Inclusive Education
This guide will help students find and access library resources related to special education and teaching exceptional children.
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Key Journals
- Exceptionality "Areas of scholarship published in the journal include quantitative, qualitative, and single-subject research designs examining students and persons with exceptionalities, as well as reviews of the literature, discussion pieces, invited works, position papers, theoretical papers, policy analyses, and research syntheses." (publisher's description)
- international Journal of Inclusive Education "... provides a strategic forum for international and multi-disciplinary dialogue on inclusive education for all educators and educational policy-makers concerned with the form and nature of schools, universities and technical colleges." (publisher's description)
- Intervention in School and Clinic "... equips teachers and clinicians with hands-on tips, techniques, methods, and ideas for improving assessment, instruction, and management for individuals with learning disabilities or behavior disorders.." (publisher's description)
- Journal of Applied School Psychology "Disseminates state-of-the-art material to education professionals of children with special needs in public schools and related educational settings." (ulrichsweb.com)
- Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs (JORSEN) "... an established online forum for the dissemination of international research on special educational needs. " (publisher's description)
- Journal of Special Education "... provides research articles and scholarly reviews on special education for individuals with mild to severe disabilities. The journal publishes traditional, ethnographic, and single-subject research; intervention studies, integrative reviews on timely issues, and critical commentaries; and special thematic issues." (publisher's description)
- Remedial and Special Education "... offers interdisciplinary articles that bridge the gap between theory and practice involving the education of individuals for whom typical instruction is not effective." (publisher's description)
- Teaching Exceptional Children "An official journal of the Council for Exceptional Children." (publisher's description)
Footnote Chasing
Using an existing list of references to locate relevant sources is a common library research method. Here's a reference from the Encyclopedia of Special Education:
Mattson, S. N., & Riley, E. P. (1998). A review of the neurobehavioral deficits in children with fetal alcohol syndrome or prenatal exposure to alcohol. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 22(2), 279-294.
Use the library Journal Search to find the journal title in one of our database collections:
From there you can either search for the article title within the journal, or navigate to the correct volume, issue, and page number.
