COD Library: Speech Language Pathology Assistant: Books

This guide is a starting point for locating Speech Language Pathology Assistant (SLPA) and Speech Language Pathology (SLP) books, videos, anatomical models, journal articles, and credible websites.

The menu on the right will help you research, locate, evaluate and cite resources in APA style.

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Use our catalog to find books, videos, and other resources in our collections.

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Keyword Searching

Do a keyword search of the Library catalog using words that are specific to your topic. Try using specific keywords, such as proper names, combining several keywords, or using keyword phrases. For example:

(speech AND language) AND (career* OR job*)
(speech OR audiol*) AND (therap* OR rehab*)

General Keywords:
speech-language pathology; speech therapy; communication sciences and disorders; speech and language development; phonology; morphology; semantics; syntax; pragmatics; voice; fluency; swallowing; children; families; students; speech-language professionals; speech and language research

Or search for specific condition/disease/disorder or therapy/treatment:

Example Disorders:
stuttering, hearing loss, aphasia, childhood language delays, articulation delays, phonological delays, laryngectomy

Example Therapies:
language therapy, articulation therapy, phonological therapy, plastic surgery to repair cleft palate, alaryngeal speech rehabilitation, passy muir valves, hearing aids, foreign accent modification

For more tips on creating keyword searches, see the Articles section of this guide

Once you find some items, you can use subject headings to find other items that cover the same topic.

Subject Searching

**Try these **subjects** to browse the General and Reference Collections**
aphasia	speech therapists
articulation disorders	speech therapy
language acquisition	stuttering
mutism	voice disorders
speech disorders

Reference Sources

Reference materials are well indexed, up-to-date, concise, and highly credible. They provide overviews, definitions, specific information (such as causes & symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, prognosis, etc) or addresses. Types of reference books include: directories, dictionaries and encyclopedias, basic health books (describing diseases and conditions), and drug resources.

Electronic Reference

Gale eBooks
Gale eBooks is a collection of online reference books on a variety of topics including business, history, literature, health & medicine, social science, technology, and more. The inclusion of key word definitions within its concise encyclopedia entries makes this database the perfect starting point for professional and personal research.
MedlinePlus Consumer Health
MedlinePlus is the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) consumer health web portal. It contains reputable information on health topics, medical tests, drugs and supplements, genetics, the latest medical news, and more in a variety of reading levels and languages, including Spanish. Its medical encyclopedia contains images and videos. It can be linked to EHRs (Electronic Health Records) and should be the first stop when seeking health information on the internet.

Medscape Reference
An online clinical reference providing in-depth drug & disease information and tools to support clinical decision making. Content is designed for practicing medical professionals and includes diagnostic medical images. Free Registration to MedScape is required. To go straight to an entry in this resource, try Googling the word emedicine and your disease/condition (i.e. emedicine pneumonia)
Merck Manuals Consumer Version
Merck Manuals Professional Version
Merriam-Webster Online Medical Dictionary
A medical dictionary that includes audio pronunciations

Physical Reference

Conn's Current Therapy REF RM101 .C87

Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment REF RC71 .A14

Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary REF R 121.D73 (Ready Reference--located at our reference desks)

Goldman's Cecil Medicine REF RC46 .C423

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine REF RC46 .H333

Call Number Ranges

Use these call number ranges to browse our collection shelves.

Also look for e-books and streaming videos

Call Number	Subject
BF 251	Hearing, Psychology
BF 455	Psychology of Language and Speech
BF 723.C57	Child Psychology Communication
LB 3251-3454	School Health Services
LC 4028	Language and Learning
P 118	Early Language Acquisition/Emergent Lexicon
P 221	Phonetics
QM 251	Anatomy and Physiology of Speech
QM 507	Human Anatomy - Ear
QP 86	Physiology of Aging
QP 306	Physiology of Voice and Speech
QP 461 - QP 471	Neurophysiology - Hearing - Physiological Acoustics
RC 423	Communication Disorders
RC 424	Stuttering
RC 424.7	Articulation Disorders
RC 425	Aphasia
RF 110 - RF 285	Otology - Diseases of the Ear
RF 290 - RF 294	Audiology - Hearing Disorders
RF 294.5	Audiology - Special Tests and Methods
RF 298 - RF 310	Hearing Disorders - Instruments
RF 510	Diseases of the Larynx, Vocal Cords. Instrumentation
RJ 496	Language and Communication Disorders in Children