Speech Communication Guide: Web Sites

Web Sites

Human Communication: Library Research Guide

There are lots of great web sites on the Internet for Human Communication students: sites of professional organizations, sites of career information, sites of HCOMM resources, etc. Below is a list of some useful/popular Human Communication sites. This list is by no means comprehensive, so If you have additional sites you would like to add to this list, submit them: --> jhickok@fullerton.edu

Human Communication
1. National Communication Association
Founded in 1914, NCA is a non-profit organization of researchers, educators, students, and practitioners, whose academic interests span all forms of human communication.
    http://www.natcom.org
2. American Communications Association
The professional association of Communications to "promote academic and professional research, criticism, teaching, practical use, and exchange of principles and theories of human communication."
    http://www.uark.edu/~aca/
3. Western States Communication Association
This professional association aims to "unite people in the Western States who have an academic, lay or professional interest in communication and who want to promote their mutual educational interests."
    http://www.westcomm.org/
4. International Speech Communication Association
An international nonprofit organization, begun in France in 1988, to "to promote Speech Communication Science and Technology, both in the industrial and Academic areas."
    http://www.isca-speech.org/
5. Southern States Speech Communication Association
An academic/professional organization, to "promote the study, criticism, research, teaching, and application of the artistic, humanistic, and scientific principles of communication."
     http://ssca.net
5. California Speech Communication Association
Located at CSU Fresno, The CSCA "seeks to promote a statewide climate that enhances individual professional growth and to facilitate effective group action."
     http://www.csufresno.edu/comm/csca.htm
6. Online Speech Bank
Hosted at the American Rhetoric Web site and maintained by Speech Communication professor Michael Eidenmuller, U. of Texas. Has hundreds of famous audio speeches online, and their transcripts.
    http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm
7. International Listening Association
A professional organization "...dedicated to learning more about the impact that listening has on all human activity."
    http://www.listen.org

Communicative Disorders
1. Occupational Outlook: Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
    This is career information on Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists from the gov't publication Occupational Outlook. Includes job descriptions, resources & projections.
    http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos085.htm
2. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
     This is the professional association of audiologists, SLH professionals, etc. Has info on the profession, articles, and links.
     http://professional.asha.org/
3. Advance magazine for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists
    This is a commercial magazine (free subscription) for the SLH professional community. Has articles, news, etc. plus a long list of links to all professional SLH organizations
    http://www.advanceforspanda.com/
4. Speaking of Speech.com
    This is a commercial site, maintained by a current SLH Pathologist in the K-12 field. The site is "an interactive forum for speech/language pathologists and teachers to improve communication skills in educational settings." Has links to many practical, pedagogical sites in the area of SLH.
    http://www.speakingofspeech.com/
5. Speech Pathology links on Links2Go.net
    Links2Go.net is a web service that lists links to organizations, educational institutions, and commercial services, on all subjects immaginable...including "Speech Pathology"
    http://www.links2go.net/topic/Speech_Pathology
6. Speech Pathology links on About.com
    Like Links2Go.net, this web service provides info and links on Speech Pathology. Also includes links to articles.
    http://search.about.com/fullsearch.htm?meta=rs&terms=Speech+Pathology
7. Speech Pathology links on Yahoo.com
    Like above, provides links on Speech Pathology.
    http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=speech+pathology