Autistic football player makes touchdown

Read the touching story at http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mich-middle-school-football-team-conspires-for-touching-touchdown/

Encyclopedia of disability

Encyclopedia of disability by general editor, Gary L. Albrecht is a five-volume authoritative reference resource to the many faces of disability. More than 500 world-renowned scholars have written over 1,000 entries --in a clear, accessible style.

Databases @ EMU Library

Database of the Month is where a different database is highlighted each month. Databases that have been highlighted in the past include CultureGrams, LearningExpress, RILM, Project Muse, ABI/INFORM, Web of Science, PubMed, Safari, and NLM Gateway. It is on a slatted board in front of the reference desk with a green banner attached.

Gallaudet encyclopedia of deaf people and deafness

Gallaudet encyclopedia of deaf people and deafness by John V. Van Cleve, editor in chief is a comprehensive single source, providing information on every possible aspect of the issues and culture of the deaf and hearing-impaired community.

Download Software

Links to various adaptive software is at http://magnifiers.org/links/Download_Software/

Having ADD is a good thing

An interesting article at http://smartkidssmartparents.com/adhd-hyperfocus/

Disability,Society, and the Individual

Disability, society, and the individual by Julie Smart is a book that examines the experience of disability.

LearningExpress Library 3.0

Prepare for tests and improve basic skills with this interactive tool. Registration is required, but free. Subjects include GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, TOEFL, Math Skills, Reading Skills, Vocabulary, Spelling, Grammar, Job hunting Skills. A full length video guide is at http://www.learningexpresshub.com/productengine/LELIndex.html#/learningexpresslibrary/two/video-guides/Full-Length-Video

Inclusive leisure services

Inclusive leisure services : responding to the rights of people with disabilities is a book in Halle Library's collection. This text will educate leisure services professionals about attitude development and actions that promote positive attitudes about people with disabilities.

Open Access Week

Open Access Week, a global event now entering its eighth year, is an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share what they’ve learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation in helping to make Open Access a new norm in scholarship and research.Please visit the library's guide at http://guides.emich.edu/oaweek2015

Teaching students with autism in the inclusive classroom

"You're going to love this kid!" : teaching students with autism in the inclusive classroom by Paula Kluth is A practical guide to understanding students with autism and including them fully in the classroom.

Blind Michigan Artist Paints By Feel

See the video at http://detroit.cbslocal.com/video/3279500-blind-artist/

Mobile Site

The EMU Library is on the move with our mobile website .

Writing development in children with hearing loss, dyslexia, or oral language problems : implications for assessment and instruction

The library has a new book in it's collection.

Myths and Facts About Workers with Disabilities

The United States Department of Labor published myths and facts about workers with disabilities at http://www.doleta.gov/disability/htmldocs/myths.cfm

E CODE GREEN

Homecoming events are listed at http://www.emich.edu/homecoming/

National Disability Employment Awareness Month

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Read this interview with Kathy Buckley, a comedienne with a hearing impairment at http://www.hearinglossca.org/comedienne-kathy-buckley

Gale Virtual Reference database

Gale Virtual Reference Library is your single source for eReference.

Trial Databases

4 Databases have been added to the Database Trials page: http://www.emich.edu/library/about/trialdbases.php Encyclopedia of Social Work Available Until: November 6, 2015 "Encyclopedia of Social Work, the first continuously updated online collaboration between the National Association of Social Workers (NASW Press) and Oxford University Press (OUP). ... Over 400 overview articles, on key topics ranging from international issues to ethical standards,... with new articles and revisions to existing articles added regularly." SAGE Business Researcher Available Until: November 6, 2015 "SAGE Business Researcher reports on the most important topics in the business and management curriculum with balanced, in-depth coverage and analysis in a highly accessible format written with the undergraduate in mind. Modeled after CQ Researcher, content is specially commissioned rather than aggregated from outside resources, and each report includes short feature articles on related topics, expert views often formatted as pro/con debates, and graphs and charts with downloadable data. Each issue provides context to help students understand the topic and lists scholarly resources to guide further research." SAGE Research Methods w/ Cases and Datasets Available Until: November 6, 2015 "SAGE Research Methods is a research methods tool created to help researchers, faculty and students with their research projects. SAGE Research Methods links over 175,000 pages of SAGE’s renowned book, journal and reference content with truly advanced search and discovery tools. Researchers can explore methods concepts to help them design research projects, understand particular methods or identify a new method, conduct their research, and write up their findings. Since SAGE Research Methods focuses on methodology rather than disciplines, it can be used across the social sciences, health sciences, and more." "SAGE Research Methods Cases is a collection of hundreds of case studies of real social research, specially commissioned and designed to support teaching and learning in research methods. Each case is written to help students understand the often abstract-feeling methodological concepts by seeing how methods have been used in actual projects." "SAGE Research Methods Datasets is a collection of teaching datasets that can be used to support the teaching and independent learning of quantitative and qualitative analytical methods used in the social sciences. These are datasets taken from real research projects, but edited and cleaned for teaching purposes. Each dataset will be accompanied by a short clear narrative description of the data and easy-to-follow instructions on how to apply the research method." SAGE Video Available Until: November 6, 2015 ""Welcome to SAGE Video, online video collections in the social sciences, created for use in teaching and research across higher education. SAGE's video collections combine originally commissioned material with licensed videos in the areas of Education, Media, Communication and Cultural Studies, and Counseling & Psychotherapy."

Breast Cancer Awareness

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Tsu Yin Wu, a professor of nursing at EMU, raises awareness about Breast cancer. For more information, see http://www.emich.edu/univcomm/releases_archived/083005breastcancer.html

National Cyber Security Month

October is National Cyber Security Month. The EMU Library is celebrating with a display of book jackets on the blue dividers on second floor near the microfilm section of the library. The book jackets represent the new books received for the library collection. New acquisitions about the digital culture are highlighted.

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