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Online Disability Studies Bibliography
The Online Disability Studies Bibliography, a project of San Francisco State University’s Institute on Disability, will provide comprehensive listings of published scholarship and printed primary sources. It is multidisciplinary, cross-disability, global, and world historical in scope. Because we intend it to stay current with both emerging scholarship and the burgeoning research in disability history, we will constantly expand the listings.
The Bibliography is organized as separate but linked topical bibliographies. It covers every area of research interest, for example: countries and geographical regions; genres of cultural representation; historical eras; prominent figures; themes in disability historical experience; and types of disabilities. The project will expand the number of topical bibliographies as we gather citations and arrange them in what we determine to be the most efficient, user-friendly organization.
The Bibliography’s database is readily searchable and fully accessible. Users can search by topic, author, date of publication, or keywords. Users can select materials and print, download, or e-mail them. The database meets accessibility standards that make it fully usable by persons with various disabilities.
Because the items selected for inclusion in the Bibliography are drawn from a variety of disciplines, they come to the project in several different citation formats. We have converted all citations to a uniform system for two reasons. The structuring of the database makes it necessary for us to use a single bibliographical format in order to enter the data quickly and efficiently. In addition, a uniform format makes the Bibliography more conveniently usable by visitors. All citations conform to the bibliographical guidelines of the Chicago Manual of Style.
The project solicits bibliographical items from scholars in the various disciplines that contribute to Disability Studies. We seek not only individual citations, but, more important, bibliographical lists drawn from scholars' research. For example, one historian, Janice Brockley, has provided us with an extensive bibliography on the history of mental retardation in the United States in the first half of the twentieth century. We welcome suggestions for additional citations, whether individual items or more extensive bibliographies. Please e-mail suggested entries to longmore@sfsu.edu. Please note the list of contributors at the bottom of this introductory page. Their generosity enables us to make this bibliography more extensive and therefore more helpful to our users.
We hope the Online Disability Studies Bibliography will serve as a basic resource for anyone researching or interested in disability-related topics: scholars, teachers, and students at all levels of academic work from the most advanced to those in middle schools, as well as the general public. It is free and open to all users. We will soon add the option for users to register on the web site. Registration will be voluntary, password-protected, and confidential. Registration will enable us to collect data about the effectiveness of our design and the uses to which visitors put the Bibliography. We welcome feedback from our visitors and users.
–– Paul K. Longmore
Professor of History and
Director, Institute on Disability
San Francisco State University