Deaf Bibliography is a searchable online bibliographic database

Bibliographic database

A bibliographic database is a database of bibliographic records, an organized digital collection of references to published literature, including journal and newspaper articles, conference proceedings, reports, government and legal publications, patents, books, etc...

 to works in deaf studies

Deaf studies

Deaf Studies are academic disciplines concerned with the study of the deaf social life of human groups and individuals including anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, social studies, and sociology...

 published by Karen Nakamura

Karen Nakamura

Karen Nakamura is an American academic, author, filmmaker, photographer and Associate Professor of Anthropology and East Asian Studies at Yale University.-Early life:...

 since 1995. The database can be queried using quick search, Boolean

Boolean

Boolean may refer to:* Boolean algebra, a logical calculus of truth values or set membership* Boolean algebra , a set with operations resembling logical ones* Boolean data type, a certain datatype in computer science...

, and faceted search options. Items included are monographs, chapters in edited volumes, journal articles, and pamphlets. It covers all facet of deaf culture

Deaf culture

Deaf culture describes the social beliefs, behaviors, art, literary traditions, history, values and shared institutions of communities that are affected by deafness and which use sign languages as the main means of communication. When used as a cultural label, the word deaf is often written with a...

, including Japan. Languages included are English and Japanese. Subject areas covered are the social and environmental sciences, humanities and arts, alongside some items from medical, biological, and natural sciences. Every entry in the bibliography is categorised by region, country, and subject, and newer entries are tagged with additional keywords.