EDSE 501-Introduction to Special Education

Welcome to the EDSE 501: Introduction to Special Education.

Use this guide to locate sources to use for your course assignments including current knowledge on individuals with disabilities within the context of human growth and development across the life span including historical factors, legislation, impact of disabilities on academic, social and emotional performances.

• Find Articles - Key databases and Journals for Curriculum Development.
• Find Books - Search the Mason and Washington Research Library Consortium catalogs.
• Find Legal Resources - access key legislation related to special education
• Find Videos - Search the Mason online video and streaming collections related to special education.  Click the link to access the Teaching Channel
• Find Web Resources - connect to web resources related to special education
• Find Online Tutorials -   tutorials on beginning your research, finding & evaluating resources, using Zotero to create citations
• Write & Cite - links to information on citing references using APA format and Zotero
• Get Help - make an appointment with the Education Librarian, use Virtual reference, connect to the Writing Center, view maps of the Fenwick Library's resource locations, and step by step directions for many common library resources, connect to services for Mason Online students and faculty