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Speech-Language Pathology: Databases

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Speech-Language Pathology Core Resources

Academic Search Premier
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Coverage: Indexing, 1975-present; Full-text, 1975-present
CINAHL Plus with Full Text
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Coverage: 1982-present
ComDisDome
Bibliographic indexing and abstracting tool covering the communications disorders literature, with focus on speech-language pathology and audiology.
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Education Full Text
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Coverage: Indexing from 1983; Full Text from 1996
Embase
Highly versatile, multipurpose and up-to-date biomedical database covering the most important international biomedical literature from 1947 to the present day. Supports drug discovery & development, pharmacovigilance, medical device development and post-market surveillance, and evidence-based medicine.
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users. Create an Elsevier account to export records from Embase.
ERIC
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Coverage: 1966-present

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Resources on Research/Practice Tab
Link to a wealth of EBP resources from ASHA and beyond.

Google Scholar
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Coverage: 1973-present
Language: Various
PsycARTICLES
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Coverage: 1980s - Present
PsycInfo
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Coverage: 1887 - Present
PubMed
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Coverage: 1957-present
Scopus
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.

speechBITE
Speech Pathology Database for Best Interventions and Treatment Efficacy (speechBITE™) is a free searchable database that gives you access to the best evidence across all areas of speech pathology intervention.

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speechBITE™ indexes peer reviewed research articles from all levels of evidence including: systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials, non-randomised controlled trials, case series and single subject designs. It covers the entire scope of speech pathology professional practice and includes many different types of interventions, e.g.; group therapy, technological, computer-based, pharmacological and complementary /alternative therapies.

For resources to assist with use of the speechBITE database, see Evidence-Based Speech Pathology Resources on the Research & Practice Tab.

Test Compilations & Search Tools
Link to Test Compilations & Search Tools.

Interactive Anatomy Tools

e-Anatomy
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Anatomy.tv
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.

Anatomy.TV mobile app available at https://primalpictures.com/news/updated-ios-anatomy-apps-now-available

Other Major Medical Databases

AccessMedicine
Medical and basic science textbooks from McGraw-Hill; thousands of images, videos and illustrations; interactive self-assessment; case files for medical students; time-saving diagnostic and point-of-care tools; etc.
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Cochrane Library
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.

Finding Guidelines (Sources & Appraisal Tools)

UpToDate
Clinical resource specifically designed to answer the clinical questions that arise in daily practice and to do so quickly and easily so that it can be used right at the point of care for a broad range of hospital and medical specialties. Access: Available in EPIC or onsite at UNC Health Chapel Hill & Hillsborough locations when on Skynet.
Access: Available in EPIC or onsite at UNCHealth
DynaMed
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.

Assistive Technology Resources

Aids for Organizing Your Search

Use this guide to help visualize and plan your search:

From Purdue Libraries Creating a Search Strategy Guide: Constructing a Search Statement Worksheet (.pdf download).

Use this log to keep your search organized and to document your search strategy for reporting:

Barbara Renner's Database Search Log Sheet

Other Useful guides

E-research by discipline (All UNC Libraries databases by subject)
Anatomy Resources
Audiology Resources
Education E-Research Tools (Davis)
Databases
Education Subject Specialist Librarian, Jacqueline Solis.
Geriatric Practice
Health Literacy
Linguistics
Psychology & Neurosciences Resources (Davis)
Databases
Psychology Subject Specialist Librarian, Jordan Green, and Psychology and Neuroscience Guides.
Test Instruments and Measures (HSL)
Tests and Measures (Davis)

Welcome!

Speech and Hearing Sciences Student Welcome Resources Fall 2024
Welcome! Download this 1-page brochure for links to the most important library resources for Speech & Hearing students new to UNC.

HSL Video Tutorials for (Allied) Health Sciences
A video tutorial series on using the Health Sciences Library for (Allied) Health Sciences, a set of 5 short videos (transcripts included) covering the following topics:
• Intro to HSL (Welcome & Orientation)
• Catalog Searching
• Using Databases
• Article Searching (including InterLibrary Loan - free to you - for articles we do not own
• Advanced Searching Tips (including use of AND, OR, NOT; PubMed MeSH, Advanced Searching in PubMed)

A to Z Databases

All campus databases

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search by database name

Learn How to Use Library Databases

Database Tips Guide
Learn how to search effectively for citations and links to the full text of articles using library databases such as PubMed.

Access Information

On Campus Access: Electronic resources are accessible on-campus. Faculty, students and staff must register personal laptops and mobile devices with UNC-Chapel Hill ITS.

UNC Hospitals Access: Always use links from Library websites. Onyen log-in is required when you first select the resource. Note: UpToDate is available within EPIC.

Off Campus Access: Always use links from Library websites. Onyen log-in is required when you first select the resource. Most electronic resources are accessible off-campus to students, faculty, and staff, including UNC Hospitals' staff.

Learn about off-campus access IDs.

Report an off-campus access or hospital access problem.

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Last Updated: May 19, 2025 4:03 PM
URL: https://guides.lib.unc.edu/speechpathology