Research by Subject: Speech-Language Pathology

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MEDLINE (EBSCO) Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled
Medical info from the National Library of Medicine: medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care system, pre-clinical sciences, etc.
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MEDLINE (ScienceDirect) Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Medical info from the National Library of Medicine: medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care system, pre-clinical sciences, etc.
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General OneFile Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Current journal and news information in humanities, education, business, science, art, politics, economics, social sciences, law, health care, computers, technology and environmental issues. Formerly InfoTrac OneFile.
Note: Formerly known as InfoTrac OneFile

Health Sciences: a Sage Full-Text Collection Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Journals from Sage Publishing in full text covering nursing,health services & administration, child psychiatry, public health, aging and gerontology, physiology, physical medicine & rehabilitation, pediatrics, learning disability, health education & health promotion, and health evaluation.

CINAHL Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Index to articles on nursing, physical therapy, health care administration, and allied health professions; Some 1982-current.

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Bibliographic citations in psychology for journal articles, books, and book chapters. 1872-present.

PsycARTICLES Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Full-Text of articles from APA psychology journals and selected EPF (Educational Publishing Foundation) journals. Most 1988-present.

Psychology: a Sage Full-Text Collection Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Psychology journals from Sage Publishing covering Applied Psychology, Assessment, Child Development, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Cross-Cultural Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Educational Psychology, Family Studies, Group Work, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Language Acquisition, Learning Disabilities, Neuropsychology, Personality, Psychiatry, School Psychology, Social Psychology, and Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.

ScienceDirect Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Full-text scientific, technological, medical journals; subjects covered include biology, biochemistry, business management and accounting, chemistry, computer science, economics, finance, environmental science, mathematics, medicine, neuroscience, nursing, physics, psychology, education, and communication. Includes access to selected full-text reference books. Indexing/Abstracts to additional titles.

ERIC (Ebsco interface) Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Educational information produced by the Educational Resource Information Center; annotated references to published and unpublished materials. 1966-present.

Scitopia.org Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Scitopia.org searches more than three million documents, including peer-reviewed journal content and technical conference papers, spanning 150 years of science and technology. RSS feeds that provide table-of-contents info for the various publications/organizations involved with the project.

Web Sites

Health & Wellness Resource Center Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Provides full-text materials, abstracts and citations to patient and consumer health information. Provides browsable access to Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, Medical & Health Information Directory, Mosby's Medical, Nursing & Allied Health Dictionary, the USPDI, vol. 2: Advice for the Patient, and other resources.

Information Mastery Practicum & Course (University of Virginia Health System) Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Online practicum and course on Information Mastery, a methodology for providing clinicians with the best possible information available at the \"point-of-care\" to assist in caring for their patients. Course includes modules about \"Evaluating Information About Therapies\" and \"Evaluating Information About Diagnostic Tests and Clinical Decision Rules\".

Cochrane Controlled Trials Register Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
CCTR is a bibliography of controlled trials identified by contributors to the Cochrane Collaboration and others, as part of an international effort to hand search the world's journals and create an unbiased source of data for systematic reviews. CCTR includes reports published in conference proceedings and in many other sources not currently listed in MEDLINE or other bibliographic databases.

Dictionaries

Glossary of Neuroscience Terms Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Alphabetical list of terms.

American Sign Language Browser Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images
Michigan State University\'s ASL Browser Web site (signs presented using QuickTime movies).

A Dictionary of linguistics & phonetics / David Crystal
Call Number: REF P29 .C65 1997
Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Brief definitions of terms; terminology, languages, etc.

Glossary of Speech-Language (and Related) Terminology Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Alphabetical list of terms.

The Hearing Dictionary Online Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Definitions of hearing-related terms and conditions.

The Illustrated Dictionary of Speech-Language Pathology
Call Number: Ref RC 423. P665
Unrestricted Resource
This source is for the pathologist or student who will work in a medical setting and needs to know a large array of terms and definitions, plus clinical ramifications in treating patients with medically pegged communication disorders.

Encyclopedias

ADAM Medical Encyclopedia Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Includes articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. Also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations.

Concise Encyclopedia of Language Pathology
Call Number: Ref RC 423 .c656
Unrestricted Resource
This book provides a systematic analysis of all main topics concerning speech and language pathology. It adopts an interdisciplinary approach to the various speech and language pathologies.

Linguistics encyclopedia / edited by Kirsten Malmkjær
Call Number: REF P29 .L52 2002
Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Brief entries on all aspects of linguistics -- terminology, theories, languages, language families, etc.

Handbooks & Guides

ebrary Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available
Over 44,000 full-text ebooks on business & economics, education, technology, humanities, life & physical sciences, law & politics, medicine, social & behavioral sciences, language & literature, and career guidance. Approximately 175 ebooks are single-user access titles; all other ebooks support multiple-user simultaneous use. In order to view, copy, or print from an ebook, you must download and install the ebrary Reader plugin.
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Linguistics in clinical practice / edited by Kim Grundy.
Call Number: RC423 .L565 1995
Unrestricted Resource
Papers on linguistic basis of language disorder treatment.

Health source: consumer edition Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Full-text for several consumer health periodicals; indexing/abstracts of additional periodicals; health-related pamphlets; health reference books; Clinical Reference Systems reports; Stedman's Medical Dictionary.

Handbook of Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Call Number: Ref RC 423 .c656
Unrestricted Resource
The goal of this text is to combine theory and research with clinical practice and case studies concerning augmentative and alternative communication.

New phonologies : developments in clinical linguistics
Call Number: RC424.7 .N49 1997
Unrestricted Resource
Collection of studies on linguistics applied to speech disorders.

Oxford Reference: Medicine Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only
Contains an array of medical dictionaries.

Quick Reference to Speech-Language Pathology
Call Number: Ref RC 423. P665
Unrestricted Resource
This book provides a quick reference to those disorders, syndromes, and conditions seen among clients served by speech-language pathologist.

Speech Language Pathology Desk Reference
Call Number: Ref RC 423 .R586
Unrestricted Resource
This source has been written to furnish clinicians and students with a wide range of relevant information in order to provide better treatment for the individuals with communication disorders.

Organizations

American Otological Society
Call Number: http://itsa.ucsf.edu/~ajo/AOS/AOS.html
Unrestricted Resource
Promotes medical and surgical otology, including the rehabilitation of the hearing impaired, and promotes research in otology and related disciplines.

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Unrestricted Resource
This site is a resource for members, persons interested in information about communication disorders and for those wanting care.

Association for Research in Otolaryngology Unrestricted Resource
This is an international association of scientist and physicians dedicated to scientific exploration among all of the disciplines in the field of otolaryngology.

Reviews

Cochrane databases Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Evidence-based medicine database of peer-reviewed meta-analyses of published clinical trials, comprised of several different databases including the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE) and Cochrane Controlled Trials Register.
Note: Search all three at once from this link.

Cochrane database of systematic reviews Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Reviews of evidence-based health care treatment studies.

Statistics/Data

Gallaudet Research Institute Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
GRI gathers and analyzes data concerning the social, academic, and perceptual characteristics of deaf and hard of hearing populations.