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Resources for research in special education.
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Summon search box

Search journal articles, books, dissertations, ERIC documents, and other online resources using Summon on the Libraries homepage, http://library.unco.edu/. 

Results are listed by relevance so make use of Publication Date limiter, along with Content type and Subject limiters to reduce number of results.  Note the 'Cited by' feature for journal articles included in Web of Science Social Sciences Citation Index to lead you to more recent articles.

 

Common Core

A publication addresses Common Core State Standards Application to Students with Disabilities.  The draft PARCC Accomodations Manual is available for review.

 

Interlibrary loan

Free service that provides journal articles, books, and dissertations that are not available in UNC Libraries and through Prospector.
 

Statistical sources

On the Search All tab, click on Databases by Subject to locate Resource Types:  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.
  • Disability Statistics
    Contains U.S. and state level disability status reports and an interactive search tool using American Community Survey (ACS), Current Population Survey (CPS), and Census 2000.
 

Searching for books, media, and government publications

Use the Books & More tab to search UNC Libraries' catalog or select another library's catalog, including Prospector.  The Classic Catalog 'Advanced Search' permits combing of terms with Boolean operators and limits by location, material type, language, year, and publisher.

  • 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 about 40 academic, public, and special libraries in Colorado and Wyoming
  • WorldCat  
      
    Catalog of items held in libraries worldwide; found through the Articles & More tab
 

Searching for dissertations and theses

On the Search All tab, click on Databases by Subject to locate Resource Types:  Dissertations and Theses

 

Electronic reference sources:

To locate the first two resources, from the Search All tab, click on Databases A to Z:

  • 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.
  • 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design
    The Department of Justice’s revised regulations for Titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) were published in the Federal Register on September 15, 2010. This publication to bring together the information in one easy-to-access location. It provides the scoping and technical requirements for new construction and alterations resulting from the adoption of revised 2010 Standards in the final rules for Title II (28 CFR part 35) and Title III (28 CFR part 36).





 

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  

 

Finding books in Michener Stacks

The following areas contain books related to special education:

      HV 1568.5 - HV 1569.3 Transition to work

      HV 1573 - HV 2093 Blind

      HV 2350 - HV 2888 Deaf / Hearing Impaired

      LC 1200 - LC 1203 Inclusive education

      LC 3950 - LC 3989 Exceptional children and youth

      LC 3991- LC 3998  Gifted children and youth

      LC 4205 - LC 4238 Children and youth with physical disabilities

      LC 4580 - LC 4636 Children and youth with brain damage /developmental disabilities

      LC 4704 - LC 4719  Learning disabled, dyslexic, hyperactive, attention deficit disordered, and autistic children and youth

      P 117 Sign language

      RC 553.A88 Autism / Asperger's Syndrome

      RE 91 Visual Impairment / Blindness

      RF 305 Cochlear Implants

      RJ 506.A9 Autism / Asperger's Syndrome

      RJ 506.D47  Developmental Disabilities

      RJ 506.D78   Down Syndrome

      RJ 506.H9 Hyperactivity, ADHD

      RJ 506.L4 Learning Disabilities 

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