practice Alerts
Sources about Tests
Check Articles & More - Resource type: Tests for more resources
- Mental Measurements Yearbook
Produced by the Buros Institute, this resource provides descriptions and reviews of commercially produced tests - Tests in Print Produced by the Buros Institute, this resource provides descriptions of currently available commercially produced tests
Statistical sources
Check Articles & More - Resource Type: Statistics for more links
- Colorado Special Education Legal Process Statistics Stat sheets on due process hearings from 1996-, on Federal complaints 1996-, legal process cross comparisons 1999- and dispute resolution requests by region.
- IDEA data Contains the annual report tables as reported to Congress, Part B data for children ages 3-21, and Part C data for children ages birth to two.
- NCES Tables & Figures Search Enter "disability" to find available tables on this topic from the variety of NCES publications and resources.
Legal Research
From Articles & More - Subject: Education list
- Special Ed Connection Request login help at Michener Library Reference desk, as username and password cannot be distributed. Provides news, case law, statutes, regulations, sample tools and forms, and state specific information.
Searching for books, media, and government publications
Check Articles & More ( http://www.unco.edu/library/articlefinder.htm) - Resource Type: E-books, Digital Collections for additional links to available electronic books
- The Source Library Catalog Index to UNC Libraries Michener and Music library holdings; suggested subject headings - special education, early childhood special education, developmental disabilities, autism, mental retardation, Down syndrome, hearing impaired, deaf, blind...
- Prospector Unified catalog of 23 academic, public, and special libraries in Colorado and Wyoming
- WorldCat Catalog of items held in libraries worldwide; found on the Article Finder list
Searching for dissertations and theses
Resources found in UNC Libraries' Articles & More - Resource Type: Dissertations and Theses
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Online version of Dissertation Abstracts provides citations and abstracts for dissertations & theses from over 1000 colleges and universities
- Dissertations & Theses@University of Northern Colorado Index to UNC theses & dissertations with PDFs available from 1997-
- Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations Index to restricted and unrestricted electronic theses and dissertations (ETD)
Interlibrary loan
- On Campus Borrowing from Other Libraries - Interlibrary Loan Submit request through the electronic request form.
- Distance/Off-Campus Interlibrary Loan Students residing more than 50 miles from campus may request that materials be delivered to them. Materials from the UNC Libraries, as well as materials from other libraries obtained via Interlibrary Loan, are provided
Electronic reference sources:
From the Articles & More list
- Cabell's Directories: Curriculum & Methods Contains manuscript guidelines for specific journals along with their review practice and acceptance rates.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library Collection of online reference works including Encyclopedia of Disability and Gallaudet Encyclopedia of Deaf People and Deafness.
Print reference sources:
The following books are located in the Reference collection on the main floor of Michener Library:
Special Education Dictionary – LC 3957.S64 2003
Encyclopedia of Special Education – LC 4007.E53 2007 v. 1-3
Brief Reference of Student Disabilities - LC 4031 .N53 2008
Educator's Diagnostic Manual of Disabilities and Disorders - LC 4019 .P524 2007
Praeger Handbook of Special Education - LC 3957.P73 2007
Autism Spectrum Disorders - RJ 506.A9 A92377 2007 v. 1-2
Learning Disabilities Sourcebook - LC 4705 .L434 2009
Special Educator’s Comprehensive Guide to 301 Diagnostic
Tests - LC 4019 .P53 2006
Another helpful database
From Articles & More - Subject: Education
- Kraus Curriculum Development Library In Advanced Search limit the Primary Section to Special Education to find examples of curriculum and frameworks from state departments of education, school districts, and other organizations.
Guides to database use
Need help using Special Ed Connection or Kraus Curriculum Development Library?
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