InfoGuides: Laurent Clerc and Thomas H. Gallaudet Resources: Scholarly & Newspaper Articles

Last Updated: Oct 24, 2024 2:24 PM

Finding Articles

The library has many databases that have scholarly articles. However, there are a few core journals that publish the most articles related to this topic:

Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
Journal of the American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association (JADARA)
American Annals of the Deaf
Deafness & Education International,
Deaf Worlds
Sign Language Studies
Volta Review
Deaf Studies Digital Journal

You can search within the journal to retrieve articles or use the databases below. Use the A-Z Journal List to find journal print and online holdings.

Tip: Check the bibliography or references at the end of articles to find more works.You must access the databases through the library website. If you go to Google and find an article you like and it asks you to pay for it, DO NOT pay for it. It is probably in our databases or you can get the article for free through our interlibrary loan services.

Start With These Databases

Academic Search Elite This link opens in a new window
When you get in this database, click on "Choose Databases" above the search bar. Check off the following databases to retrieve more search results: Communication & Mass Media Complete, ERIC, PsycINFO and others as appropriate.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to over 600 high quality, peer reviewed journals from leading scholarly publishers primarily in the humanities and social sciences. We subscribe to the premium collection.
Proquest Complete This link opens in a new window
All-in-one database that provides coverage for nearly all academic areas of study including arts, business, humanities, health, social sciences, sciences and current affairs.
SAGE Journals Online This link opens in a new window
Search SAGE journal articles.

Newspaper Databases

NYS Historic Newspapers This link opens in a new window
The NYS Historic Newspapers project provides free online access to a wide range of newspapers chosen to reflect New York's unique history.
News & Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Full text of regional, national, and international newspapers.
Newspaper Source This link opens in a new window
Selected full text for regional, US and international newspapers. Full text of major television & radio news transcripts are provided.
New York Times (1851-present) This link opens in a new window
Full-text coverage of the US newspaper of record. Offers superb coverage of national and international news, plus coverage of important speeches and documents, Supreme Court decisions, and presidential press conference transcripts.

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers

This site has newspapers from 1690-present. You can search by state/city.

Article Samples

Carty, B., Macready, S., & Sayers, E. (2009 Spring). "A grave and gracious Woman": Deaf people and signed language in colonial New England. Sign Language Studies, 9(3), 287-323,380-381.

Kusters, A.. (2010). Deaf utopias? Reviewing the sociocultural literature on the world's "Martha's Vineyard situations . Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 15(1), 3.

Lane, H., Pillard, R & Hedberg, U. (2007 Winter). Nancy Rowe and George Curtis: Deaf lives in Maine 150 years ago. Sign Language Studies, 7(2), 152-166.

Lane, H., Pillard, R., & French, M. (2000). Origins of the American Deaf-World.Sign Language Studies, 1(1), 1744.

Shaw, E., & Delaporte, Y. (2011). New perspectives on the history of American Sign Language. Sign Language Studies, 11(2), 158-204,290-291.