Communication Sciences & Disorders Guide

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Welcome to the Communication Sciences & Disorders Subject Guide.

Audience: CUW CSD undergraduate and SLP graduate students

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Evidence Based Practice Guide

Course Guides

SLP 515 Library Homework

Scholarly Journals

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Communication Science & Speech-Language Pathology Databases

You can also search Primo for articles.

For General Instructions: Finding Journal Articles

Browse Articles by Journal Title

Communication Sciences and Disorders ejournals

Use the search option in the database to search inside the journal for keywords on your topic.

Databases (Search for Articles)

Communication Science & Speech-Language Pathology Databases

Books & ebooks

You can search for books & ebooks in Primo. For General instructions see: Finding Books & Ebooks

Search for Ebooks

Ebook Central

EBSCO eBooks

Reference Books

These General books serve as a good starting point for definitions and background information

The Sounds of Language: An Introduction to Phonetics	Ebook
The Hearing Sciences Textbook	Ebook
Speech Disorders: Causes, Treatments, and Social Effects	Ebook
Writing Scientific Research in Communication Sciences & Disorders	Ebook
Essentials of Audiology	Ebook
Preclinical Speech Science: Anatomy, Physiology, Acoustics, & Perception	Ebook

Browse for Books in the Library

Library of Congress Call Numbers

HV 2474 American Sign Language (ASL)

RC 423-428.8 Speech Therapy

RF 290-210 Deafness Audiology

RJ 496 Communicative Disorders in Children

QP 461 Perception of Sound

Literature Review Assignments

Helpful Resources

Other CUW Help Guides

Evidence-Based Practice

EBP Research Search Tools

Working of a literature review? Try one of these tools to find more research articles and grey literature.

Speech Bite (Web database of EBP research for SLP)
ASHA Evidence Maps: Searchable online tool which provides external scientific evidence, clinical expertise, and client perspectives on CSD topics and conditions
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry of past, current, and upcoming clinical trials.
NARIC (National Rehabilitation Information Center) DATABASE. 69,000 abstracts of books, reports, articles, and audiovisual materials relating to disability and rehabilitation research. 1956 -present.
Epistemonikos
EPB search tool for systematic reviews
HSRProj (Health Services Research Projects in Progress) (NIH)
Search tool for current health services research and public health projects in the US

PICO Search Tools Online

Trip Database – Clinical Search Engine Clinical search tool designed identify the highest quality clinical evidence for clinical practice. Registered users (registration is free) benefit from extra features such as CPD, search history, and collaborative tools.
SumSearch
Search PubMed with PICO

Search Terms

MeSH terms vs. Keywords:

Looking for some suggestions for Primo or databases? Try one of these keywords or phrases related to your topic.

LC Subject Terms:

“American Sign Language”
Audiology
“Communicative Disorders”
“Communication Disorders”
Deafness
Deglutition
Hearing
“Language Acquisition”
“Language Disorders”
Language Disorders in children
Psycholinguistics
“Physiological acoustics”
“Speech Disorders”
“Speech Disorders in children”
“Speech Therapy”
Stuttering
“Voice Disorders”

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