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| Selected Reference Sources | |
| Encyclopedia of Special Education Ref LC 4007. E53 2000 | An excellent resource for special education topics, including biographical entries, as well as name and subject indexes at the end of the third volume. |
| Encyclopedia of Learning Disabilities Ref LC 4704.5 .T87 2002 | A specialized encyclopedia with detailed information on topics related to learning disabilities. |
| Encyclopedia of Disability Ref HV 1568 .E528 2006 | A five volume encyclopedia dealing with various cultural and historical aspects of various disabilities. |
| Encyclopedia of Educational Research Ref LB 15 .E48 1992 | This four volume set gives an overview of research findings on a variety of topics in education. The fourth volume contains not only a good index to the set, but also an appendix "Doing Library Research in Education." The appendix refers the reader to other sources, both paper and electronic, with a bibliography at the end. |
| Special Education Law Ref KF4210 .G84 1993 | A guide to laws and cases related to special education and the rights of exceptional children. Includes chapters on IDEA, IEP's, identification, placement, etc. |
| Section 504, ADA, and the Schools Ref KF4210 .Z85 1993 | An in-depth treatment of laws and court decisions affecting handicapped individuals. (This resource is clearly intended for lawyers, not educators!) |
| Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Ref RC 455.2 .C4 D54 1994 | The American Psychiatric Association's official definitions of various mental conditions. See especially the chapter "Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence." Note that psychiatric definitions may differ from educational definitions of the same disorders. |
| Journal Article Databases | |
| Education Abstracts / Full Text | Indexes 400 core journals and magazines in education; includes the full text of about 100. |
| ERIC | Indexes over 800 education journals from around the world. Also indexes over 450,000 ERIC documents, which are available on microfiche in the Library. Includes the full text of several hundred review articles called ERIC Digests. |
| General Databases | General subject databases, including magazines with education news. |
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