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Combines Communication and Mass Media Complete and Communications Abstracts (formerly published by Sage).
Offers full-text content pertaining to communication studies, linguistics, rhetoric and discourse, speech-language pathology, media studies and related fields and includes many unique sources previously not available.
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3D anatomy and physiology package specifically supports learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders. Click on Clinical Specialties to view modules for Audiology, Speech Language Pathology, or Head and Neck: Basic Neuroanatomy. May also click on 3D Atlas to view the module on Head and Neck. (Additional modules include Quizzes and Activities for SLP and r Anatomy & Physiology [whole body].)
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Speech Language Pathology Journals:

Listed below are titles of journals available in the library.
To access these journals. search the title of the journal in the "Journals A-Z" search.

Journal Titles:

Augmentative and alternative communication
American journal of speech-language pathology
Annual Review of Education, Communication & Language Sciences
Child language teaching and therapy
Communication disorders quarterly
Dysphagia
Ear, nose, & throat journal
Ear and hearing
International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders
Journal of Child Language Acquisition and Development
Journal of language and social psychology
Journal of speech, language, and hearing research
Journal of voice
Language, speech & hearing services in schools
Language and speech
The Language Learning Journal
Topics in early childhood special education
Topics in language disorders

Features of Scholarly Books:

Due to the length, they typically cover a topic more broadly than journal articles.
They are typically written for a larger audience than journal articles.
They may contain a collection of related chapters by different authors.

Important Note: In most cases you'll only use a chapter or two for your research so don't be scared off by the length of a book.

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Websites:

ASHA (American Speech-L)anguage-Hearing Association
ASHA is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association for 228,000 members and affiliates who are audiologists; speech-language pathologists; speech, language, and hearing scientists; audiology and speech-language pathology assistants; and students.
Speech and Hearing Elite Learning
Provides information on professional trends, hearing technology and research, marketing methods, business and finance topics, industry news and product information
Pennsylvania Speech Language Hearing Association (PSHA)
The Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association, founded in 1960, is a professional organization of speech-language pathologists, audiologists and teachers of the hearing impaired.
Northeastern Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Pennsylvania (NESHAP)
e Northeastern Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Pennsylvania (NESHAP) is a professional organization consisting of speech-language pathologists, audiologists, speech, language and hearing scientists, and educators of the hearing impaired within Northeastern Pennsylvania. Our mission is to promote the interests of and provide the highest quality services for professionals in the field, and advocate for people with communication disabilities.

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