Communication Disorders: Reference Sources

Finding background information

Buley Library has a number of reference sources to help you find definitions and summaries of topics. These sources can be an excellent starting point for research.

Online Resources:

Credo, an online collection of reference books, has several dictionaries and encyclopedias that might be useful to you, including but not limited to:
Dictionary of Linguistics & Phonetics
Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professionals
Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary
Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development

Gale Virtual Reference, another collection of online reference books includes:
Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence
Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Child Development
Learning and Memory

Oxford Reference Online: Premium Edition also has several pertinent online reference resources, including several dictionaries of medicine.

Print Resources:

Below is a short selection of reference sources relating to communication disorders located in the Reference Collection on the Main Floor. To find more reference books, use the online card catalog, CONSULS.

Advanced Review of Speech-Language Pathology: Preparation for the NESPA & Comprehensive Examinations
REF RC 423 .R66 2000

Concise Encyclopedia of Language Pathology
REF RC 423.C656 1999

Dictionary of Communication Disorders
REF RC 423 .M597 1993

Gallaudet Encyclopedia of Deaf People and Deafness
REF HV 2365 .G35 1987

Quick reference to Speech-Language Pathology
REF RC 423 .P665 1999

Signet Mosby Medical Encyclopedia
REF RC 81 .A2 S54 1996

Singular's Pocket Dictionary of Speech-Language Pathology
REF RC 423 .S533 2000

Terminology of Communication Disorders: Speech-Language-
Hearing
REF RC 423 .N52 1989

Susan Clerc
Reference Librarian

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