Communication Science and Disorders Research Guide

This guide is the starting point for identifying, locating, using, and evaluating  materials relating to Communication Science and Disorders in the Carmichael Library and on Internet.  If you need additional assistance, please Ask a Librarian or contact Rosemary H. Arneson, arnesonr@montevallo.edu or 665-6100.

Finding Library Materials     
Library Catalog
The Library Catalog is often the best place to begin research. Search by author, title, subject, keyword, or a variety of other specialized searches.

Several subject headings that can be used in searching the catalog for materials relating to communication sciences and disorders are:

• Communicative disorders

• Hearing disorders

• Language disorders

• Speech disorders

• Deafness

• Deaf -- education

You can also search the catalog by the name of the disorder, such as dyslexia or aphasia.   

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Call Numbers
Carmichael Library uses the Library of Congress system to organize its materials.  Materials relating to communication science and disorders can be found in these call number ranges:

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Reference Materials
Reference materials include dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, and indexes.  They are good starting points in the research process. 

Several examples of Communication Science and Disorders reference materials available for use in the Carmichael Library include the following:

• American Sign Language (Sternberg), REF HV2475 .S77 1998

• The Brain Encyclopedia, REF QP376 .T87 1996

• The Comprehensive Signed English Dictionary, REF HV2475 .C65 1983

• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders:  DSM-IV, REF RC455.2.C4 D54 1994

• Dictionary of Developmental Disabilities Terminology, REF RJ135 .A26 1996

• Encyclopedia of Deafness and Hearing Disorders, REF RF290 .T93 2000

• Encyclopedia of Special Education, REF LC4007 .E53 2000

• Handbook of Early Childhood Intervention, REF RJ135 .H46 2000

• Singular's Illustrated Dictionary of Audiology, REF RF290 .M464 1999

• Terminology of Communication Disorders, REF RC423 .N52 1989 (4th edition on order)

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Journals and Periodicals
Carmichael Library subscribes to a number of journals relating to Communication Science and Disorders.  To determine if the library subscribes to a particular title and to find out where it is located in the library, do a Journal Title Alphabetical search in the Library Catalog.

Journals relating to Communication Science and Disorders include::

• American annals of the deaf

• American journal of speech language pathology

• ASHA leader

• Augmentative and alternative communication

• Cleft palate craniofacial journal  

• Communication disorders quarterly

• Dysphagia

• Hearing Loss

• JADARA

• Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

• Journal of child language

• Journal of Communication Disorders

• Journal of fluency disorders

• Journal of head trauma rehabilitation    

• Journal of medical speech language pathology

• Journal of otolaryngology

• Journal of speech language and hearing research

• Journal of voice

• Language Speech & Hearing Services in Schools  

• Seminars in hearing

• Seminars in speech and language

• Sign language studies

• Topics in language disorders

• Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

• Volta review

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Electronic Resources
Databases

Electronic access to journal articles is available from the Databases  page.  Most databases can be searched using author, title or subject in either basic or advanced search formats. The results of a search will include either a citation, a citation and abstract, or a citation, abstract and full text of the article depending on the database searched.

Listed below are databases you could use to locate information about Communication Science and Disorders.  You can access these, and other databases, from the Databases by name page or the Databases by subject page.

• Communications and Mass Media Complete (CMMC)

  Covers the broad spectrum of communication and includes a number of full text resources. 

• ERIC
  Includes professional journals and education-related reports, conference proceedings, and other non-journal literature (ERIC documents) particularly valuable for communication issues in a K-12 setting.  

• CINAHL 

  Indexes journals relating to nursing and allied health fields

• PsycINFO

  Indexes and abstracts articles from scholarly journals, books, and book chapters in psychology and related fields.

• Health and Wellness Resource Center

  Information about health, medicine, wellness from encyclopedias, directories, dictionaries, and periodicals

• Health Source:  Nursing/Academic Edition

  Provides access to the nursing and allied health literature and includes over 500 full-text journals

• MEDLINE 

  Clinical index to the medical literature dating back to 1962.  

• Mental Measurements Yearbook

  Contains full text information about all English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas.

Additional information about specific databases is available at each database site. 

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Internet Links

• NIDCD  (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communicative Disorders)

• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

• Virtual Tour of the Ear

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Additional Resources
Associations
Listed below are some of the major associations serving the Communication Science and Disorders profession.

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

• Association for Research in Otolaryngology

• Educational Audiology Association

• Self Help for Hard of Hearing People

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