Assignment 8

Access and Disability

*I had a very difficult time locating relevant articles with more than 5 citations and had to be a little creative in my search. I believe I came up with a decent list of articles that are somewhat related to the topic, but it was quite a challenge.

Title: Scholarly communication in developmental dyslexia: Influence of network structure on change in a hybrid problem area
Author(s): Perry CA, Rice RE
Source: Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Volume: 49, Issue: 2, Pages: 151-168
Published: February, 1998
Times Cited: 16

Title: Access to information on the World Wide Web for blind and visually impaired people
Author(s): Oppenheim C, Selby K
Source: ASLIB Proceedings, Volume: 51, Issue: 10, Pages: 335-345
Published: November-December, 1999
Times Cited: 9

Title: An end to disabling policies? Toward enlightened universal service
Author(s): Goggin G, Newell C
Source: Information Society, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 127-133
Published: April-June, 2000
Times Cited: 10

Title: Focusing on disability and access in the built environment
Author(s): Imrie R, Kumar M
Source: Disability and Society, Volume: 13, Issue: 3, Pages: 357-374
Published: June, 1998
Times Cited: 22

Title: Coping with age-related vision loss in everyday reading activities
Author(s): Ryan EB, Anas AP, Beamer M, et al.
Source: Educational Gerontology, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 37-54
Published: January, 2003
Times Cited: 14

Title: An exploration of access and treatment discrimination and job satisfaction among college graduates with and without physical disabilities
Author(s): Perry EL, Hendricks W, Broadbent E
Source: Human Relations, Volume: 53, Issue: 7, Pages: 923-955
Published: July, 2000
Times Cited: 8

Title: Disability and Adult-Education – The Consumer View
Author(s): Preece, J.
Source: Disability and Society, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 87-102
Published: 1995
Times Cited: 8

Title: Websites as educational motivators for adults with learning disability
Author(s): Johnson R, Hegarty JR
Source: British Journal of Educational Technology, Volume: 34, Issue: 4, Pages: 479-486 Published: September, 2003
Times Cited: 7

Title: Developmental associations between verbal and visual short-term memory and the acquisition of decoding skill
Author(s): Meyler A, Breznitz Z
Source: Reading and Writing, Volume: 10, Issue: 6, Pages: 519-540
Published: December, 1998
Times Cited: 5

Title: Why are online catalogs still hard to use?
Author(s): Borgman CL
Source: Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Volume: 47, Issue: 7, Pages: 493-503
Published: July 1996
Times Cited: 105

Title: Usability testing: A case study
Author(s): Chisman J, Diller K, Walbridge S
Source: College and Research Libraries, Volume: 60, Issue: 6, Pages: 552-569
Published: November, 1999
Times Cited: 20

Title: Gaining access to everyday life information seeking
Author(s): Carey RF, McKechnie LEF, McKenzie PJ
Source: Library & Information Science Research, Volume: 23, Issue: 4, Pages: 319-334
Published: 2001
Times Cited: 14

Title: Remote library users - Needs and expectations
Author(s): Cooper R, Dempsey PR, Menon V, et al.
Source: Library Trends, Volume: 47, Issue: 1, Pages: 42-64
Published: SUM 1998
Times Cited: 10