Communication Sciences and Disorders Subject Guide
- Electronic Journals/Databases
- Applied Psycholinguistics
- Publishes original research papers on the psychological processes involved
in language and examines language development and defects in adults and children with
and without developmental disabilities. Access restricted to LSU campus.
- CINAHL Plus with Full Text
- Indexes over 3000 journals in the fields of nursing and allied health.
- Communication and Mass Media Complete
- A high quality index providing the most robust information within the communication discipline.
- ERIC Abstracts (Education Resources Information Center)
- Covers educational research and resources; sponsored by the United States
Department of Education.
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
- Indexing and abstracting of nearly 850 journals with a strong focus on nursing and allied health.
- Journal of Communication Disorders
- Publishes original articles on topics related to disorders of speech, language, and hearing.
- MEDLINE
- Arranged by the National Library of Medicine; contains a broad range of articles from international magazines relating to research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and health care services.
- Nursing and Allied Health Source
- A versatile database covering a wide range of healthcare information including nursing, allied health, and alternative medicine.
- PsycINFO
- Index with abstracts concerning psychology as well as related disciplines such as education, medicine, sociology and psychology.
- Web of Science
- Provides access to Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index.
- Internet Resources
- Academy of Neurological Communication Disorders and Sciences
- ANCDS is a group of professionals interested in encouraging the highest
quality of life for adults and children with neurologic communication disorders.
- Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Focuses specifically on children with hearing loss, providing ongoing
support and advocacy for parents, professionals and other interested parties.
- Cleft Palate Foundation
- An international non-profit medical society of health care professionals who
treat and/or perform research on birth defects of the head and face.
- International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication
- Promotes the use of the best possible communication techniques and tools for
individuals who rely on AAC, and enhancing inclusion and social participation of AAC users.
- The Merck Manual Medical Library
- Merck & Co., Inc. provides access to the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and
Therapy 17th edition.
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Part of the US government's National Institutes of Health, NINDS focuses on
biomedical research on disorders of the brain and nervous system.
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorder
- One of the institutes that comprise the National Institutes of Health. NIDCD
is mandated to conduct and support biomedical and behavioral research and research training
in the normal and disordered processes of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, and
language.
- Otolarynogology Resources on the Internet
- Collection of links from The Bobby R. Alford Department of
Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine.
- Special Education Resources on the Internet
- A collection of Internet accessible information resources in the fields
related to Special Education.
- Speech Pathology World
- Comprehensive listing of resources, including salary surveys, job postings,
web sites, usenet groups, listservs.
- Stuttering Foundation of America
- Provides free online resources, services and support to those who stutter and their families, as well as support for research into the causes of stuttering.
- Associations & Organizations
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- ASHA is a professional, scientific, and creditentialing association serving speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists.
- Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders
- Organization representing academic programs which offer master's, doctoral,
and postdoctoral preparation of audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and speech,
language, and/or hearing scientists.
- Louisiana Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- National Aphasia Association
- Promotes public education, research, rehabilitation and support services to
assist people with aphasia and their families.
- National Student Speech Language and Hearing Association
- National organization for graduate and undergraduate students interested in the study of normal and disordered human communication.
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