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Communication Sciences & Disorders

Journal Articles | Background | Books & Videos | Tests, Etc.

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Best Bets Databases

How to use :

Cochrane Library | ComDisDOME | ERIC | LLBA | PsycINFO | PubMed

Which database should I use?:

Use the following table to help determine which database(s) you should use before searching.  For ex., if your topic emphasizes psychological aspects of a CSD topic, search the PsycINFO (EBSCO) database. 

                                         

TOPIC? :	TRY :
Abstracts of CSD Dissertations, incl. full text of dissertations from 1996-	Dissertation Abstracts Online with Digital Dissertations
Language development; Education and special education-related issues	ERIC (EBSCO)
Language development; language disorders; speech disorders; sociolinguistics; lexicology	LLBA ( Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts) (CSA)
Medicine:  All topics including ENT / otorhinolaryngology	PubMed (incl. MEDLINE, created by the National Library of Medicine.)  To search just MEDLINE, go to the Limits search screen, scroll down the Subsets drop down box until you get to the More Subsets category and then check the MEDLINE box.
Medicine:  Evidence-based intervention reviews	Cochrane Library
Medicine:  Genetics	Genetics Abstracts (CSA) ; also Human Genome Abstracts (CSA) , and OMIM
Medicine:  Human anatomy images	images.MD ; HEAL Library ; ANATOMY.TV ; NEJM image file
Medicine:  Pharmaceutical & environmental	Medical & Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Abstracts (CSA) - a subset of Biotechnology Research Abstracts  ; TOXNET
Medicine & Allied Health  (Nursing, OT, PT, and CSD)	CINAHL Plus (EBSCO)
Psychology; psycholinguistics; hearing	PsycINFO (EBSCO)
Tests and Measurements (incl. CSD)	Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print (EBSCO)
Experimental CSD gateway (combined searches across selected Dissertation Abstracts + PubMED + selected books + web resources	ComDisDOME (CSA)
Need help in creating a bibliography?	RefWorks
Need to find a cited article or author?	Web of Science (ISI)  (incl. Science Citation and Social Sciences Citation Indexes)

NOTE:  EBSCO databases can be searched simultaneously
            CSA databases can be searched simultaneously

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