Disability Studies Research Literature: It’s (Mostly) Not Where We Think

There are currently no databases dedicated to indexing the research literature for disability studies. To identify which databases have more robust indexing of the literature of this field, the author compiled a list of relevant journals and searched for them in databases either frequently recommend...

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Published in:	Portal (Baltimore, Md.) Md.), 2021, Vol.21 (1), p.81-97
Main Author:	Brunskill, Amelia
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Abstracting African American studies Black studies Disabilities Disability studies Disorders Electronic Journals Indexing Interdisciplinary aspects Libraries Literature Open access publishing Periodicals Scholarly publishing Subject heading schemes
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Summary:	There are currently no databases dedicated to indexing the research literature for disability studies. To identify which databases have more robust indexing of the literature of this field, the author compiled a list of relevant journals and searched for them in databases either frequently recommended in libraries' disability studies research guides or indicated by "Ulrich's" data to index a high number of the journals. Notable disconnects were found between frequently recommended databases and those with substantial indexing of disability studies journals. Challenges for research in this field were also encountered and documented, including inadequate indexing, particularly for open access journals.
ISSN:	1531-2542 1530-7131 1530-7131