Databases for Human Communication Sciences
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| Main databases | |
|---|---|
| British education index | Indexes over 350 British and selected European English-language periodicals in the field of education and training, useful for work with children. Available via Dialog@Site. |
| CINAHL | The cumulative index to nursing and allied health literature, which is particularly useful for speech therapy and language therapy. |
| MEDLINE | The most extensive international health care database. |
| PubMED | Offers free access to MEDLINE |
| MLA international bibliography | Covers literature, language, and linguistics articles from over 3,000 journals. |
| PsycINFO | International literature in psychology, psychiatry and related fields. Particularly useful for mental health nursing. |
| Other useful databases | |
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| ASSIA via ProQuest | Applied social sciences index and abstracts: a useful source for social issues particularly within the fields of speech and language therapy, psychology, sociology, and social policy |
| BIOSIS previews | Online version of Biological abstracts, which covers biological and biomedical topics. |
| ERIC via ProQuest Dialog | British, Australian and American education journals covering all aspects of education, including educational policy, history, psychology, and sociology. |
| Linguistics abstracts online | This database contains abstracts from articles in nearly four hundred linguistics journals. |
| Linguistics & language behaviour abstracts via ProQUest | Available via ProQuest. |
| ScienceDirect | An extensive collection of science, technology and medical full-text and bibliographic information, which covers social sciences. |
| speechBITE | Catalogue of Best Interventions and Treatment Efficacy across the scope of speech pathology practice |
| Web of Knowledge | Large multi-disciplinary database with subject and citation indexes. |