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Communication Sciences & Disorders

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Background: Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

• Glossarist - searchable directory of glossaries and topical dictionaries online
  
• Print Dictionaries & Encyclopedias in ECL and/or Carrier Library Reference Areas
  

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CSD-SPECIFIC:

• Augmentative Communication (ASHA)
• Deaf Etiologies and Causes, incl. Medical Syndromes (Gallaudet University)
• Deaf Glossary (Deafness Research Foundation: basic terms for patients)
  

• Glossary of Neuroscience Terms (CSU, Chico)
• Glossary of Speech - Language (and Related) Terminology 
  (Speechville Express)
• Hearing Dictionary Online (Hearing Center Online)
• Otolaryngology Glossary  (Medical College of Georgia)
• Pediatric ENT Glossary  (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center)
• The Voice Academy Glossary

MEDICAL AND OTHER RELATED RESOURCES:

• A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia (NIH-NLM sponsored)
• Dorland's Medical Dictionary (Merck)
• DSM-IV-TR® Library (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
• Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior, 2004 (Gale/Sage publication)
• Encyclopedia of Human Development, 2006 (Gale/Sage publication)
• Encyclopedia of School Psychology, 2005 (Gale/Sage publication)
• Evidence-Based Medicine Glossary of Terms  (Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine)
• [Gale] Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, 2d ed, 2005
• [Gale] Encyclopedia of Cancer, 2d ed, 2006
• [Gale] Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy Through Adolescence, 2006
• [Gale] Encyclopedia of Diets: A Guide to Health and Nutrition, 2008
• [Gale] Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, 2d ed, 2006
• [Gale] Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3d ed., 2006
• [Gale] Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders, 2003
• [Gale] Encyclopedia of Mental Health, 2d ed, 2008
• [Gale] Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders, 2005
• [Gale] Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health, 2d ed, 2007
• Genetic Syndromes Index, University of Kansas Medical Center
• Glossary of Terms in the Fields of Psychiatry and Neurology
• Medical Abbreviations Dictionary (Medi Lexicon; formerly Pharma-Lexicon)
• Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
• Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
• Orphanet (rare diseases and orphan drugs)
• [Oxford] Dictionary of Food and Nutrition, 2d ed., 2005
• [Oxford] Dictionary of Genetics, 7th ed., 2006
• [Oxford] Dictionary of Physics, 5th ed., 2005
• [Oxford] Dictionary of Psychology, 2d ed., 2006
• Neuro-Anatomy - Stroke Glossary
• [Sage] Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science, 2005
• [Sage] Encyclopedia of Behavior Modification and Cognitive Behavior Therapy, 2007
• [Sage] Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education, 2008
• [Sage] Encyclopedia of Disability, 2006
• [Sage] Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology, 2008
• [Sage] Encyclopedia of Epidemiology, 2008
• [Sage] Encyclopedia of Health & Aging, 2007

• [Sage] Encyclopedia of Health Care Management, 2006
• Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms (Nat'l. Human Genome Research Institute)

• Martindale's Health Science Guide/University of Calf. (Irvine) Science Library
  This multi-media information "VIRTUAL" - MEDICAL CENTER contains a myriad of resources including teaching files, medical cases, textbooks, tutorials, databases and more. A resource with pointers to various sites containing anatomical maps and related images for various parts of the human body, including the whole brain; ear/cochlear images; vocal/speech parts, etc. Sites include the University of Wisconsin, Washington University (St. Louis, MO.), UK hospitals, etc. Subject categories of interest include: 

Anatomy & Histology Center
Brain & Neuro Center
Otolaryngology,  Otorhinolaryngology Center
Radiology Center

• AccessScience: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online
• [Gale] Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics, 2005
  
  

SIGN LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS, ETC. RESOURCES: 

• American Sign Language (ASL) Michigan State University's ASL Browser Web site (signs presented using QuickTime movies)
  
• ASL-Pro.com (incl. dictionary)
• Glossary of Deaf Acronyms (Deaf World Web)
• Handspeak.Com (for subscribers)
• Martindale's Health Science Guide:  Sign Language and Braille

There are currently a couple of commerical sign language CD-ROM products available, including a version of Martin L. Sternberg's American Sign Language and Harris Communications's Interactive Sign Language Fingerspelling & Numbers. Sternberg's American Sign Language Dictionary, 1994 rev. edition, produced by Harper Collins is not available via the Internet or Carrier Library Network; however it is available at Carrier Library, Media Resources. Ask for the disc at the circulation desk. Another copy also is available at the ETMC.

• [Blackwell] Encyclopedic Dictionary of Applied Linguistics
• Glossary of Linguistic Terms
• Online Dictionary of the Social Sciences
• Your Dictionary.com
  Includes links to Specialty Dictionaries  (linguistics, medicine, psychology, slang, etc.)
  

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This page last reviewed by J. Anderson on 06/04/2009