Deaf Studies Subject Guide
Use the resources below to find information on the topic of deaf studies. The books, videos, CD-ROMS and periodicals are located in the MWCC Library. The web resources are available from any location with Internet access. The MWCC databases are available directly at the library, and remotely with a valid MWCC Library barcode number - if you are not sure of your number, please ask for assistance at the Circulation Desk.
Please note: items which have call numbers starting with REF are shelved in the Reference Collection on the Main Level of the Library. Reserve items are located at the Circulation Desk. If an item has no location designation, it will be in the General Collection on the Mezzanine. If you have any questions, please ask at the Circulation Desk or the Reference Desk.
Reference Books Dictionaries Random House Webster's American sign language medical dictionary
REF HV2475 .C663 2000
American Sign Language dictionary
REF HV2475 .S78 1998 Legal Resources Legal rights : the guide for deaf and hard of hearing people
REF KF480.5.D4 L43 2000
Circulating Books Surviving in silence : a deaf boy in the Holocaust : the Harry I. Dunai story.
DS135 .H93 D863 2002
The Wild Boy of Aveyron
GN372.L36 1976
The silents
HQ759.912 .A27 1996 My sense of silence : memoirs of a childhood with deafness
HQ759.912 .D38 2000 The imprisoned guest
HV1624.B7.G57 2001 Deaf history unveiled : interpretations from the new scholarship
HV2367 .D4 1993 When the mind hears : a history of the deaf
HV2367 .L36 1989 Seeing voices : a journey into the world of the deaf
HV2370 .S23 1990 Damned for their difference : the cultural construction of deaf people as "disabled" : a sociological history
HV2380 .B685 2002 Deaf culture, our way
HV2380 .H643 1994
A deaf adult speaks out
HV2380 .J32 1989 Mother father deaf : living between sound and silence
HV2380 .P73 1995
I see a voice : deafness, language, and the senses--a philosophical history
HV2380 .R38 1999 Inner lives of deaf children
HV2391.S58 2001 Speak to me
HV2392.2 .F67 1995 The silent garden : raising your deaf child
HV2392.2 .O34 1996 A loss for words : the story of deafness in a family
HV2395 .W34 1987 The politics of deafness
HV2395 .W75 1996 Forbidden signs : American culture and the campaign against sign language
HV2471 .B39 1996 Choices in deafness : a parents' guide to communication options
HV2471 .C46 1996 Sociolinguistics in deaf communities
HV2471 .S73 1995 Never the twain shall meet : Bell, Gallaudet, and the communications debate
HV2471 .W56 1987 Language in motion : exploring the nature of sign
HV2474 .S355 1995 Storytelling and conversation : discourse in deaf communities
HV2474 .S76 1999 The study of signed languages : essays in honor of William C. Stokoe
HV2474 .S78 2002
Deaf empowerment : emergence, struggle, and rhetoric
HV2530 .J35 1997 A place of their own : creating the deaf community in America
HV2530 .V36 1989 Sounds like home : growing up Black and deaf in the South
HV2534.W75 A3 1999 American deaf culture : an anthology
HV2545 .A43 1989 The other side of silence : sign language and the deaf community in America
HV2545 .N44 1990
Deaf in America : voices from a culture
HV2545 .P33 1988
Everyone here spoke sign language : hereditary deafness on Martha's Vineyard
HV2561.M49 G76 1985 The parents' guide to cochlear implants.
