Research guides: Disability History: Home

Articles

Subject-specific databases

America: History & Life (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Research on the history and culture of the United States and Canada, with select full-text access.
APA PsycInfo (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Scholarly psychological journal articles, conference papers, citations, and abstracts.
ERIC This link opens in a new window
The Education Resources Information Center database provides access to scholarly and trade journals in the field of education, and also has broad coverage of grey literature from a variety of sources, including reports, technical papers, dissertations and theses, and conference proceedings.
Historical Abstracts (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
The definitive index of literature covering world history (excluding the United States and Canada) from the 15th century to the present.
History of Science, Technology and Medicine This link opens in a new window
Indexes journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations in the history of science, technology, and allied historical fields
Social Services Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Citations and abstracts of academic journals, dissertations, and book reviews.
Social Work Abstracts (Ovid) This link opens in a new window
Bibliographic information and abstracts of scholarly journals dating from 1977 to the present.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Citations and abstracts of scholarly journals, dissertations, books, and conference papers in the social and behavioural sciences.

Interdisciplinary and general databases

Library article search (Summon) This link opens in a new window
CPI.Q This link opens in a new window
Indexes & provides full text to selected Canadian newspapers, academic journals & magazines
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) This link opens in a new window
Citations to journal articles, books, reviews, and chapters in the fields of anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Interdisciplinary search engine of academic journals, books, and other materials across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
PAIS Index This link opens in a new window
International research in public affairs, public and social policies, and international relations. Provides access to journal articles, books, government documents, research and conference reports, and more.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Citation information and abstracts for international research, including journals, books, book chapters, reviews, and dissertations.

Books

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Primary sources

Databases

Disability History Museum
Comprehensive collection of primary source documents and photographs.
Disability Voices: Oral History from the British Library
Oral history interviews that chart the experiences of disabled people.

Special collections

National Archives - Americans with Disabilities Act Collection
Records from the National Archives that relate to American citizens with disabilities, ranging from personal letters to historic legislation.

Digital exhibits

EveryBody: An Artifact History of Disability in America
Digital exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution.
A History of Disability: from 1050 to the Present Day (Historic England)
Explores the history of disability in England. British Sign Language translations are available for exhibit content.

Government information & Statistics

Canada

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)
Non-government run site containing links to government resources, reports & AODA related news.
Canada Health Act
Federal legislation controlling public health care in Canada.
Canadian Government Information
Research guide from the University of Toronto covering federal, provincial, and municipal Canadian government information.
Employment and Social Development Canada: Disability Benefits
odesi
Searchable database of raw data and statistics from Canadian census, other StatCan surveys, and public opinion polls.
Insights on Canadian Society
Provides analysis based on a wide range of data sources on labour, income, education, social and demographic issues.
Public Health Agency of Canada
Public Health Agency of Canada: Reports & Publications

International

Foreign government information
Research guide from the University of Toronto covering major print and electronic foreign government information.
Disability - World Health Organization
Collection of disability related research, reports, and statistics.

OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new window
Books, papers, statistics, analyses, and data sets focusing on Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries and global economic and development issues

Resource guides

Oxford Bibliographies Online

These guides from Oxford Bibliographies Online contain background information and lists of key resources (including books and articles) that have been compiled by topic experts.

Web resources

Disability Social History Project
Web resources on disability compiled by topic by the Disability Social History Project.
H-Disability Discussion Network
Scholarly network that explores historical issues surrounding the experience and phenomenon of disability.