Welcome to the Disability and Accessibility research guide. This guide is a starting place for your research on topics related to disability or accessibility. This guide will help you find background research to begin your research, and in depth research to build your project. Accessibility covers a broad range of topics. Consult the main menu of this guide to locate relevant research. If you're excited to get started, the key resources below include plenty to get you going.
If you have questions or run into trouble, please don't hesitate to reach out to a librarian.
One of the most trusted sources for scholarly books and historical journal backfiles.
Most journals include extended historic backfiles and not current issues. Arts and Sciences collections 1 thru XV are available, plus the Life Sciences collection, and Business III.
The Northeastern Library also purchases individual e-book titles from JSTOR. The books are available chapter-by-chapter as PDFs.
Arts and Sciences IV content is available courtesy of the Northeastern School of Law Library.
American Psychological Associations flagship PsycINFO database includes citations and abstracts of peer reviewed articles, books, and dissertations. Coverage from 1888 to the present. Full text links where available.
Documents indexed include journals, articles, books, dissertations and more. 90% of the 3,000+ titles indexed in PsycINFO are peer-reviewed.
A comprehensive source of journal literature in the life sciences and biomedicine from the National Library of Medicine. PubMed is a free web resource, however this version contains links to Northeastern-subscribed journals that require a login.
Scholar OneSearch
Scholar OneSearch searches many of our resources in one convenient interface. Scholar OneSearch is a great place to begin your research. Results can include background resources, books, articles, and more. Use filters to look for specific resources.