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- Disability in the Modern World This link opens in a new windowPrimary sources, supporting materials, archives, and video content designed to enrich study in a wide range of disciplines from media studies to philosophy.
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowMultidisciplinary index and full text source for scholarly journals and magazines.
- Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new windowArticle index with some full text in the fields of communication and mass media studies.
- SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new windowFull text coverage of scholarly publications in sociology, including journals, magazines, books, working papers, dissertations, conference proceedings, and an extensive thesaurus
- JMU Library Catalog This link opens in a new windowFind journals, books, ebooks, films, sound recordings, and government documents available to JMU users.
Researching Disability Studies
- Disability Language Style GuideA guide by the National Center on Disability and Journalism.
- Disability Resource GuideA list of resource guides on various disabilities, disability theory, and assistive technologies from the Illinois University Library.
- Disability Studies: Research TipsFrom the UC Berkeley Library, this guide offers research strategies, including suggestions for search terms.
- Evaluating Articles in Disability StudiesArticles about disability may not be from a Disability Studies perspective. This guide from the UCLA Library provides some questions to ask that can help you evaluate sources.
- Society for Disability Studies (SDS)"An international non-profit organization that promotes the study of disability in social, cultural, and political contexts."