Featured Reference and Introductory Books
Featured Web Resources
- Review of Disability StudiesOpen-access journal and blog, frequently analyzing news and new studies on disabilities, from the Center on Disability Studies at the University of Hawaii in Manoa
- Museum of disAbility HistoryReal and virtual museum "dedicated to advancing the understanding, acceptance and independence of people with disabilities," featuring extensive exhibits, collections, archives and educational programs
- Society for Disability Studies"International non-profit organization that promotes the study of disability in social, cultural, and political contexts"
Recommended Interdisciplinary Research Databases
- Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Coverage on a wide range of topics. Includes peer-reviewed full text for STEM research, as well as for the social sciences and humanities.
- APA PsycINFO (ProQuest)
Provided by the American Psychological Association, APA PsycINFO offers access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines including psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work. When you search APA PsycINFO, you are also searching the ProQuest Psychology Database and the APA PsycARTICLES database.
- JSTOR
JSTOR is a database consisting of full-text articles from scholarly, peer-reviewed journals from nearly every discipline taught at Calvin. Coverage for each journal begins with the first volume, with coverage ending for most titles three and five years ago. A growing number of journals now have coverage up to the present.
- CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCO)
CINAHL provides indexing for journals about nursing and related fields. It offers access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, audiovisuals, book chapters and more.
