Blindness and Low Vision Studies graduate program Guide
Overview
The resources listed here have been selected for
the work you are doing in your courses as well as for future research
in your graduate program. This is by no means a complete list of
resources you might need to consult. Please ask for assistance if you
have any trouble locating information on your topic.
The sources on
this list have some full text, but not everything is available in full
text online. You will likely need to use the Interlibrary Loan service to get
materials not available in full text.
Please feel free to contact us if you have questions. michele.behr@wmich.edu Phone: 269-387-5611
Galen Rike, galen.rike@wmich.edu,
Phone: 269-387-5181
Article Databases
CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health) Indexes journals in nursing and related fields with full text for 560 of them. Some go back as far as 1937. Updated weekly. This database also includes the full text of articles in "The Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness" going back to 1996.
ERIC
The Educational Resources Information Center indexes and abstracts over 2,000 journals and more than 450,000 reports in education and related fields. Some documents are available full text, the rest are on microfiche in the Education Library. Covers 1966-present. Updated monthly.
This is the FirstSearch version, also available from CSA and from the US government. Tutorial
Medline Plus Health information from the National Library of Medicine presented accessibly for professionals and non-professionals.
ProQuest Research Library Indexes popular magazines, scholarly journals, newspapers and trade publications in a wide range of subject areas, including business, education, humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Full-text available for over 2,500 journals. Coverage from 1971.
Web of Science Contains three major databases: (1) Science Citation Index Expanded (1900-present), (2) Social Sciences Citation Index (1956-present), and (3) Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present). Cited Ref. Search allows users to search for articles that cite a particular author or work. Tutorial
Please LOGOFF when finished, so others may use the database.
RefWorks Info: For Import Filter, choose "ISI (Institute for Scientific Information)". For Database, choose "Web of Science".
Selected Journals
Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness
Details This journal is available electronically in several different databases. CINAHL has the most complete coverage, going back to 1996. WMU Libraries also have a paper subscription. Paper volumes for 1977-1983 are kept in storage and may be requested. Volumes for 1984 to the present are available at the Waldo Library. Some print volumes are also available at the Resource Center in the HHS building.
British Journal of Visual Impairment
Available electronically through the Sage Journal collection back to 1999.
RE:View
Details Full text is available back to 1997 in the ProQuest Research Library database. Paper volumes are also available in Waldo Library
Books
WorldCat Comprehensive catalog of books and other materials in libraries around the world. Contains millions of records in hundreds of languages. Nonbook materials include (among other publication formats) the titles of journals and magazines, manuscripts, maps, electronic resources, websites, computer programs, music scores, films, slides, sound recordings, conference proceedings, and videotapes. Items located through WorldCat must be requested through Interlibrary Loan unless they are also listed in the WMU Libraries catalog. Use the golf "Find it @ WMU" button to request books from this database.
Document Delivery and Interlibrary Loan
Interlibrary Loan Set up a username & password here to submit automated requests from online indexes. Allow up to 2 weeks for materials to arrive.
Details You will use this same system to request materials that WMU has in its collections.
Library Services
Multi-purpose Enabling Technology Lab (METL) Details Located in room 2030 of the University Computing Center, adjacent to the Waldo Library. The METL lab provides access to enabling computer technology. Call 387-6385 for more information, or go to www.wmich.edu/metl
Printing and photocopying University Libraries Copy Center provides printing and photocopying services.
Dissertations
Dissertations and Theses (ProQuest) Indexes virtually all doctoral dissertations and many masters theses produced in the U.S. since 1860 and many from foreign schools as well. Abstracts available from 1980. Full text for most dissertations available from 1997. Some authors choose to not make their dissertations available. Print and microfilm copies are offered for a fee, but check out Interlibrary Loan before paying for a copy.
- RefWorks Info: Dissertations and Theses (Proquest) will export marked citations directly into your RefWorks account. (You will be prompted to login.)
Ask A Librarian
Michele D. Behr
michele.behr@wmich.edu
269-387-5611
Last updated: June 2009