Reference Books

Human Communication: Library Research Guide

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You'll find valuable encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, handbooks/guides, etc. in the field of Communications in the Reference section of the library (1st floor, North Wing).   Below are some samples; not the Call Numbers...that's where you'll find other, similar books nearby.

Human Communication
Guides/Handbooks
A guide to international communication and customs            HF5389 .M375 2006
Sourcebook for rhetoric: key concepts in contemporary...      PN172 .J37 2001
Quick guide to the Internet for speech communication           ZA4201. D69 2000
Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
Descriptionary: a Rhetoric Dictionary                                  PE1591 .M415 2005
Encyclopedia of Communication & Information                     P87.5 .E53 2002
Encyclopedia of Rhetoric  [also e-book]                               PN172.E52 2001
A dictionary of quotations about communication                   PN6081. D535 2000

(Controversial/Debate resources)
Click here for the Library's quick-guide on controversial/debate resources.

Communicative Disorders
Guides/Handbooks
Springer handbook of acoustics [ebook]                              QC225.15 .S67 2007
Learning disabilities sourcebook                                         LC4705 .L434 2003
Singular's illustrated dictionary of audiology                         RF290 .M464 1999

Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
The Gallaudet dictionary of American Sign Language            HV2475 .G35 2005
The MIT encyclopedia of communication disorders                RC423 .M56 2004
Illustrated dictionary of speech-language pathology               RC423 .S533 2000
The encyclopedia of deafness and hearing disorders             RF290 .T93 2000
 

      

(To find even more books, search the online catalog.)
 

Prepared by: John Hickok, Communications Librarian
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