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Pathfinder: Autism
Scope|Subject
Headings|Overview
Sources|Circulating
Books|Periodicals, Journals & Trade
Publications|Videos|Web
Sites
SCOPE: Autism is a psychiatric disorder that occurs in children during the first three years of development. According to the American Psychiatric Association, this disorder is characterized by certain factors which include a failure to develop normal social relationships, failure to develop language or communication skills, and the use of repetitive behavior and lack of a normal imagination. ( Colman, Companion Encyclopedia of Psychology) The purpose of this pathfinder is to serve as a guideline for student research. It is not intended as a comprehensive listing, but as a selective sampling of the many types of resources that are available in the library.
SUBJECT HEADINGS
Books dealing with autism are listed in the Baddour Library's online catalog under the following subject headings:
Autism
Diagnosis
Autism
Genetic aspects
Autistic youth
Autism
Autism in children
Child development
deviations Treatment
There are sources located in the Reference Section of the Baddour Library that give a general overview or summary of the topic you are researching. The following is a list of some of the sources available in the library.
OVERVIEW SOURCES
REF BF 31.C66 1994 Companion Encyclopedia of Psychology
Some representative books from the Circulating Collection that are located upstairs in the library are:
CIRCULATING BOOKS
Attwood, Tony. Aspergers
Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals.
Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1998.
Biklen, Douglas & Richard Attfield.
Autism and the Myth of the Person Alone. New
York: New York University Press, 2005.
Gilliam, James E. Autism,
Diagnosis, Instruction, Management, and Research.
Springfield,Ill: Thomas, 1981.
Konstantareas, M. Mary and Joseph H. Beitchman. Pervasive
Developmental Disorders. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1991
(Psychiatric Clinics of North America).
Steffen, John J. and Paul Karoly. Autism and
Severe Psychopathology. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1982.
Tinbergen, Niko. Autistic
Children: New Hope for a Cure. Boston: Allen & Unwin, 1983.
Victor, George. The
Riddle of Autism: A Psychological Analysis. Lexington, Mass:
LexingtonBooks, 1983.
Some of the specific periodicals that the library subscribes to that focuses on the topic of autism are:
PERIODICALS, JOURNALS & TRADE PUBLICATIONS
Click the links for a list of full text journals
available through our databases in:
VIDEOS
The World of Abnormal Psychology (RC454.W67)
Rain Man
745
WEBSITES
Autism Society of America
http://www.autism-society.org/
Provides information for families of individuals with autism through public awareness and education. Conference listings and a glossary of terms and abbreviations are also included.
Updated
02/27/2007
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