The Gallaudet Encyclopedia and The Sage Deaf Studies Encyclopedia provide background information about Deaf International people and events which can help you find topic ideas. You would need to know the deaf person's name to find an article about his/her life. Use keywords to find your deaf topic. For example, Deaf Culture AND Holcomb
If you already have a citation, use the Citation LInker to find the book.
Tip: Use the bibliography at the end of the book chapters or encyclopedia articles to find more works.
The Deaf Way
Introduction to American Deaf Culture by Check out these ebook databases for more titles related to your topic. You can use the keywords deaf AND biography AND country to retrieve results.
Many books are available in the library but sometimes you will identify books we have not bought. Use Information Delivery Service (IDS) to order books or book chapters. This is a free service.
IDS requests usually take 3-5 business days. When the item arrives you will receive an email. If it is an entire book it will be available for check-out at the Circulation Desk. If it is a book chapter it will usually be delivered as a PDF into your IDS account.
Use of RIT resources is reserved for current RIT students, faculty
and staff for academic and teaching purposes only.
Please contact your librarian with any questions.
