Live
Links to Books and Journals
A. Books from the UMASS
Library Catalog
--Use the Pink Guide to the Library to find which floor your call
numbers will be on
B. Journal Articles
from Expanded Academic Index (need
UMASS authentification)
Note: Click on a topic below
to have the search run for you. Many of the articles are full
text. Others may be available in the library. You may
then narrow your search by pressing the Limit
button and adding other criteria.
--Most journals from 1995 to the present are
on the second floor.
American
with Disabilities Act of 1990
Attention
Deficit Disorder (click on limit and add another term to narrow
your search)
Developmental
Disabilities (click on Limit and type in another term to narrow
your search)
Gifted
Children
Learning
Disabilities (click on Limit and type in another term to narrow
your search)
Special
Education (click on Limit and type in another term to
narrow your search).
Activity
Programs
Curricula
Evaluation
Innovation
Laws
and Regulations
Management
Research
Standards
Technique
Special
Education Teachers
C. Other library databases and
journal abstracts to use:
- Academic Universe/Lexis
Nexis (full text--mostly newspapers and legal documents)
- Electric Library
(full text/ general database more for K-12, but with some scholarly
academic material)
- ERIC
database (database to retrieve scholarly citations and
abstracts for all education topics)
- PsycInfo
(database to retrieve scholarly citations and abstracts for psychology/education
topics)
D.
Reference Books about Special Education --located on the main floor
of the library
- Encyclopedia of special education : a reference for the education
of the handicapped and other exceptional children and adults Ref
LC4007 .E53 2000 3 vols.
- Special education desk reference LC3981 .S64 1997
- Specialized Handbooks Handbook of special and remedial education
: research and practice
Ref LC3965 .H263 1995
- Print Journal Abstracts: Exceptional child education resources
Ref. Z5814.C52E9
Reference
Books (from the Library Catalog) Limit collection to reference
books by clicking in the arrow to the right of the search
button.
Selected Internet
Sites
AskERIC Frequently
Asked Questions (START HERE!!! a
great resource. Listed are some topics
on which the ERIC clearinghouse frequently receives questions.
Responses include citations from the ERIC database as well as Internet
links and other relevant information, where appropriate. A
great resource.
- Ask
ERIC for Special Education includes internet and lesson plan resources
- Awesome
Library's Special Education Links (divided by topic, such
as ADD, developmental disabilities, etc., with discussions, lists,
papers, online journals etc.)
- ERIC Clearinghouse on
Disabilities and Gifted Education (see especially the digests
(full text), fact sheets, mini-bibs, laws, and frequently asked questions).
- Learning Disabilities
Online (The interactive guide to learning disabilities for parents,
children, and teachers)
- Office
of Special Education Special Education Resources from the
Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia
- Office
of Special Education Programs
- School
Psychology Resources Online (Research learning disabilities, ADHD,
functional behavioral assessment, autism, adolescence, parenting,
psychological assessment, special education, mental retardation, mental
health, and more)
- Special
Reference Sources --Internet Public Library
Produced and maintained by Lori
Mestre, M.A.L.S., Ed.D.
Coordinator of Instructional
and Curriculum Support Services
W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University
of Massachusetts Amherst lori.mestre@library.umass.edu
updated 2/2001
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