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Library resources for researching disability and inclusion related topics

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Call Numbers for selected topics

Access for people with disabilities to art museums 727.7087
Access for people with disabilities to museums 727.600087
Barrier-free design (architecture) 728.087
Child psychiatry 618.9289
Children with mental disorders 618.9285 (and numbers following)
Disability (Law)    347.1132
Disabled students in higher education 371.90474
Employment 331.59
Learning/developmental disabilities 362.3
Mental health laws 347.1132
Mental illness 362.2
People with disabilities and the performing arts 792.087
People with disabilities in mass media 301.243
People with disabilities in motion pictures 791.436561
People with disabilities in the arts 704.087
Physical disabilities 362.4 (includes human rights)
Psychiatry 616.89
Special educational needs (general) 371.9   (physical disabilities = 371.91; visually impaired = 371.911; deaf and hard of hearing = 371.912; speech impairment = 371.914; mental disabilities = 371.92; learning disabilities = 371.926)
Speech impediments 616.855

Cataloguing and classifying disabilities

The Library uses the Library of Congress and the Dewey Decimal classification schemes to catalogue and classify its stock and we are bound by the rules and subject headings outlined in these. However, we acknowledge that some of the terminology used in these schemes may not always accurately reflect current cultural references.

Just as the field of disability research is evolving, library classification schemes are beginning to as well, though there is more work to be done. If you would like to know more about this topic, you might find the following articles of interest:

Koford, A. 2014, "How Disability Studies Scholars Interact with Subject Headings", Cataloging and Classification Quarterly, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 388-411.

Sahadath, C. 2013, "Classifying the Margins: Using Alternative Classification Schemes to Empower Diverse and Marginalized Users", Feliciter, vol. 59, no. 3, pp. 15-17.

Adler, M., Huber, J.T., Tyler NIx, A. 2017, "Stigmatizing Disability: Library Classifications and the Marking and Marginalization of Books about People with Disabilities", The Library Quarterly, vol. 87, no.2, pp.117-135
 
Rosen, S. (2023), "Disability in the Library and Librarianship" in Crip authorship, pp. 282-296

Finding books and journal articles

Finding printed books and e-books

Search the Enterprise catalogue to find specific books or books on a topic.


 

Finding online book chapters and journal articles

To find online book chapters  and journal articles on a topic search the Summon discovery service:


Subject headings

The following subject headings provide links to just some of the titles held in the Library catalogue relating to these specific areas: