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Communication Sciences & Disorders

Articles (from Journals)

Know Your Core CSD Journals

Writing a paper? Use this 3-step strategy:

1. Look for Link Finder Plus icon in these databases to link to full-text:

Cochrane Library (Wiley)
[search tips] EBM: reviews of evidence-based health care treatment studies.[more info]
ComDisDome (CSA)
This database has changed interfaces (10/30/2007).  It has moved to the CSA Illumina platform.
[search tips] Selected CDS books, journal articles, dissertations & web resources[more info]
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)
[search tips] Education journals & unpublished documents; language acquisition[more info]
LLBA (Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts) (CSA)
[search tips]  Indexes over 115 CSD journals & bk. chapters;  language acquisition, S-LP, psycholinguistics & sociolinguistics.[more info]
PsycINFO (EBSCO)
[search tips]  Psychology journals, books, chapters, dissertations & reports; audiology. Good resource for audiology, hearing tests, and related subjects. Covers over 160 Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) journals.[more info]
PubMed (NLM)
[search tips] Over 140 medical CSD journals;  created by the Nat'l Library of Medicine[more info]

. . . .   All CSD Journal Article Databases

2. Can't find your article online?


Using your citation, search Periodical Locator to see if JMU provides access to the journal, whether online or in print


Example: Journal of Child Language

3. Can't find your article anywhere?


Use  Interlibrary Loan to request articles and other items including books & dissertations

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What's New in the Collection 7/3/2008
more news...
CSD Liaison Links:

Fall 07 Grad. Orientation [PowerPt. Presentation]

DLVE-SLP Lib.Resources [PowerPt. Presentation]
Comp. Lit. Review Search [PowerPt. Presentation]
CSD Faculty Meeting [PowerPt. Presentation]

Books, Videos, Tests & Dissertations

 Search LEO Library Catalog:

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Find CSD Videos & CSD Tests on LEO

Medical & Regional Library Catalogs

WorldCAT 
millions of titles from around the world

Dissertation Abstracts Online with Digital Dissertations (ProQuest)
Includes JMU CSD dissertations (full text)

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Web Reference Resources

CSD Subject Guides
Kuster's Net connections & other guides

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Directories

Government Resources

Grants & Employment Info.

Images (Anatomy)

Organization Sites

Pharmaceutical Info.

Research Reviews

Statistics

Tests & Test Info.:  CSD Tests;   MMY, HAPI

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Handouts

CSD Reference Bibliography
Rev. of Medical Library Association BibKit #1

CSD Booklet [PowerPt. Presentation]
Subject headings/descriptors; Boolean searching; truncation, etc.

In-Class Exercises [PowerPt. Presentation]
Evaluating websites, etc.

The Not-So-Secret World of Controlled Vocabularies [PowerPt. Presentation]

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RefWorks

Tired of formatting bibliographies?
Import references into RefWorks, which will format them in APA, MLA, or other chosen styles.

New enhancements include:
Mac Write-N-Cite; Automated EndNote Library Import; New Reference Types;
and Additional Information Fields!