Communication Disorders

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Reference Works

These reference materials present overviews and background information, define terms and concepts, and suggest more in-depth readings. Use reference books to begin your research or to clarify terms that you don't understand.

MIT Encyclopedia of Communication Disorders	RC423 .M56 2004 REF
Concise Encyclopedia of Language Pathology	RC423 .C656 1999 REF
Handbook of learning disabilities	LC4704 .H364 2013 REF
Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-5-TR)	RC455.2.C4 D54 2022 REF
Terminology of communication disorders : speech-language-hearing	RC423 .N52 2004 REF
Hegde's PocketGuide to assessment in speech-language pathology*	RC423 .H38286 2008 REF
Hegde's PocketGuide to communication disorders*	RC423 .H38287 2008 REF
Hegde's PocketGuide to treatment in speech-language pathology*	RC423 .H38288 2008 REF
*Copies of these three titles are in the main book stacks and can be checked out!

Journal Articles

Find articles

McCartney Library subscribes to several databases that contain articles related to communication disorders. See the database descriptions below to decide which database to search.

Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCOhost)

This large multi-disciplinary database is probably the best place to start looking for articles on communication disorders. When you search this database, you are searching hundreds of journals at once, including most of the ASHA journals.

CINAHL Complete (EBSCOhost)

Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature covers the fields of healthcare and medicine with scholarly journal articles, care sheets, and quick facts. Include the full text of many ASHA journals as well as others dealing with speech disorders.

Communication Source (EBSCOhost)

Scholarly articles, conference papers, trade periodicals, magazines relating to communication, linguistics, rhetoric and discourse, speech-language pathology, media studies and related fields. Many articles available full-text. A specialized thesaurus helps correlate related material and facilitates browsing by topic.

Education Source (EBSCOhost)

Education Source covers topics related to all levels of education, including articles related to communication disorders in children or working with speech in schools.

APA PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)

This database provides articles related to the psychology of communication disorders. For more information on searching the Psychology databases, check out our Psychology Research Guide.

ASHA journals

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) journals will be a key resource for your research. You can search them all at once in the Academic Search Ultimate database, or on the ASHA website. Below we describe how to locate the full text articles for each journal.

• American Journal of Audiology

• • 1994-1996, microfiche in Library basement
  • 1997-2009, print issues in Library basement
  • June 2000-present available online in Academic Search Ultimate
  • 2001-present available online at http://pubs.asha.org/journal/aja

• American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

• • 1994, microfiche in Library basement
  • 1995-2009, print issues in Library basement
  • 2001-present available online in Academic Search Ultimate
  • 2001-present available online at http://pubs.asha.org/journal/ajslp

• ASHA Leader

• • 2000-present available online in CINAHL Complete
  • 2001-present available online at http://leader.pubs.asha.org/

• Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research

• • 1997-2009, print issues in Library basement
  • 1997-present available online in Academic Search Ultimate
  • 2001-2009 available online at http://pubs.asha.org/journal/jslhr

• Language, Speech, & Hearing Services in Schools

• • 1983-2005, microfilm in Library basement
  • 2006-2009, print issues in Library basement
  • 1993-present available online in Academic Search Ultimate
  • 2004-present available online at http://pubs.asha.org/journal/lshss

Additional ASHA publications

• Complete list of ASHA titles available through McCartney Library including ...
• Perspectives (SIG): Special interest group publications are available in CINAHL full text from 2012-2015. Article citations are available for older issues so you can easily place ILL requests. SIG 8 Perspectives on Public Health Issues Related to Hearing and Balance is not available.
• Earlier iterations of ASHA journals available in print (such as Journal of Speech Disorders)

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Books

At McCartney Library

Search the library catalog for books that McCartney Library owns.

Looking for ...	Type in search box	Example
Works by a particular author	Go to BROWSE in the top row, then enter Last name, first name	Wiig, Elisabeth (click on name to see titles)
A specific book	Title of book	MIT encyclopedia of communication disorders
Works about communication disorders	Go to BROWSE in the top menu, then enter communicative disorders	Communicative disorders--Genetic aspects (click on a relevant topic to see titles)
Specific topics	[keyword] [keyword] and [keyword] "exact phrase"	aphasia aphasia and treatment "usher syndrome"

Once you find one useful book, browse the shelves nearby. Books are shelved together by topic, so you may find additional relevant material.

In other libraries

Search WorldCat to find books from libraries all over the world.

• The database is big, so search for a specific topic.
• Add dates in the YEAR box to get only the most recent works, e.g. 2015-2024
• Most books that McCartney Library doesn't have can be ordered for free through interlibrary loan. It usually takes about a week for the items to arrive.

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