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Mad Studies Journals
You can search within the journals for articles.
Look for the search box in each journal and enter your keywords
- Canadian Journal of Disability Studies The Canadian Journal of Disability Studies publishes peer-reviewed original articles that advance research in the multidisciplinary, international field of disability studies.
- Disability Studies Quarterly The first journal in the field of disability studies. Published for the Society for Disability Studies.
- Journal of Disability Policy Studies Publishes research, discussion and review articles, and brief reports pertaining to both macro- and micro-policy issues affecting people with disabilities.
Magazines published by the community :
- Asylum MagazineAsylum magazine is a forum for free debate, open to anyone with an interest in psychiatry or mental health. We especially welcome contributions from service users or ex-users (or survivors), carers, and frontline psychiatric or mental health workers (anonymously, if you wish).
- Mad in CanadaMad in Canada is dedicated to providing a forum for progressive writing which reconsiders the public discourse on mental health distress in Canada.
- Phoenix Rising: The Voice of the PsychiatrizedHosted by the Psychiatric Survivor Archives of Toronto is dedicated to ensuring that the rich history of people who have experienced the psychiatric system is preserved for our community and the wider community as a resource from which everyone can share and learn.
Special Issues of Journals
Disability Studies Quarterly, 33(1). (2013). Special issue: Disability and Madness. DOI: http://dx.doi.
Intersectionalities: A Global Journal of Social Work Analysis, Research, Polity, and Practice, 5(3). (2016). Special Issue: Mad Studies: Intersections with Disability Studies, Social Work, and 'Mental Health'.
American Quarterly, Volume 69, Number 2, June 2017 [contains several articles related to mad studies]
Journal of Ethics in Mental Health. Journal Special Theme Issue VI: Disordering Social Inclusion: Ethics, Critiques, Collaborations, Futurities. (2019). https://jemh.ca/issues/v9/theme6.html
New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development. Volume 31(1). (Winter 2019)
Morrow, M., Jiang, C., Adam, S. & Davies, M. (Summer 2021). Canada Watch: Critical Perspectives on Mental Health/Mad Studies. Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies. Toronto, ON. https://robarts.info.yorku.ca/files/2021/09/CW-2021-Mental-Health-FINAL.pdf?x73767
Mad Studies Databases (Search for Articles)
- Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window Sociological Abstracts is the fundamental tool for access to the latest international findings in theoretical and applied sociology, social science, and political science. Produced by Sociological Abstracts, Inc., the database contains abstracts from 1,809 journals published since 1963 and enhanced bibliographic citations for dissertations added since 1986. Sociological Abstracts references journal articles, dissertations, book abstracts, chapter abstracts, and association paper abstracts as well as citations from books, films, and software.
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- Social Services Abstracts This link opens in a new window Social Services Abstracts provide bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.
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- Social Work Abstracts This link opens in a new window Social Work Abstracts offers extensive coverage of more than 450 social work and human services journals dating back to 1977. Produced by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the database provides citations and abstracts dealing with all aspects of the social work field, including theory and practice, areas of service and social issues and problems. Contains scholarly and professional perspectives on subjects such as therapy, education, human services, addictions, child and family welfare, mental health, civil and legal rights, economics. Maximum 4 simultaneous users
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- PsycINFO (APA PsycNET) This link opens in a new window This database is published by the American Psychological Associations and provides comprehensive indexing and abstracts of the international psychological literature from the 1800s to the present. Documents indexed include journals, articles, books, dissertations and more. 90% of the 3,000+ titles indexed in PsycINFO are peer-reviewed. Coverage: 1806 - current
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Other Databases
These are Multi-Disciplinary Databases and search all subject areas including Business and Medicine.
- ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new window ProQuest Research Library provides one-stop access to thousands of full-text periodicals from one of the broadest, most inclusive general reference databases ProQuest has to offer. Search from a highly-respected, diversified mix of scholarly journals, professional and trade publications, and magazines covering over 150 subjects and topics.
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- Sage Research Methods This link opens in a new window SAGE Research Methods is the ultimate methods library with more than 1000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos by world-leading academics from across the social sciences, including the largest collection of qualitative methods books available online from any scholarly publisher. The site is designed to guide users to the content they need to learn a little or a lot about their method. The Methods Map can help those less familiar with research methods to find the best technique to use in their research. Toronto Metropolitan has the SRM Core and SRM Subsequent Core collections. Other collections available are: SRM Books & Reference (Core) SRM Video: Practical Research & Academic Skills Video SRM Video: Data Science, Big Data Analytics, & Digital Methods SRM Video: Market Research
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- JSTOR This link opens in a new window JSTOR has created a full text digital archive of core scholarly journals with complete back runs of many titles. As part of JSTOR’s agreement with publishers, current issues (usually the last 3 – 5 years) are not digitized by JSTOR and may be obtained elsewhere. The Toronto Metropolitan University Library has access to the entire content of JSTOR’s archival journal collections.
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- Project MUSE This link opens in a new window Project Muse provides online access to the full text of over 250 quality journal titles from 40 scholarly publishers in the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, mathematics and many others. Toronto Metropolitan now has access to the following 2022 collections: African Studies, Gender Studies, History, Language and Linguistics, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Music, Native American and Indigenous Studies, Philosophy and Religion, Political Science and Policy Studies, Public Health and Health Policy, Russian and East European Studies
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Newspapers
- Canadian Newsstream This link opens in a new window This database offers access to the full text of several Canadian newspapers from Canada's leading publishers. This full text database includes the complete available electronic backfile for most newspapers, providing full access to the articles, columns, editorials and features published in each. Some backfiles date as far back as the late 1970s.
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- Globe and Mail This link opens in a new window Full Text Coverage from 1977 hosted on Proquest Platform. See ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Globe and Mail for older material.
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- US Newsstream This link opens in a new window US Newsstream is part of Global Newsstream. It enables users to search the most recent premium U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format. For academic and public libraries, US Newsstream offers exclusive access to the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and co-exclusive access (with Factiva) to The Wall Street Journal. US Newsstream also offers one of the largest collections of local and regional newspapers, and is cross-searchable on the ProQuest platform.
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- Factiva This link opens in a new window Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters Company, provides global content with multiple language interfaces and multilingual content covering nearly 8,000 sources. Factiva provides access to global and local newspapers, magazines, industry-specific journals and newsletters, newswires, media programs, and websites. Company Research Tools Perform company screening on a collection of nearly 24,000 global companies using 26 criteria. Current quotes and market data are available. Instrument types supported include global stocks, market indices, mutual funds and corporate bonds.
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