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Deaf & Hard of Hearing: General

The best resources for researching in the library and online.

Technology in the Library

Both the Broadway and Downtown campus libraries have:

closed-captioned videos/DVDs
CanVRS

To use the closed-captioned feature, please borrow the remote control at the Circulation Counter.

TDD/TTY:

Broadway - 604.871.7325
Downtown - 604.443.8549

See the complete list of Adaptive Technology at VCC Library.

Streaming Videos

Gallaudet Video Library
American Sign Language streaming videos on a wide variety of topics, some with spoken word and closed captioning.

Resources

Databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides indexing, summaries and some full text articles from academic and popular journals covering a wide variety of subject areas.
Terms of Use http://support.epnet.com/ehost/terms.html

A Historical and Etymological Dictionary of American Sign Language by Emily Shaw; Yves Delaporte; Carole Marion (Illustrator)
Call Number: HV 2475 S522 2015 (Broadway)

Online

Provincial Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
from the BC Government

Help with ASL Signs

American Sign Language Browser
Videos of thousands of ASL signs.

Job listings

Link Up
Job and employment services for people with disabilities

Background Information

A Historical and Etymological Dictionary of American Sign Language by Emily Shaw; Yves Delaporte; Carole Marion (Illustrator)
Call Number: HV 2475 S522 2015 (Broadway)
The Gallaudet Dictionary of American Sign Language by Peggy Swartzel Lott (Illustrator); Daniel Renner (Illustrator); Rob Hills (Illustrator); Clayton Valli (Editor)
Call Number: HV 2475 G35 2005 (Broadway)
Inside Deaf Culture
Call Number: ASL & Deaf Studies Department
History of deaf culture, history and social conditions. Focuses mostly on the United States.
Significant Gestures by John Tabak
Call Number: HV 2474 T3 2006 (Broadway)

Encyclopaedia Britannica This link opens in a new window
An excellent general encyclopedia; great for finding good quality background information on almost any topic.

Your VCC Librarian

Kristina Oldenburg

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Library, Broadway Campus

Subjects: ASL, Deaf & Visually Impaired, Automotive & Heavy Duty Transport, Basic Education, Deaf & Hard of Hearing, EAL (LINC & Pathways), eBooks, Education, Family Literacy, Interpreting, Legal Assistant & Paralegal, Office Administration, Sociology, Visually Impaired, Zotero

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