Library Guides: Disability Studies: Databases & articles

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Centennial College Libraries subscribes to hundreds of different databases. When you search through Page 1+ through the library home page, you are actually looking across everything all at once. When looking for specific resources, it can be helpful to look through one subject-specific database instead. This way, you can cut back on the number of results you get back and you know they will be relevant to your subject. Check out some databases related to Disability Studies below.

The Disability Archive
Established by Professor Colin Barnes at the University of Leeds' Centre for Disability Studies, the Disability Archive UK aims to provide disabled people, students and scholars with an interest in this and related fields, access to the writings of those disability activists, writers and allies whose work may no longer be easily accessible in the public domain. It is hoped that the documents available via the Archive will help to inform current and future debates on disability and related issues.

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is dedicated to meeting the information needs of those who seek effective ways to help people with intellectual disabilities. The journal reports new teaching approaches, program developments, administrative tools, program evaluation, service utilization studies, community surveys, public policy issues, training and case studies, and current research in intellectual disabilities. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is a peer-reviewed journal whose consulting editors represent a broad spectrum of settings: universities, research centers, public and private residential care facilities, and specialized community service agencies.
Human Rights Studies Online
Comparative documentation, analysis, and interpretation of major human rights violations and atrocity crimes worldwide from 1900 to 2010. The collection includes primary and secondary materials across multiple media formats and content types for each selected event, including Armenia, the Holocaust, Cambodia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Rwanda, Darfur, and more.
Diversity Studies eCollection
Full text journals about the global community, cultural differences, ethnicity, immigration, gender and sexuality.

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Canadian Journal of Disability Studies
The Canadian Journal of Disability Studies publishes peer-reviewed original articles that advance research in the multidisciplinary, international field of disability studies. The journal embraces a wide range of methodologies and perspectives, values collaborative and cross-disciplinary work, community partnership, and creative approaches to scholarship.
Disability & Society
Disability & Society is an international disability studies journal providing a focus for debate about such issues as human rights, discrimination, definitions, policy and practices. It appears against a background of constant change in the ways in which disability is viewed and responded to.
International Journal of Disability and Social Justice
The International Journal of Disability and Social Justice aims to critique, re-imagine and develop new approaches to social justice for disabled people. We are concerned with critiquing injustice and finding ways to build inclusive environments, technologies and societies.
Disability and Health Journal
Disability and Health Journal is a scientific, scholarly, and multidisciplinary journal for reporting original contributions that advance knowledge in disability and health. Topics may be related to global health, quality of life, and specific health conditions as they relate to disability. The journal focuses on individual health, public health, rehabilitation, health promotion, and community participation (e.g. employment, recreation, personal relationships and access to services).
Journal of Disability Policy Studies
The Journal of Disability Policy Studies addresses compelling, variable issues in ethics, policy, and law related to individuals with disabilities. A major focus is quantitative and qualitative policy research. Articles have implications in fields such as education, law, sociology, public health, family studies, medicine, social work, and public administration.

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