Subject Guides -- Communicative Disorders

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Communicative Disorders

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Finding Books

This is only a sampling of subject headings which may be used to search COAST. For a more complete list of headings relevant to COMMUNICATIVE DISORDERS, consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings volumes located in Reference. Click on any of the following subjects now to retrieve records from COAST. If you would like to search for a subject other than those listed, you can search COAST.

Communicative Disorders
Communicative Disorders in Children
Communicative Disorders in Infants
Communicative Disorders in Old Age
Hearing Disorders
Hearing Disorders in Children
Hearing Disorders in Infants
Language Disorders

Language Disorders in Adolescence
Language Disorders in Children
Speech Disorders
Speech Disorders in Children
Vision Disorders
Vision Disorders in Children

Finding Articles

Research Databases

These resources are relevant to research in COMMUNICATIVE DISORDERS. They are available on & off campus. The databases by topic page for Health/Medical/Nursing may list some other useful databases for your topic.

ACADEMIC SEARCH ELITE (1984-present)
Provides indexing and abstracting for nearly 3,000 journals & magazines and provides full text for nearly 1,530 journals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, and much more.

CINAHL (1982-present)
CINAHL/Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature includes speech pathology and audiology. It is available through remote access only to CSULB students, faculty and staff .

ERIC (1966-present)
Produced by the Department of Education and Educational Resources Information Center/ERIC, it indexes child language development and special education journal articles and unpublished documents. It is available through remote access only to CSULB students, faculty and staff.

DEAFNESS AND COMMUNICATION DISORDERS (1987-present)
Is a database on hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech & language and is part of the COMBINED HEALTH INFORM ATION DATABASE/CHID. National Institute of Deafness and Communication Disorders/NIDCD Information Clearinghouse quarterly updates the database of references to brochures, books, articles, fact sheets, organizations and hard-to-find educational materials on deafness and communication disorders. It contains abstracts and availability information.

LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE BEHAVIOR ABSTRACTS (LLBA) (1973-present)
Includes speech, language, pathology and audiology.

MEDLINE (1951-present)
Is the National Library of Medicine's major index for worldwide biomedical journals; strong in otolaryngology and related topics. It is available through remote access only to CSULB students, faculty and staff.

MLA BIBLIOGRAPHY (1963-present)
Is the Modern Language Association's index to sources in the fields of literature, languages, linguistics, folklore and includes child language development. It is available through remote access only to CSULB students, faculty and staff.

PSYCINFO (1887-present)
Is the electronic version of Psychological Abstracts (from 1927); good for audiology/hearing testing and psycholinguistics research.

PUBMED Provides access to MEDLINE (1951-present), PreMEDLINE, molecular biology databases of DNA/protein sequences and 3-D structure data and links to full-text journals at Web sites of participating publishers. Some journals may require that you register, subscribe or pay a fee in order to view the full-text of an article.

SCIENCE DIRECT (Latest 5 years to present)
ScienceDirect is a database covering most of the journals published by Elsevier Science, its subsidiaries, and some other scholarly publishers. Full text and full page images are provided for most of these journals.

WILEY INTERSCIENCE
Access to over 300 online journals from publisher John Wiley & Sons in the fields of science, technology, mathematics, business, and psychology.

Electronic Journals

The library also subscribes to a number of electronic journals. If you want to search for more electronic journals by title, please use the journal search in COAST or Use to see how to get the article (in PRINT or ELECTRONIC FULL TEXT). Databases using SFX are marked with

The following journals are available on the Internet. Please note: in order to access the full contents of some journals, you may be required to register for and/or subscribe to the journal. Also available is the World Wide Information on Serials in Health (WWISH List).

BRAIN AND LANGUAGE logs you into ScienceDirect (see above).

JOURNAL OF APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS can conduct searches on every abstract published in JABA since 1968. There may be a link to the PDF version of the full article.

JOURNAL OF FLUENCY DISORDERS, official journal of the International Fluency Association. ScienceDirect has latest 5 years to present.

JOURNAL OF THE EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR can conduct searches on every abstract published in JEAB since 1958. There may be a link to the PDF version of the full article.

ARCHIVES OF OTOLARYNGOLOLGY - Head & Neck Surgery Some full text available - go to journal search in COAST.

Internet Sites diagnosing tips for websites

These Internet sites may be of particular interest to students and faculty in COMMUNICATIVE DISORDERS.

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING
AG Bell, founded in 1890 by Alexander Graham Bell as an information provider and support network, is an international membership organization for parents of children who are deaf and hard of hearing, adults with hearing loss, and professionals who serve children with hearing loss.



AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION/ASHA
This Web site is a resource for members, persons interested in consumer information, and for those wanting career and membership information.

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
The material provided covers commonly asked questions regarding how to cite electronic media and is excerpted from the new 5th edition of the Publication Manual

HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010
The new decade's better health agenda has a new focus, "Vision and Hearing." The vision and hearing chapter of the written plan focuses on eight specific hearing-related objectives.

HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010 INFORMATION ACCESS PROJECT HEARING OBJECTIVES
The purpose of the HP2010 Information Access Project is to make information and evidence-based strategies related to the Healthy People 2010 objectives easier to find. The National Library of Medicine and the Public Health Foundation staff have worked together to develop pre-formulated search strategies for selected Healthy People 2010 focus areas [Hearing Objectives].

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF
NAD is the oldest (founded in 1880) and largest organization representing people with hearing disabilities in the United States.

NATIONAL CENTER FOR VOICE & SPEECH
NCVS was formed in 1990 through a grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIH) primarily as a research organization. The NCVS consortium is composed of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, the University of Iowa, the University of Utah and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS/NIDCD
The federal government's focal point for biomedical and behavioral research in human communication. It includes the Deafness and Communication Disorders database.
NET CONNECTIONS FOR COMMUNICATION DISORDERS AND SCIENCES
An Internet Guide by Judith Kuster. This Web site has the Argus Clearinghouse (http://www.clearinghouse.net) Seal of Approval.
VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE EAR
Created by Perry Hanavan (Professor of Audiology at Augustana College, South Dakota). It contains links to resources on the ear as a hearing mechanism, on auditory disorders, on advances and methods of rehabilitation, and multimedia demonstrations.
VOICE FOUNDATION
The Voice Foundation, established in 1969, is dedicated to solving voice problems through funding research, promoting public education, publishing (Journal of Voice) and disseminating information through the media. See COAST

Printed Resources

These titles are essential resources for the study of COMMUNICATIVE DISORDERS. Items with REF preceding the call number will be found in Reference on the 1st floor of the Library.

CHILDES/BIB: An Annotated Bibliography of Child Language and Language Disorders (Temporarily Unavailable): LB 1139.13.L3 H54 1991; LB 1139.13.L3 H54 1991 suppl

CINAHL/Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (Will soon be available again): RT 1 .C85 (4th floor, Room 407); Includes speech pathology and audiology.

COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide to Reference Sources in the Field: RC 423.A52 1996

DSH ABSTRACTS: Storage RF 1 D45; Deafness Speech and Hearing Publications (ASHA and Gallaudet College) ceased publishing this index in 1985, a major resource for its time for speech and hearing.

LLBA/LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE BEHAVIOR ABSTRACTS: Storage P 105 .L3; Sociological Abstracts, Inc. indexes materials in linguistics and language behavior including speech language pathology/audiology.