Garbutt, Ruth (2015) The final frontier: young people with learning disabilities and sex education. In: Sexuality and relationships in the lives of people with intellectual disabilities. Jessica Kingsley Publications, UK. ISBN 978-1-84905-250-4
Garbutt, Ruth (2012) Past, present and future: Exploring the sexual identities of people with learning difficulties. In: Sexualities: Past Reflections, Future Directions. Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences . Palgrave Macmillan, London, UK.
Garbutt, Ruth (2012) Disseminating Research about Sex and Relationships Using Accessible Reports and Leaflets for People with Learning Disabilities. In: Popularising Research: Engaging New Genres, Media, and Audiences. Peter Lang Publishing, Canada. ISBN 978-1-4331-1181-5
Garbutt, Ruth (2011) Advocacy. In: Learning Disabilities: Towards Inclusion. Elsevier, Edinburgh, UK. ISBN 9780702051876
Garbutt, Ruth (2011) Exploring the barriers to sex and relationships for people with learning difficulties. In: Disability and Sexuality. The Disability Press, UK.
Garbutt, Ruth, Boycott-Garnett, R., Tattersall, J. and Dunn, J. (2010) Final Report: Talking about sex and relationships: The views of young people with learning disabilities. Project Report. CHANGE, Leeds, UK.
Garbutt, Ruth (2009) Is there a place within academic journals for articles presented in an accessible format? Disability and Society, 24 (3). pp. 357-371. ISSN 0968-7599
Garbutt, Ruth, Boycott-Garnett, Rachel, Tattersall, John and Dunn, Jo (2009) Accessible article: Involving people with learning disabilities in research. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 8 (1). pp. 21-34. ISSN 1354-4187
Garbutt, Ruth (2009) In bed with the arts... In: AHRC Beyond Text seminar series, 2009, Leeds, UK.
Garbutt, Ruth (2007) Community Involvement and Capacity Building (CICB): Supporting the Leader+ Programme. Final Evaluation Report, June 2004-September 2006. Project Report. Humber and Wolds Rural Community Council, Howden, East Yorkshire, UK.
Craig, G., Taylor, M., Carlton, N., Garbutt, Ruth, Kimberlee, R., Lepine, E. and Syed, A. (2005) The Paradox of Compacts: final report to the Home Office on monitoring the impact of Compacts. Technical Report. University of Hull, Hull, UK.
Garbutt, Ruth, Craig, G., Bolton, J., Hayes, G., McNamee, S., Sturgeon-Adams, L., Wilkinson, M., White, C., Joyce, L., Tarvin, K., Mortimer, E., Godfrey, C., Hutton, S., Parrott, S., James, A. and Kinnaird, R. (2005) Report No. 1: Evaluating the Application Process for the Local Network Fund for Children and Young People Getting the Money. Research Report. DfES, Nottingham, UK.
Garbutt, Ruth, Derounian, J. and Craig, G. (2005) Training for rural community development activists in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Research Report. Carnegie Commission for Rural Community Development, Dunfermline, UK.
Garbutt, Ruth, Craig, G., Bolton, J., Hayes, G., McNamee, S., Sturgeon-Adams, L., Wilkinson, M., White, C., Joyce, L., Tarvin, K., Mortimer, E., Godfrey, C., Hutton, S., Parrott, S., James, A. and Kinnaird, R. (2005) Was the money used well? National Evaluation of the Local Network Fund. Research Report. DfES, Nottingham, UK.
Garbutt, Ruth (2004) Community Liaison Workers Feasibility Research: final report. Research Report. University of Hull, Hull, UK. (Unpublished)
Garbutt, Ruth, Gilby, R. and Louise, J. (2004) Part-time student support: The students’ perspective. Research Report. University of Hull, Hull. (Unpublished)
Craig, Gary, Bolton, Joanna, Garbutt, Ruth, Hayes, Gabbie, McNamee, Sally, Sturgeon-Adams, Louise, Wilkinson, Mick, White, Clarissa, Joyce, Lucy, Tarvin, Karen, Mortimer, Ed, Godfrey, Chris, Hutton, Sandra, Parrott, Steve and James, Allison (2004) A promising Start? The Local Network Fund for Children and Young People: Interim Findings from the National Evaluation. Research Report. DfES publications, Nottingham.
Garbutt, Ruth (2003) Disability and citizenship: an emancipatory study of professionals’ attitudes to disabled people. Doctoral thesis, University of Hull.
Garbutt, Ruth, Craig, G. and James, A. (2003) Cost, Trust and Access: Seeking Childcare Information. Research Report. University of Hull, Hull, UK.
Garbutt, Ruth (2003) Minority ethnic language resources in and around Kingston-upon-Hull. Research Report. University of Hull, Hull, UK. (Unpublished)
Garbutt, Ruth, Craig, G., Dornan, P., Bradshaw, J., Mumtaz, S., Syed, A. and Ward, A. (2003) Underwriting Citizenship for Older People: A Report to the National Audit Office. Research Report. University of Hull, Hull, UK.
Garbutt, Ruth and Seymour, J. (1998) ‘Do we all get a PhD?' Attempting emancipatory research relating to disability in an academic environment. Relating to disability in an academic environment. In: British Sociological Association annual conference 1998, Making Sense of the Body, April 1998, Edinburgh, UK.