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The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted
GT World
An on-line support community for gifted and talented individuals and those who support and nurture them.
Internet Resources for Special Children
The IRSC Web Site is an attempt to bring together valuable information for parents, educators, medical professionals, etc. who interact with children who have disABILITIES
Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth
Seeks students of the highest academic ability through its talent search and offers them challenging educational opportunities that develop the intellect, encourage achievement, and nurture social development.
The National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET)
Is the only national membership organization dedicated solely to meeting the needs of special education teachers and those preparing for the field of special education teaching.
The North Carolina Association for the Gifted and Talented (NCAGT)
Is an organization of teachers, parents, other educators, and community leaders who foster a better understanding of the needs and capabilities of academically/intellectually gifted children.
Special Education Advocate
A site for parents, educators, advocates, and attorneys for accurate, reliable information about special education law, education law, and advocacy for children with disabilities.
TeachingLD
The purpose of TeachingLD is to provide trustworthy and up-to-date resources about teaching students with Learning Disabilities.

Associations & Societies

Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)
Provides resources to help understand the complex nature of learning disabilities, their various forms and characteristics plus ways to help at home and at school.
National Association for Gifted Children
NAGC invests its resources to train teachers, encourage parents and educate administrators and policymakers on how to develop and support gifted children.
North Carolina Association for the Gifted and Talented
The mission of NCAGT is to promote and support the development of academically/intellectually gifted students through dissemination of information and advocate on the behalf of these students

Education Databases

Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Ultimate provides access to full-text articles from a wide variety of disciplines.
Proquest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
This database is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1861 to the present day and offering full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997.
ERIC This link opens in a new window
ERIC is an index for all education topics. ERIC indexes Journal Articles in 1,000 education-related journals. Abstracts are provided. Some full text journal articles are available. ERIC indexes ERIC Documents. These are education materials not published elsewhere, such as curriculum guides, various research reports, and conference papers.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
The JSTOR project seeks to develop online access to the full back files of selected journals. The database contains a digitized image of every page and is searchable by every word.
ProQuest Education Database This link opens in a new window
Description ProQuest Education Database gives users access to over 900 top educational publications, including more than 600 of the titles in full text. The coverage spans the literature on primary, secondary and higher education as well as special education, home schooling and adult education. Many titles are indexed in the ERIC database.
Mental Measurements Yearbook This link opens in a new window
Produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska, the Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments.
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
PsycINFO is the premier resource for finding articles in psychology, behavioral sciences, and related disciplines.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Full-text collection of peer-reviewed journals covering science, technology and medicine.

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Popular Journals

The following journal titles are available at our Periodicals and Government Documents Section on the lower level. Use the online catalog at the bottom of this page to search for more journla titles.

Exceptional Children

The Exceptional Parent

Focus on Exceptional Children

The Gifted Child Quarterly

Journal of Exceptional Children

The Journal of Special Education

Learning Disability Quarterly: Journal of the Division for Children with Learning Disabilities

Remedial and Special Education

Teacher Education and Special Education

Teaching Exceptional Children

Full text e-Journals

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

The journal titles listed here can be found online using our e-journals link.