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Looking for information for an assignment? Enter your keywords to find books, articles, streaming video & more in one click. Access to full text requires your Georgian user credentials.

DSM-5 (Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)

DSM-V-TR (Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) and several textbooks from the American Psychiatric Association (APA).
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NORD
Searchable database for reports on more than 1,150 diseases and syndromes.

CPS
Compendium of Pharmaceuticals & Specialties (CPS), E-CPS, drug therapy & patient care. Please note, your browser must allow pop ups. Database times out after 30 min. Not Mac compatible.
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Nursing and Allied Health Premium
Indexes over 250 leading full-text journals covering nursing and allied health. Plus 130 Medcom Video Training programs. Also includes Culture Competency Briefs by ethnicity and religion.
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PubMed
Open access medical, biomedical, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pre-clinical sciences database. Please note: PubMed is currently working best with PC browsers.

Alt Health Watch

This database carries over 160 international, peer-reviewed and professional journals, magazines, proceedings and association & consumer newsletters with focuses on the many perspectives of alternative, complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
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Education Research Complete

All levels of education are covered from curriculum, administration, and policy to funding and childcare issues . Includes Canadian content.
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ERIC

A digital library containing educational research including articles and case studies for all levels of education
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Grant Connect
Formerly known as Canadian Directory to Foundations and Corporations. Lists government, corporate, and family foundations that offer funds to organizations like non-profits. Search by cause, need, population, and type of support to create a list of potential funders.
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Films on Demand
Contains over 5,000 videos on topics in business, nursing, social sciences, health, science and technical education.
McIntyre Media (Hosted content)
These titles are being hosted by McIntyre Media. Specific streamed content subscribed to by Georgian on a variety of topics. Topics covered include diversity indigenous, business, health and safety health, mental health, etc.
Open Future Learning
Covers a broad range of subject areas while remaining 100% dedicated to the field of intellectual disabilities, with modules on subjects such as Active Support, Person-Centered Approaches Thinking and Planning, Challenging Behavior, and Supported Employment, just to name a few. We collaborate with revolutionary thinkers, the leaders in our field, and incredible storytellers, including: Dave Hingsburger, Beth Mount, Simon Duffy, Bernard Carabellow, Jack Pearpoint, Patti Scott, David Pitonyak, John Raffaele, Dave Hasbury, Linda Kahn, Kathie Snow, Janice Bartley, Joseph Macbeth, Peter Leidy, Julie Beadle-Brown, Myles Himmelreich, and many more!

To obtain access information please contact library@georgiancollege.ca

Books

Core Books

A handbook on dual diagnosis : supporting people with a developmental disability and a mental health problem
Call Number: RC564.68 .N83

ISBN: 9780973845518

Available at: Orillia
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5
Call Number: RC455.2 .C4 D536

ISBN: 9780890425541

Publication Date: 2013-05-22

Available at: Orillia, Barrie, and Owen Sound
Defines and classifies mental disorders. The book is organized by lifespan approach with disorders typically diagnosed in childhood at the start progressing to those typically seen in older adults at the end. Includes age-related factors of diagnosis, neuroimaging and genetics, gender and cultural considerations, and symptoms that span multiple diagnostic categories.
Dictionary of Developmental Disabilities Terminology
Call Number: RJ135 .A26

ISBN: 9781598570700

Publication Date: 2011-02-01

Available at: Orillia
More than 4,000 disability terms providing jargon-free definitions of disorders, diagnoses, interventions, programs, anatomical terms, medical equipment, behaviors, assistive technologies, and much more…
Make a difference : a guidebook for person-centred direct support
Call Number: RC570 .O27

ISBN: 9781895418620

Available at: Orillia
Principles of Everyday Behavior Analysis by L. Keith Miller
Call Number: BF637.B4 M53 2006

ISBN: 9780534599942

Additional Reading

All my life's a circle : using the tools : circles, MAPS & PATHS
Call Number: HV1568 .A64

ISBN: 9781895418262

Available at: Orillia
Demonstrates how the to three 'person centered planning' tools (Circles; Maps; and PATH) can be used to support children and families in educational settings.
APA handbook of intellectual and developmental disabilities: Clinical and educational implications: Prevention, intervention, and treatment., Vol. 2.
This handbook explores the clinical and educational implications in the areas of prevention, intervention, and treatment. Includes information on lifespan issues and evidence-based practice and treatment.
Scroll down to the listed table of contents and select a section to read more.
APA handbook of intellectual and developmental disabilities: Foundations., Vol. 1.
This handbook contains chapters that address etiology and specific conditions and the functioning in multiple domains and throughout the lifespan. It also includes the of roles social systems (ie. families, neighborhoods, nations) and how they influence people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Scroll down to the listed table of contents and select a section to read more.
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary
ISBN: 9781416062578

Contains definitions of thousands of current medical terminology, including numerous illustrations and audio pronunciations.
Home safe : a manual about abuse : preventing and reporting in community services
Call Number: HV3004 .H56

ISBN: 9781896230320

Available at: Orillia and Owen Sound
Just say know! : understanding and reducing the risk of sexual victimization of people with developmental disabilities
Call Number: HQ54.3 .H55

ISBN: 9781896230009
Make a difference : a guidebook for person-centred direct support
Call Number: RC570 .O27

ISBN: 9781895418620

Available at: Orillia
Medical Terminology Made Incredibly Easy
ISBN: 9781496374073

Clarifies medical terminology concepts with clear definitions and illustrations. Explains the meanings, roots, and pronunciation of terms as used in everyday practice, including: the names for all major body systems, terms and phrases used in maternal health, pharmacology, and mental health, and much more...

Canadian Abilities Foundation
Database of non-governmental disability related programs, services and info. Online access to Abilities magazine.
Indigo Journal
The "Indigo Journal" is the official Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Intellectual and developmental disabilities: a journal of policy and practice
This journal focuses on topics related to intellectual disabilities, its causes, treatment and prevention.
Journal on Developmental Disabilities
Published by the Ontario Association on Developmental Disabilities
The International Journal for Direct Support Professionals
The International Journal for Direct Support Professionals contains easy to-read, practical articles for Direct Support Professionals on a variety of topics that are pertinent to their role in supporting people with intellectual disabilities.

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Earning a loyal and growing following of readers across the globe, every year VITA publishes 12 issues of The International Journal for Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) in English, French and Spanish.
Young Exceptional Children
Written for teachers, early care and education personnel, educational administrators, therapists, families, and others who work with or on behalf of children from birth through 8 years of age who have identified disabilities, developmental delays, are gifted/talented, or are considered at-risk for future developmental challenges.

Education and training in autism and developmental disabilities
Available at: Orillia
Print copies held from 2017-Present.
Intellectual and developmental disabilities: a journal of policy and practice
Available at: Orillia
Print copies held from 2020-current.
This journal focuses on topics related to intellectual disabilities, its causes, treatment and prevention.
Mental retardation
Available at: Orillia
Print copies held from 1966-1974
This journal discusses special needs education and rehabilitation.