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* American Sign Language: Research Resources

Guide to Sources for the American Sign Language Program at the University of Rochester

Databases

Journal Articles

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  • LLBA - Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (ProQuest):  Covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Complete coverage is given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics
  • SOCIndex (EBSCO): Comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study.
  • MLA International Bibliography:  Identifies articles, books, dissertations on literature, linguistics, film and folklore.
  • CMMC - Communication and Mass Media Complete (EBSCO): Full text and cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for journals covering communication, mass media, linguistics, rhetoric, language, logic, and other closely related fields

Streaming video

  • Alexander Street  Streaming access to 14,000 titles; browse by fields of interest
  • Kanopy  Streaming video database with over 20,000 movie titles from a large group of film producers including the Criterion Collection, PBS, Kino Lorber Edu, Documentary Educational Resources Collection, BBC Active Collection, and many others

Related Subject Guides

Reference Works

  • Sage Deaf Studies Encyclopedia (2016) online in Sage Knowledge
  • Gallaudet Encyclopedia of Deaf People and Deafness (1987) online in Gale Virtual Reference Library and

    Rhees Reference HV2365 .G35 1987

  • E-Z American Sign Language (2011) online in Credo Reference
  • Encyclopedia of Deafness and Hearing Disorders   Rhees Reference RF290 .T93 2000
  • MIT Encyclopedia of Communication Disorders  (2003)  online in ebrary and Rhees Reference RC423 .M56 2004
  • Random House Webster's American Sign Language Medical Dictionary   Rhees Stacks HV2475 .C663 2000
  • Random House Webster's American sign language legal dictionary   Rhees Stacks K52.A6 C67 2003
  • Signing in Fourteen Languages   Rhees Stacks HV2475 .P75 2000
  • American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary  Rhees Reference HV2475 .T46 1998
  • American Sign Language   Rhees Reference HV2475 .S77 1998
  • Deaf Persons in the Arts and Sciences: A Biographical Dictionary   Rhees Reference HV2373 .L36 1995
  • NTC's Multilingual Dictionary of American Sign Language  Rhees Reference HV2475 .N73 1995
  • Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology  (2010)  online in Wiley Online Library
  • Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics  (2007)  online in ebrary
  • Encyclopedia of Life Sciences  (1999-2010)  online in Wiley Online Library

ASL Librarian

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