Rehabilitation & Human Services

The Rehabilitation & Human Services research guide is meant to assist you through the stages of your research by helping you find:

• Academic Databases & Journals where you can find:
  • Focused databases
  • Professional and Practitioner journals at CFL
  • Academic journals at CFL
• Research Resources includes:
  • Research Guides on:
    • Literature Reviews
    • Citation style guides
    • Citation managers
    • eBook collections
  • Types of research such as quantitative, qualitative, and systematic reviews
• Streaming Video platforms
  • Chester Fritz Library has access to a large collection of online movies related to documentaries, foreign films, award-winners, training and more
• Helpful Video tutorials on how to:
  • search the library
  • database usage
  • know what type of research you're doing
  • learn what peer review is about
• Evidence-based medicine
  • Resources
  • how to incorporate it into research
• National Organizations
  • covering disabilities, rights, and associations
• RHS Datasets & statistics
  • Library resources and guides
  • national and federal sites

There are several guides related to RHS that might be useful for you beyond what you'll find here.

The School of Medicine and Health Sciences also has useful guides. These are only a few:

We can help!

• You are able to Schedule Appointments with a librarian.
• Distance Learning Assistance
  • For those living outside the Grand Forks/East Grand Forks Zip Code area (58201, 58202, 58203, or 56721) and do not come to campus regularly
• 24/7 Ask Us chat service
  • Assistance from a librarian around the clock
• UND Writing Center
  • Get one-on-one writing assistance, in person or virtually
• Interlibrary Loan
  • The library can try to acquire a book or article on loan from another library. Textbooks do not qualify.

• Finding Resources in Chester Fritz Library's website

  Research How Tos page on finding and using resources including how to search the library for books, articles, eBooks, and more.

• Finding books on education. The Library of Congress shows the general subject area for education is in the L section. Subsequent letters and numbers narrow the subject area and author to a single book.

  • Library of Congress subject headings for Education

  • Browsing Chester Fritz Library, visit LC 3701-3740 on the third floor

• eBook Collections

• WorldCat - Available from QuickLinks. You can search books from anywhere in the country and request Chester Fritz Library borrow that book for you.

• Research Skills

• Google Scholar Instructions

  • This can be helpful if you're having some issues finding resources on a topic where there might be a limited amount of available published literature or if you've found some good articles but they're not the most recent publications.

    • Look for the Cited By link underneath the article info. This will link you to more currently published material. Look for the PDF or FindIt@UND button to access the articles.           

Finding a Dissertation or Theses

• Dissertations & Thesis Guide

  Addresses how to find and access UND and non-UND dissertations and theses.
• UND Scholarly Commons

  Holds many dissertations produced at UND in full text for anyone
• Proquest dissertations

  If full text is not listed as available, an Interlibrary Loan Request can be submitted.