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Communication Disorders Research Guide

The following is a selected list of resources for starting research in Communication Disorders. For further assistance, contact Katy Lenn, Comunication Disorders Reference Librarian, at klenn@uoregon.edu

Starting Your Research

These sources can help you identify a topic for your research. Some provide an overview of a specific issue and suggest other materials which might be useful for your research. Others help you to notice a topic that might be of interest to you.

  • Illustrated Dictionary of Audiology; RF 290 .M464 1999 Knight Reference
  • Dictionary of Communication Disorders; RC 423 M597 1997 Knight Reference
  • Terminology of Communication Disorders: Speech-Language-Hearing; RC 423 N52 Knight Reference
  • Dictionary of Hearing; QP 461 M375 1999
  • Encyclopedia of Deafness and Hearing Disorders; RF 290 T93 Knight Reference
  • Gallaudet Encyclopedia of Deaf People and Deafness; HV 2365 G35 1987 Knight Reference
  • Encyclopedia of Special Education: A Reference for the Education of the Handicapped and Other Exceptional Children and Adults; LC 4007 E53 2000 Knight Reference
  • Encyclopedia of Acoustics; QC 221.5 E53 1997 Science Reference
  • Animated American Sign Language Dictionary
  • The American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary; HV 2475 T46 1998 Knight Reference
  • American sign language : a comprehensive dictionary; HV2475.S77 1981 Knight Reference

Finding Articles

To look for articles in journals, newspapers, or magazines, you will need to start with an index. An index will allow you to look by subject or a few keywords which describe your topic or by author.

  • Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) [Search tips]
    LLBA provides complete coverage of language and linguistics from about 600 journals.
  • Medline [Search tips]
    Medline covers all areas of biomedicine, including cell and molecular biology, genetics,etc., as well as clinical medicine. It corresponds to the printed indexes Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature and the International Nursing Index, and indexes 3,700+ journals. Date coverage: 1965 to present
  • Health Source: Consumer Edition [Search tips]
    Health Source Plus provides full text from nearly 270 periodicals covering nutrition, exercise, medical self-care, drugs and alcohol, and much more. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for over 430 periodicals. This database also provides full text for over 1,090 pamphlets and 23 books. Full text backfiles go as far back as January of 1990, while indexing and abstract backfiles go as far back as January of 1984.
  • Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition [Search tips]
    Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides nearly 540 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for over 570 journals.
  • Academic Search Premier [Search tips]
    A good starting point for research about linguistics. Academic Search Elite indexes a few linguistics journals and does provide some full-text access to articles.
  • ERIC (Education) [Search tips]
    Good for language learning and teaching. ERIC consists of citations to more than 850,000 records about all areas of education. ERIC is composed of citations to articles published in education journals and to ERIC documents which include curriculi, reports, standards, and other unpublished materials in education. ERIC indexes materials from 1966 to the present and is updated monthly.

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Finding Books

  • UO Library Catalog
    Identify books by topic, title or author; identify journals and magazines owned by the UO Library. To find journal articles on your topic, use the databases listed in the section above. Once you have a citation, you can check the library catalog by doing a title search on the name of the journal to see if we have it here.
  • Orbis Union Catalog
    Orbis is a consortium of libraries that doubles our collection. You can borrow books not owned by the UO Library by selecting the Request Item option. Orbis works only for books. If you want to request a journal articles, you'll need to fill out an interlibrary loan form.

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People and Organizations

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Web Resources