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Communication Sciences & Disorders: Background Information

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1. Communication Sciences & Disorders

Concise Encyclopedia of Brain and Language
Call Number: Ref QP 399 .C66 2010
Dictionary of Communication Disorders, 4th ed.
Call Number: Ref RC 423 .M597 2005
Also online
Dictionary of Hearing
Call Number: Ref RF 290 .M35 2014
Illustrated Dictionary of Speech-Language Pathology
Call Number: Ref RC 423 .S533 2000
Also referred to as Singular's Pocket Dictionary...
The MIT Encyclopedia of Communication Disorders
Online Resource

2. Related Fields

Health
Languages, Linguistics, & Phonetics

Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 32nd ed.
Call Number: Ref R 121 .D73 32nd ed. 2012
Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions, 10th ed.
Publication Date: 2017
Online Resource
Mosby's Pocket Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions, 8th ed.
Call Number: Ref R 121 .M67 2017
Stedman's Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing, 7th ed.
Call Number: Ref R 121 .S8 2012
Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed.
Publication Date: 2017
Online Resource

The American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary, 2nd ed.
Call Number: Ref HV 2475 .T46 2010
The American Sign Language Phrase Book, 3rd ed.
Publication Date: 2008
Online Resource
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language, 3rd ed.
Call Number: Ref P29 .C64 2010
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics, 3rd ed.
Publication Date: 2014
Dictionary of Languages
Publication Date: 1998
Online Resource
A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics, 6th ed.
Publication Date: 2008
Online Resource
International Encyclopedia of Linguistics, 2nd ed.
Call Number: Ref P 29 .I58 2003 v. 1-4

3. More Information

Search the URSUS Catalog for UMaine items
(encyclop* OR dictionar*) AND more specific topic
to find items like

Encyclopedia of Acoustics
Call Number: Ref QC 221.5 .E53 1997 v. 1-4

Example: URSUS Catalog search for Fogler Library encyclopedias or dictionaries about acoustics

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