Disability Search Tips and Resources

Abstract

Demographic projections for people living in the United States indicate a growing need for information on disabilities. This article discusses a limited number of concepts in disability, along with relevant thesaurus terms and suggested search techniques in four databases: PubMed, CINAHL, REHABDATA, and the Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange's (CIRRIE) Database of International Research. The article closes with annotations of potentially useful websites that focus on concerns of persons with disabilities, their caregivers, and researchers in disability.

KEYWORDS:

• Bibliographic databases
• disabilities
• subject headings
• thesaurus terms
• websites

Additional information

Notes on contributors

Nancy Schaefer

Nancy Schaefer, MLIS, AHIP ([email protected]) is Reference and Instruction Librarian, Health Science Center Libraries, University of Florida, P.O. Box 10020, Gainesville, FL 32610-0206.