Research

Research - Useful links

Summary: Other web resources about research into sight loss.

• Internal links
• External links

Internal links

• Student site
• Technology
• Techshare conference
• Resources available from RNIB
• Reading
• Eye conditions
• Education
• Employment
• Rehabilitation
• Publications archive

External links

Research resources

• AARP Ageline - references and abstracts on social and medical aspects of ageing. OVID password required – contact the Research Library.
• AgeInfo - information service on old age and ageing provided by the Centre for Policy on Ageing
• American Foundation for the Blind Information Center - free factsheets on many aspects of sight loss
• AskERIC - the world's largest source of education information.
• Inclusion (BECTA) - online catalogue of resources to support individual learning needs
• MDX Health Digest - bibliographic database for health professionals. OVID password required – contact the Research Library
• Medline - produced by the US national Library of Medicine, a major source of references and abstracts for biomedical literature. OVID password required - contact the Research Library
• Royal College of Ophthalmologists - free online leaflets describing common causes of sight loss
• Social Care Online - listings and abstracts of publications relating to social care. No password is required to access this database.

Libraries of blindness

• BUBL catalogue of Internet resources on blindness
• Institute of Ophthalmology
• Lighthouse International
• National Eye Institute (USA)
• Samuel P. Hayes Research Library (Perkins School for the Blind)
• Scottish Sensory Centre
• Visual Impairment Centre for Teaching and Research (VICTAR)

Content author: webeditor@rnib.org.uk

Last updated: 06/03/2008 15:41