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Intellectual Disability/Autism Research Guide

Here you will find resources provided by Gottesman Libraries and beyond to support your research and learning in Intellectual Disability/Autism. Resources designated (CU) are accessible online through Columbia University Libraries.

Introduction

Welcome to the Intellectual Disability/Autism Program Research Guide!

This research guide provides resources to help support the goals of the Program to "prepare students to work with individuals with disabilities across a range of contexts. Our teacher certification programs lead to teaching students with disabilities (special education) certification at the early childhood, childhood, and adolescence level."

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Girls with Autism: Educational, Family, and Personal Perspectives, Barry Carpenter, Francesca Happé and Jo Egerton. Access through Educat+.

Where to Start Your Search

Federated search engines like the ones below are discovery tools that allow you to search across multiple resources and formats. Educat+ is Gottesman's search tool that includes the library catalog as well as most electronic resources the library makes available. CLIO is Columbia Libraries quicksearch tool to search across their physical and digital collections. If you aren't sure what resource you need and want to get a general sense of what is out there, start here!

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Staying Organized with a Reference Manager

A Reference Manager is a program that can help:

  • Keep your References organized and accessible
  • Take Notes
  • Grab online PDFs to read later
  • Insert In-text citations
  • Create Bibliographies
  • Visit our Reference Management Research Guide to learn more

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