Special Education
Getting Started
If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:
A glossary of special education, 1988
Dictionary of special education and rehabilitation, 1997
Browsing the shelves
You can also browse the Catalogue, or the shelves at the following call numbers:-
LB5 - 3640 Theory & practice of education
LB1050.9- 1091 Educational psychology
LC1200 -1203 Inclusive education
LC3950 - 4806.5 Exceptional children & youth. Special education
LC3991 - 4000 Gifted children & youth
LC4001 - 4806.5 Children & youth with disabilities. Learning disabled children & youth
LC4812 - 5160.3 Other special classes
Journal Articles
For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.
A+ (Australian education Index) - an indexing & full text database of journal articles on all aspects of education. It includes all the journal indexing from the Australian Education Index (AEI) database, which is produced by the Cunningham Library at the Australian Council for Educational Research.
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to educational-related literature. It provides coverage of conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books & monographs.
PSYCInfo - provides access to international literature in psychology & related disciplines, such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics & social work.
ProQuest Education Journals - full-text professional magazines and journals that address all aspects of K-12 education.
Multimedia
Education in Video is an online collection of streaming video developed specifically for training and developing teachers, including teaching demonstrations, lectures, documentaries, and primary-source footage of students and teachers in actual classroom.
Le@rning Federation - an innovative project that employs emerging technologies to produce world-class online curriculum content to encourage student learning and support teachers in Australian and New Zealand schools. TLF is an initiative of the state, territory and federal governments of Australia and New Zealand.
ResourceBank - a collection of online, class-ready tasks, organised by curriculum topic that can be used as extensions to lesson plans and revision materials, for school or home use. Includes resources for teaching primary and lower, middle and upper secondary.
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