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Heads up! OhioLINK Print Lending Freeze

Starting May 23, 2025, the OhioLINK request button will disappear for 4 - 6 weeks as lending of print books from Ohio's academic libraries will be paused. Plan ahead - request books for Summer & Fall terms early this Spring! For more details, click here.

 

  • What types of materials can I borrow through SearchOhio and OhioLINK? You can request print materials, audiobooks, music, movies and other formats. 
  • How long before I receive my requested material? Most arrive within a week, but it depends on their availability. You’ll be notified by email when they arrive.
  • How do I return items? Drop them off at Hiram Library!
  • Are there different rules for borrowing? Yes. Items have different loan periods, renewal limits, daily fine rates and replacement costs than the items you borrow from Hiram College Library.

 

🍎 Helpful Disability Terms

Subject Headings 

Note: Library of Congress subject headings help organize information, but some terms haven’t kept up with modern, inclusive language. The Library of Congress is working to update them, but changes take time.

  • People with disabilities
  • Mentally ill
  • Mental illness
  • Blind
  • People with mental disabilities
  • Human body -- social aspects
  • Deaf/Deafness
  • Sociology of disability
  • Disability studies
  • American Sign Language
  • Disabilities

Keywords

  • ableism, ableist, able-bodied
  • access, accessible, accessibility
  • ageism, ageist, aging
  • deaf, deafness, deaf studies
  • disability, "disability studies", "disability rights", disabled
  • disease
  • enable, enabling
  • inclusion, inclusiveness, inclusivity
  • normalcy, normative
  • universal design

Related Keywords

  • advocate, advocacy
  • biology, biological, bioethics
  • body, bodies
  • difference
  • impact
  • barrier
  • discrimination
  • "identity politics"
  • medical
  • microaggression
  • narrative
  • politics, political
  • representation
  • rhetoric
  • signify, signifying
  • visible, visibility, invisible, invisibility, visual

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  • Use Keywords, Not Sentences: Look at your research question and pull out the most important words and search just those.
  • Try Synonyms: If you don't find what you need, try to think of other ways to say the same thing. Example: adolescent and teenager
  • Find Subject Headings: When you find an article that looks promising, click the subject headings (in blue) to find similar articles. Think of these like a librarian's hashtag; if you can figure out what the experts are calling your topic, you'll find more.
  •  Use Boolean Operators: AND - Narrows your search by combining terms, OR - Broadens your search by including any of the terms, NOT - Excludes terms to narrow your results
  • Still stuck? Ask a librarian for help! We are experts at finding information and love a challenge!
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