ASL 3559 - Deaf Studies in the Global South: Welcome
Welcome
Welcome to the UVA Library Portal for ASL 3559 - Deaf Studies in the Global South. This portal provides quick links to resources relevant to this course and your final assignment.
Your Librarian
Your Librarian is Erin Pappas
Each school/department at UVA is assigned a research librarian. 
Connect with Erin for help with your assignments. This service is available to all students. Meeting with a librarian early in your research process can help you save time and research more efficiently.
Erin can help with: locating academic sources, brainstorming research topics, developing search strategies, capstone/thesis/dissertation planning, identifying relevant databases/journals for your research and literature reviews, and citation management. Meetings take place online via Zoom.
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Online Books
Many Ways to Be DeafISBN: 9781563682346Publication Date: 2014The recent explosion of sociocultural, linguistic, and historical research on signed languages throughout the world has culminated in Many Ways to Be Deaf, an unmatched collection of in-depth articles about linguistic diversity in Deaf communities on five continents.
The Routledge Handbook of Postcolonial Disabilities StudiesISBN: 9781003854715Publication Date: 2024This book centres and explores postcolonial theory, which looks at issues of power, economics, politics, religion, and culture and how these elements work in relation to colonial supremacy.
It's a Small WorldISBN: 9781563686528Publication Date: 2015The editors and contributors focus on national and international encounters (e.g., conferences, sporting events, arts festivals, camps) and the role of political/economic power structures on deaf lives and the creation of deaf worlds. They also consider important questions about how deaf people negotiate DEAF-SAME and deaf difference, with particular attention to relations between deaf people in the global South (countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, with access to fewer resources than other countries) and the global North
Search for academic articles
Academic databases contain peer-reviewed articles, scientific papers, reports, and more. These are the most used databases for Anthropology research.
- Anthropology Plus This link opens in a new windowCoverage from 1890 - present
Find articles, reports, and other materials on social, cultural, physical, biological and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture and interdisciplinary studies. - Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts This link opens in a new windowSearch for journal articles on all aspects of the nature and use of language. Includes book reviews. Updated monthly.
- SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new windowSocINDEX with Full Text offers comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study. These include abortion, criminology and criminal justice, demography, ethnic and racial studies, gender studies, marriage and family, political sociology, religion, rural and urban sociology, social development, social psychology, social structure, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, sociological history, sociological research, sociological theory, substance abuse and other addictions, violence and many others.
Search Virgo
Searching with Subject Headings
The best way to find books and other items in the catalog is to use subject headings.
Some relevant subject headings for this assignment are:
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Deaf
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Deafness
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Deaf culture
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Deaf people
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Sign language
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Interpreters for the Deaf
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Interpreting for the Deaf
Rather than using the term "Global South," you can also try more specific geographic terms, such as regions, countries, areas, or states.
A partial search for the Indian subcontinent could look like this:
Deaf people -- South Asia
Indopakistan -- Sign Language
Deaf people -- India
Deaf people -- Means of Communication -- India
Deaf people -- Pakistan
Deaf people -- Means of Communication -- Pakistan
Deaf people -- Bangladesh
Deaf people -- Means of Communication -- Bangladesh
NGOs and Policy
- Policy Commons This link opens in a new windowDatabase for public policy. Includes more than 3 million reports, working papers, policy briefs, data sources, and media drawn from a directory of more than 21,000 IGOs, NGOs, think tanks, and research centers.
API available, more information here: APIs for Scholarly Research
Literature Review
To systematically track database searches. Depending on what tools you are using, some databases will have similar built-in features; usually, you need to register for an account to use them.
SAGE Video Course - Conducting a Literature Review
University of Texas - Steps in the literature review process
https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/c.php?g=1060589&p=7710319
University of North Carolina - Steps in the literature review process
https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/literature-reviews/
University of Southern California - Organization and Purpose
https://libguides.usc.edu/writingguide/literaturereview