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Academic
Search Elite via Ebsco
Broad coverage —including biological sciences, economics, communications,
computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts
and literature, medical sciences and women's studies. MORE
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Abstracts: 1984+
Full text: 1990+ |
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ADA
Compliance Guide
Covers disability, reasonable accommodation, undue hardship,
readily achievable barrier removal, program accessibility
and the law's many other key terms in plain English.
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Assistive Technology Literature Database
This database is designed to provide a
comprehensive, searchable bibliography summarizing research on
cognitive technologies utilized by persons with intellectual and
developmental disabilities. |
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NARIC's
Instant Disability Information Center
Abstracts of documents on disability and rehabilitation. Also:
current research projects funded by the National Institute on
Disability. |
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Special
Education Online
Provides full text of the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Law Report® (IDELR), Early Childhood Law and Policy Reporter
and complete Federal Education Statutes and Regulations and
more. MORE
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WorldCat
The world's most comprehensive bibliography, with more than 44 million bibliographic records representing 400 languages. Covers information back to the 11th Century. MORE DETAILS... |
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CQ
Researcher
The Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Researcher explores a single
"hot" issue in the news in depth each week. Topics
range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education
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Current Contents Connect
A multidisciplinary current awareness Web resource providing access to complete bibliographic information from over 8,000 of the world's leading scholarly journals and more than 2,000 books. MORE DETAILS... |
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Disability History Museum
A searchable, theme-based digital collection of documents and images related to disability history in the United States. These artifacts are drawn from public and private collections around the country. |
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Dissertations & Theses via Proquest
The database includes citations for materials ranging from the first U.S. dissertation, accepted in 1861, to those accepted as recently as last semester; those published from 1980 forward also include 350- word abstracts, written by the author. Citations for master's theses from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. Of the millions of titles listed, UMI offers over 1.8 million in full text.
The database represents the work of authors from over 1,000 North American graduate schools and European universities. MORE DETAILS... |
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Education
Full Text part of WilsonWeb's OmniFile
Covers contemporary education issues, including government
funding, instructional media, multicultural education, info
technology, etc. MORE
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Abstracts: 1994+
Full text: 1996+ |
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Elsevier
Science Direct
Access to the full text of 1,000+ scientific, technical, medical,
mathematical, management and social science journals from Elsevier.
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ERIC
via Ebsco (with links to full text ERIC Documents)
A complete bibliography of educational materials from the
Educational Resources Information Center at the US Department
of Education. MORE
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Abstracts: 1966
Full text: 1996 |
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General
Science Full Text part of WilsonWeb's OmniFile
Covers astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, earth science,
environmental issues, mathematics, medicine, physics, and zoology.
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Abstracts: 1993+
Full text: 1995+ |
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Health & Wellness Resource Center
Find magazines, journals, newspapers and information on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, Prescription Drugs, Herbal remedies, and alternative or complementary treatments, etc. MORE DETAILS... |
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Health
Source - Consumer Edition via Ebsco
Information on many health topics including the medical sciences,
food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and
general health.
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Abstracts: 1984+
Full text: 1990+ |
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Health
Source Plus - Nursing/Academic Version via Ebsco
Provides full text from over 400 scholarly journals focusing
on nursing, allied health, and other medical disciplines.
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Abstracts: 1984+
Full text: 1990+ |
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LexisNexis
Academic
Access to full-text legal, medical, business, biographical
and news and information from over 5000 sources. MORE
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National
Library of Medicine (NLM) Gateway
The Gateway allows searches from one Web interface, providing
"one-stop searching" for many of NLM's information
resources or databases such as MEDLINE/PubMed, etc. |
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PapersFirst
via FirstSearch
Provides access to individual papers presented at worldwide
meetings, conferences, expositions, workshops, congresses,
and symposia. MORE
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ProceedingsFirst
via FirstSearch
Provides tables of contents of papers presented at conferences
worldwide. MORE
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Tables
of Contents
1993+ |
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Professional
Development Collection via Ebsco
Provides a highly specialized collection of information
especially for professional educators, professional librarians
and education researchers. MORE
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Full text: 1965+ |
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PsycINFO
via Ebsco
PsycINFO extensively covers psychological literature and includes
relevant materials from related disciplines such as medicine,
psychiatry, education, social work, law, criminology, social
science, and organizational behavior. MORE
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PubMed
A service of the National Library of Medicine, provides
access to over 12 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's. |
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1994+ |
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Research
Library via ProQuest Direct
Provides access to full-text journals across a wide range of
subject areas, including business, education, literature, political
science, and psychology.MORE
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Science
Citation Index Expanded via Web of Science
Produced by the Institute for Scientific Information
(ISI) this multidisciplinary database covers 5,900 major journals
across more than 150 scientific disciplines. MORE
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1983+ |
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Science
Direct via Elsevier
Access to the full text of 1,000+ scientific, technical, medical,
mathematical, management and social science journals from Elsevier.
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1995+ |
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SIRs
Government Reporter
Documents from the US government. Information on health,
science, economics, environment, politics, foreign affairs,
workplace issues, business and industry is included. MORE
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Abstracts: 1971+
Full text: 1991+ |
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Social Sciences Citation Index
Published by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI); Delivered via the Web of Science platform.
The Social Sciences Citation Index® (SSCI®) and Social SciSearch® provide access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in over 1,700 of the world's leading scholarly social sciences journals covering more than 50 disciplines. They also cover individually selected, relevant items from approximately 3,300 of the world's leading science and technology journals. MORE DETAILS... |
1991+ |
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Social
Sciences Full Text part of WilsonWeb's OmniFile
Covers the fields of anthropology, economics, geography, law
and criminology, political science, social work, sociology,
etc. MORE
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Abstracts: 1994+
Full text: 1995+ |
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Web
of Science: Science Citation Index Expanded
Produced by the Institute for Scientific Information
(ISI) this multidisciplinary database covers 5,900 major journals
across more than 150 scientific disciplines. MORE
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