Deaf Studies


Databases
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Databases

Biological Abstracts (BIOSIS)

Education Full-Text

Linguistics Abstracts Online

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts

Medline

Public Affairs Information Service

Social Science Citation Index

Sociological Abstracts

Journals

BU has digital access to approximately 35,000 current journals. Additionally, BU has
print subscriptions to about 10,000 journals.

To determine if we have a journal available electronically, search the
eJournal Locator. To find out if we have a print copy of a journal, search the Library's
Catalog
. Both of these search tools may be found on the top page of the Library's
Website
.

The best way to find journal articles on a particular topic or by a
particular author is to search appropriate databases. The primary
databases in Education are listed on, and accessible from, the Education
eResources Guide
.

Selected e-journals subscriptions in Deaf Studies:

       Deafness and Education International 1999+

       Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 1996+

       Sign Language and Linguistics 2003+

       Sign Language Studies 2000+

      

Books

Library Catalog Subject Headings:

American Sign Language
Deaf -- Education
Deaf Children -- Education
Deafness -- Social Aspects
Sign Language -- Dictionaries
Sign Language -- Study and Teaching

Selected List of Titles

Advances in Teaching Sign Language Interpreters
Mugar HV2402 .A38 2005

American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary
Education Reference HV2475 .T46 1998

Australian Sign Language (Auslan) : An Introduction to Sign Language Linguistics
Mugar HV2474 .J64 2007

Black Deaf Students: A Model for Educational Success
Mugar HV2545 .W55 2007

Deaf Education in America: Voices of Children from Inclusion Settings
Mugar HV2551 .C47 2007

Deaf Learners: Developments in Curriculum and Instruction
Mugar HV2440 .D42 2006

EDM: The Educator's Diagnostic Manual of Disabilities and Disorders
Education Reference LC4019 .P524 2007

Educational Interpreting: How it Can Succeed
Mugar HV2402 .E38 2004

Gallaudet Encyclopedia of Deaf People and Deafness
Mugar Reference HV2365 .G35 1987

Handbook to Service the Deaf and Hard of Hearing: A Bridge to Accessibility
Mugar HV2545 .A33 2004

Helping Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students to Use Spoken Language: A Guide for Educators and Families
Mugar HV2483 .E23 2007

It's Not What You Sign, It's How You Sign It: Politeness in American Sign Language
Mugar HV2474 .H69 2007

Language and the Law in Deaf Communities
Law Annex KF480.5.D4 L36 2003

Legal Rights: The Guide For Deaf and Hard of Hearing People
Law Annex KF480.5.D4 L43 2000

Literacy and Deaf People: Cultural and Contextual Perspectives
Mugar HV2430 L58 2004

New Approaches to Interpreter Education
Mugar HV2402 .N49 2006

Random House American Sign Language Dictionary
Education Reference HV2475 .C667 1994

Signed English Dictionary for Preschool and Elementary Levels
(1975) Education Reference HV2475 .S53

Significant Gestures: A History of American Sign Language
Mugar HV2474 .T3 2006

Signs and Voices: Deaf Culture, Identity, Language, and Arts
Mugar HV2545 .S54 2008

Women and Deafness: Double Vision
Mugar HV2545 .W65 2006

 

Websites

About: Deafness / Hard of Hearing Websites

American Sign Language Browser

American School for the Deaf

Americans With Disabilities Act

ASL Access

Captioned Media Program

Closed Captioning Web

Deafax

Deaf Education Web Site

Deaf-Related Law Review Articles

Deaf-Related Resources

Deaf Resource Library

Gallaudet University

HandSpeak

Hearing Impairment Resources

History Through Deaf Eyes

Listening Center at Johns Hopkins Hospital

RIT Libraries: Subject-based Deaf and Hard of Hearing Internet Resources

 

Bibliographies

Bibliography on Deafness : The Volta Review, 1899-1976 and American Annals of the Deaf, 1847-1976
Mugar Reference Z5721 .F4 1977

Blindness, Visual Impairment, Deaf-Blindness: Annotated Listing of the Literature, 1953-75
(1976) Mugar Reference Z5346 .B38

Books For Deaf Children: A Graded, Annotated Bibliography
(1962) Mugar Z1039.D4 F62

Hand In Hand : Selected Reprints and Annotated Bibliography On Working With Students Who Are Deaf-Blind
Mugar Reference Z5346 .H36 1995

International Bibliography of Sign Language
Mugar Z5721 .J63 1993

 

Organizations

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf

American Academy of Audiology

American Academy of Otolaryngology

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Audibel Hearing

California Center for Law and the Deaf

Council on Education for the Deaf

Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Midwest Center on Law and the Deaf

National Association of the Deaf

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

Self Help for Hard of Hearing People

 
Linda Plunket (plunket@bu.edu)
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