InfoGuides: SOCI 240 Deaf Culture: Scholarly Articles

Last Updated: Sep 16, 2025 12:26 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
When you get in, look above the search bar and click databases to check off the following as appropriate for your topic: ERIC, eBooks, Communication and Mass Media, Professional Development, and others.
Films on Demand

Films on Demand is a streaming video platform for educational films and videos including titles from PBS, the BBC, CNN, celebrated documentarians, TED Talks, National Geographic, and more. Films on Demand is a packaged collection. NOTE: HBO and National Geographic limit their content to views originating in the United States and Canada. These films are not viewable at our global campuses.
Project MUSE
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.
Research Library
When you get in, look above the search bar and click on Databases-check off the following as appropriate: eBook Central MLA, Dissertations, Social Sciences, Education, Psychology, and others.

Other Relevant Databases

JSTOR
Features full-text articles (backfiles) of more than 2,800 academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Access includes content from the primary sources collections, multidisciplinary collections, and discipline specific collections. JSTOR also features multimedia content and includes Artstor, a cross-disciplinary collection of over 2 million images for use in research and teaching.
SAGE Journals Online
Search SAGE journal articles.
ScienceDirect
ScienceDirect contains over 25% of the world's science, technology and medicine full text and bibliographic information.
Springer Nature Link
Full-text database of journals and books published by Springer, covering the sciences, technology, computer science and medicine
Wiley Online Library
Wiley Online Library hosts the world's broadest and deepest multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities. Our subscription provides access to over 1500 journals. Electronic books are not part of our subscription.