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Disability Studies

Get started researching in the interdisciplinary field of Disability Studies, and discover resources for National Disability Employment Awareness Month, celebrated annually in October.

Disability Studies: Introduction

This guide will help you find published scholarship (essays, books, chapters, journal articles, etc.) and primary source material on a topic.

  • Choose a topic that interests you and fits within your assignment's parameters.
  • Read good summaries of the topic in subject encyclopedias, like those listed below, to gain a basic overview of your topic.
  • Search for published scholarship in library discovery systems, catalogs, databases, scholarly & research organizations, etc.
  • Identify primary source material (e. g. documents & records, art & artifacts, personal narratives & memoirs, data & statistics, maps & charts, photographs & illustrations, etc.) through your scholarly readings, and by searching or browsing the digital collections of libraries, archives, museums, and other scholarly & research organizations.

Remember to evaluate the accuracy of your sources, and think critically about their content and arguments.

For remote login to the Library's electronic resources, see our instructions for Off-Campus Access.

Remember to talk about your project with your instructor!

 

Disability Studies: Background Reading

Subject encyclopedias and other reference guides can provide good background information on a topic.

Disability Studies: Scholarly Books

OneSearch
Search for printed and electronic scholarly books at QC and other CUNY libraries.
 
WorldCat
Search for scholarly books in the national catalog for the United States and Canada. Includes holdings from libraries in other parts of the world, primarily European or English-speaking.

Law and Academia

Policy and Social Relations

Identity, Representation, and Theory 

Personal Narratives and Oral Histories 

Disability Studies: Streaming Videos