RF305 .C487 2002
Claire and Emma
JJ P
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Periodicals American Annals of the Deaf
Mar 1997 - present
NADmag (formerly NADBroadcaster)
Dec 2000 - present Sign Language Studies
Fall 2000 - present
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CD-ROM Resources in MWCC Library
American Sign Language CD ROM series
Reserves HV2474 .A44 1999 Rosie's walk
Reserves HV2474 .H87 1995
Video Resources in MWCC Library Tomorrow dad will still be deaf : and other stories
Reserves HV2392.2 .T66 1997 A Basic course in American sign language
Reserves HV2474 .B37 1986 Bird of a different feather ; For a decent living
Reserves HV2474 .B573 1992
From Mime to Sign
Reserves HV2474 .E18 1989 Fingerspelling : expressive & receptive fluency
Reserves HV2474 .F51 1992 An introduction to the deaf community
Reserves HV2474 .I5 1993
Interpreting practice videotape with modeling
Reserves HV2474 .I57 1994 Number signs for everyone : numbering in American Sign Language
Reserves HV2474 .N86 1997 Signing naturally : functional notional approach, level 1
Reserves HV2474 .S48 1988
Signing naturally : functional notional approach, level 2
Reserves HV2474 .S48 1992 The face of ASL
Reserves HV2474 .S55 1991 Tales from the green books
Reserves HV2476 .T3 1990 Fingerspelled names & introductions : a template building approach
Reserves HV2477 .F54 1997 Fingerspelling practice tapes
Reserves HV2477 .S5 1991 Aerobisign
HV2508 .A37 1983 Video Cabinet
It's music to your eyes
HV2508 .I8 1984 Video Cabinet
Musign
HV2508 .M87 1983 Video Cabinet
My New Family
Reserves HV2530 .L36 1993 Vol. 1
The Shepherd and the Symbol
Reserves HV2530 .L36 1993 Vol. 2 High Theater
Reserves HV2530 .L36 1993 Vol. 3 A Tale Based on Fact
Reserves HV 2530 . L36 1993 Vol. 4
The Secret
Reserves HV2530 .L36 1993 Vol. 5
Success and Failure
Reserves HV2530 .L36 1993 Vol. 6
Fortune and Misfortune
Reserves HV2530 .L36 1993 Vol. 7
Spreading the Word
Reserves HV2530 .L36 1993 Vol. 8
Spreading the word
Reserves HV2530 .L36 1993 Vol.8
Concerning women
Reserves HV2530 .L36 1993 Vol.9
A Dangerous incursion
Reserves HV2530 .L36 1993 Vol.10
The Denial
Reserves HV2530 .L36 1993 Vol.11
The Incurable deafness
Reserves HV2530 .L36 1993 Vol.12
Deaf culture lecture
Reserves HV2534.A3 D43 1994
An Introduction to American deaf culture
Reserves HV2545 .I68 For a deaf son
Reserves HV2391 .F67 1994
ASL poetry : selected works of Clayton Valli
Reserves PS3572 .I4 A84 1995
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MWCC Library Databases -
Electronic Resources
From the link below, select a database to search for journal articles about deaf related subjects - Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic ASAP, and Health Reference Center Academic may be most useful for deaf studies research.
http://www.mwcc.mass.edu/library/login.html
Web Resources Associations and Organizations
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
http://www.agbell.org/
American Sign Language Teachers Association
http://www.aslta.org/
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
http://www.asha.org
Cochlear Implant Association
http://www.cici.org/
National Association of the Deaf
http://www.nad.org/
National Cued Speech Association
http://www.cuedspeech.org
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
http://www.rid.org/
Self Help for Hard of Hearing People
http://www.shhh.org
World Federation of the Deaf
http://www.hearinglossweb.com/res/hlorg/wfd.htm Schools and Universities American School for the Deaf
http://www.asd-1817.org/
Gallaudet University
http://www.gallaudet.edu/
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
http://ntidweb.rit.edu/ Deaf Resources
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) home page
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm
ASL Access - a volunteer organization whose mission is to provide ASL videos to public libraries for public use
http://www.aslaccess.org/
ASL Browser - Michigan State University site with video of thousands of signs
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm
Deaf Resource Library - valuable collection of online resources including reference sources and links, produced by Karen Nakamura of Macalester University
http://www.deaflibrary.org/
DEAFology 101: Deaf Culture as Seen Through the Eyes of A Deaf Comedian - "The place where sound stops and fun begins." Ken Glickman wants to entertain you-literally. Visit his webpage for information about him and his show. The site is especially useful for the deaf-related links he has gathered.
http://deafology.com
Disability Resources Monthly Regional Resources Directory for Massachusetts - links to disability organizations and agencies within Massachusetts
http://www.disabilityresources.org/MASSACHUSETTS.html
Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - commission mandated to advocate for deaf, late deafened and hard of hearing people in Massachusetts.
http://www.state.ma.us/mcdhh Massachusetts State Association for the Deaf -statewide nonprofit organization serving the deaf and hard of hearing Massachusetts citizens and their families; sponsors social and cultural events, as well as direct services such as equipment distribution.
http://www.msad.org/
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders - part of the National Institutes of Health, supporting and promoting biomedical research to improve the lives of individuals with communication disorders
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/
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