LVTR is a bibliographic database that currently contains 12,708 references on low vision. It is designed to aid students, clinicians, researchers, and others in identifying reference works relevant to their interests. LVTR contains citations for books, journal articles, conference proceedings, and reports from the world's literature relating to low vision. Because of this diversity of sources it is one of the most complete databases of low vision citations available.
To conduct a search on the LVTR database, select the drop down menus below (in the left column) to specify information about your search: for example an author's name, article title, a keyword, or a publication year. To simplify your search, especially if you're not sure of the exact reference you want, you can simply put in an authors last name, or words from the title of the article, or a keyword (see list below). Adding in the year of publication narrows the search. For example, using the pull dow menu to select the Boolean "is greater than" and specifying the year 2000 returns alls citations containing the specified search term(s) from 2001 to the present. Boolean searches allow you to combine different search parameters. For example, you can search for the author and keyword or some combination of author, keyword, title, or year.
Important: You must specify a search entries from top to bottom. For example, assuming the default dropdown box selections, you must fill in the field for "author" before filling in the field for "title." So if you want to conduct a "title" search, select "title" in the top dropdown menu, rather than skipping it and entering your search term in the second search field.
ACCESSIBILITY | ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME | ALBINISM | AMBLYOPIA |
BEHAVIOR TRAINING | BLINDNESS | CATARACT | CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT |
COMMUNICATION | CONTRAST SENSITIVITY | DIABETES | DIABETIC RETINOPATHY |
DRIVING | ECCENTRIC VISION | EYE DISEASES AND DISORDERS | EYE SURGERY |
GLARE | GLAUCOMA | HYPERTENSION | LEARNING SKILLS AND DISABILITIES |
LOW VISION SERVICES | MACULAR DEGENERATION | MICROCOMPUTERS | MIRRORS |
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS | NIGHT VISION | ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY | OUTCOME STUDIES |
PERCEPTUAL SKILLS AND TRAINING | PHYSICAL EDUCATION | PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS | PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT |
REFRACTIVE ERRORS | RETINAL DISEASES | RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA (note: now termed Retinopathy of Prematurity) | RUBELLA |
SOCIETAL CONSIDERATIONS | STATISTICAL STUDIES | TELEVISION | TRAUMATIC INJURIES |
VISUAL ACUITY | VOCATIONS |
We hope you find this free resource helpful and welcome your feedback (feedback@lvtr.info ) as well as suggestions for articles not currently included in LVTR.
Low Vision: The Reference is free to use, but if you find it useful, please consider making a donation to support its maintenance and updating.