Department of Communication Disorders
Departmental Research Guide

This research guide relays some basic information on library and information resources pertaining to the concerns of this department, as provided by University Libraries and/or sites on the World Wide Web.

1. To Shelf-Browse for Books (using main Library of Congress Subject Divisions)

Books on subjects associated with this field are shelved under the call number ranges listed below. Use TOPCAT to search for specific items in the collection, or more narrowly-defined subjects.

Education:  Education (General): L7-L991 ------- History of Education: LA5-LA2396 ------- Theory and Practice of Education: LB5-LB3640 ----- Teaching (Principles and Practices): LB 1025-LB1050.7 ------- Special Aspects of Education: LC8-LC6691 ----- Special Education: LC3950-LC3990.4 ----- Exceptional Children and Youth: LC3950-4806.5 ----- Gifted Children and Youth: LC3991-LC4000 ----- Handicapped/Learning Disabled Children And Youth: LC4001-LC4806.5 ----- Textbooks: LT6-LT1001

Medicine:  Neurosciences/Biological psychiatry: RC321-RC571

Social Sciences:  Handicapped (including blind, deaf, mentally handicapped, physically handicapped): HV1551-HV3024

2. To Find Journal and Magazine Articles (using indexing/abstracting/full-text services)

The following services are recommended for first-year students and non-majors, as well as advanced students and researchers:

• Academic Search Premier, MasterFILE Premier, E-Subscribe (ERIC), Professional Development Collection, MAS FullTEXT Ultra, PsycINFO, Health Source Plus, Communication & Mass Media Complete, and MEDLINE with MeSH: These EBSCOhost-based databases feature indexing and abstracting of numerous journals and magazines WKU Libraries receives in print, as well as the electronic full-text of many articles.
• Article1st and ERIC: As components of FirstSearch, these databases index numerous journals and magazines; many of these are available in the University Libraries. Article1st indexes over 12,000 journals and magazines devoted to various subjects; over 300 journals are devoted to education-related topics. ERIC (Education Resource Information Center), the largest and most comprehensive U.S. national bibliographic database devoted to education, indexes many thousands of education-related journal articles and documents.
• KYVL (Kentucky Virual Library): This collection of databases provides the convenience of searching the FirstSearch and EBSCOhost databases, as well as others such as Novelist, using a wide variety of search options and the same interface. Links to Kentucky library catalogs, government information, and teacher resources are also available.

Special resource:  TDNet Electronic Journal Finder [use to access Libraries' electronic journals, magazines, and newspapers, as well as some indexes and databases containing full-text articles; includes a comprehensive A-Z listing of titles]

3. Monographic Reference Works in Helm Library

The following are recommended for use:

• Concise Encyclopedia of Language Pathology Helm Ref RC423.C656
• Encyclopedia of Special Education Helm Ref LC4007.E53
• To browse for materials such as handbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, directories, etc. pertaining to Communication Disorders, search the Reference shelves in Helm and the ERC within the LC3950-LC4806.5, RC321-RC571,and HV1551-HV3024 range of call numbers. Resources for Communication Disorders teachers can be found in the Educational Resources Center within this call number range also.

4. Department of Communication Disorders

• Department Homepage: http://www.wku.edu/communicationdisorders/
  
• Department Faculty/Staff: http://www.wku.edu/communicationdisorders/faculty.php

5. Related Professional Societies (for professional news, careers/jobs, memberships, etc.)

• American Academy of Audiology: http://www.audiology.org/
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association: http://www.asha.org/
• Kentucky Speech-Language-Hearing Association: http://www.kysha.org/
• National Association for the Education of Young Children: http://www.naeyc.org/
• National Council for Social Studies: http://www.ncss.org/
• National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association: http://www.nsslha.org/
  

6. Web Sites Recommended by Department of Communication Disorders Faculty

• Education Resource Organizations Directory (USDE): http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/Programs/EROD/
• Hearing, Speech & Deafness Center: http://www.hsdc.org/
• Kentucky Department of Education: http://www.education.ky.gov/
• Kentucky Virtual University: http://www.kyvu.org/
• The Listen-Up Web [speech pathology]: http://www.listen-up.org/
• National Center for Family Literacy: http://www.famlit.org/
• National Center for Voice and Speech: http://www.ncvs.org/
• North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL): http://www.ncrel.org/
• Rehab World: http://www.rehabworld.com/
• Scope of Practice in Audiology: http://www.asha.org/docs/html/SP2004-00192.html
• Scope of Practice in Speech-Language Pathology: http://www.asha.org/docs/html/SP2007-00283.html
• Speech-LanguagePathologist.org: http://www.speechtherapist.net/
• Speech Language Pathology Web Sites: http://www.herring.org/speech.html
• Speech-Language Pathology Website: http://home.ica.net/~fred/
• Speech Language Pathology World: http://www.rehabworld.com/rwstdex.htm
• Speech Ring: http://www.bungalowsoftware.com/webring.htm
• Virtual Bowling Green Kentucky: http://bg.ky.net/index.shtml
• WKU College of Education and Behavioral Sciences: http://edtech.tph.wku.edu/
• WKU School of Teacher Education: http://edtech.tph.wku.edu/~teached/TED.html

University Libraries Liaison: Carol Watwood (x53912 / carol.watwood@wku.edu) Last updated 3/02/2007
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