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Subject guide for Human Communication Sciences

Key resources Where to study
Use StarPlus to find online and print materials including books, journals and databases.
Use myResource Lists to find materials on your reading lists.


Key databases

British Education Index – Indexes periodicals in the field of education and training.
CINAHL via EBSCO - Cumulative index to nursing and allied health literature.
MEDLINE via OvidSP - The main database for health care literature.
PsycINFO - International literature in psychology and psychiatry.
ASSIA - Health services, social work, sociology, psychology.
More databases for Human Communication Sciences

Key websites


Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
National Information Centre for Speech –language therapy
Health Statistics
More links
The Health Sciences Library (HSL) in the Royal Hallamshire Hospital is where you’ll find most of the books recommended for your modules. In some cases these will also be available as ebooks.

The Information Commons (IC) provides a range of study environments, including bookable group study rooms and silent study space.

Alternative study spaces are available at the:
Northern General Hospital
Western Bank Library
St. George’s Library

Information literacy

Information Skills Resource
Using StarPlus
Information skills tutorials for Human Communication Sciences
Internet research skills for Education

Visit the Skills Suite on Level 1 in the IC for more help with Information Literacy.

Contact and News

Your Liaison Librarian is Anthea Tucker. a.l.tucker@sheffield.ac.uk

Library Helpdesk – library@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: (0114) 222 7200

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