Databases
Research databases
Search the literature on communication disorders and allied areas. Some databases are subscribed by AIISH, one is available through ERMED, and the rest are free to use.
AIISH-subscribed databases
Available to AIISH users through the Library and Information Centre.
CINAHL Ultimate
CINAHL stands for Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature. It is a full-text research literature database covering journal articles in nursing, allied health, biomedicine and healthcare. It indexes hundreds of speech and hearing and related journals.
Open CINAHL UltimateComDisDome and Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
ComDisDome is an indexing and abstracting tool covering the communications disorders literature, with a focus on speech-language pathology and audiology. It helps you identify and connect to reliable information from multiple sources, including journal articles and books, and gives access to profiles of researchers working in this area.
LLBA abstracts and indexes the international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences. It covers phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Indexed documents include journal articles, book reviews, books, book chapters, dissertations and working papers.
Open ComDisDome and LLBAJ-Gate
J-Gate is a bibliographic database of journal literature, indexed from nearly 50,000 e-journals. It links to the full text of AIISH-subscribed e-journals and of free e-journals published by 12,210 publishers.
Open J-GateScopus
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. It gives an overview of the world's research output in science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities, with tools to track, analyse and visualise research.
Open ScopusThieme MedOne ComSci
Thieme MedOne ComSci is a full-text database on audiology and speech language pathology. It contains e-books (1,400 pages), peer-reviewed surgical procedures (166) and images and videos (7,000).
Open Thieme MedOne ComSciDatabase available through ERMED
Provided through the Educational Resources in Medicine (ERMED) consortium.
Clinical MedOne Education
MedOne Education is a medical learning platform covering every course in the medical school curriculum. It is a resource for learning, review and research in medicine and the life sciences. Alongside review titles, it includes illustrated full-colour textbooks on anatomy, basic sciences, clinical sciences, dentistry, osteopathic and physical therapy, radiology and USMLE® test prep, with downloadable images and video. It is published by Thieme.
Open Clinical MedOne EducationFree databases
Open to everyone, with no subscription needed.
Dimensions
Dimensions is the world's largest connected research database, covering publications, conference abstracts, grants, patents, clinical trials, datasets, policy documents and more. It claims to give a 360-degree view of all research, including researcher profiles, institutional profiles and global trends, and has the most exhaustive journal coverage.
Open DimensionsERIC
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and gives wide access to education-related literature. It covers journal articles, conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs.
Open ERICGoogle Scholar
Google Scholar searches broadly for scholarly literature across disciplines.
Open Google ScholarIndian Literature Database on Communication Disorders
The Indian Literature on Communication Disorders (ILCD) was developed as a research project funded by AIISH, Mysuru under the AIISH Research Fund (ARF). It indexes scientific publications on communication disorders published in India: journal articles, books, book chapters and conference papers. It does not include studies conducted in India but published by foreign publishers.
Open Indian Literature Database on Communication DisordersPubMed
PubMed comprises more than 23 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher websites.
Open PubMedPubMed Clinical Queries
This tool uses predefined filters to help you quickly refine PubMed searches on clinical or disease-specific topics. Enter your search terms in the search bar and select filters before searching.
Open PubMed Clinical QueriesSpeechBITE
SpeechBITE is a database of intervention studies across the scope of speech pathology practice.
Open SpeechBITETrip
Trip is a clinical search engine that helps you find and use high-quality research evidence to support your practice or care.
Open Trip