CSD 291 Fall 2020

Communication & Mass Media Complete is a research database that contains scholarly peer reviewed journal articles in the field of Communication and Science Disorders and mass media.   Students in CSD courses should consult this database to locate peer reviewed journals articles.  Click here for a Complete list of all journals 

SAMPLE:  Gesture development: the role it plays in language development.  (NOT on treatment)

Three Concepts:  Gestures AND Language Development  NOT treatment

Step #1. Enter the term Language Development in the Thesaurus Search box. BROWSE for the terms.    Is Language Development a Thesaurus term? NO.  The correct term to USE is Language Acquisition. 
CHOOSE Language Acquisition.  

Step #2.  CLICK the SUGGESTED TERM: Language acquisition

Step #3.  Then ADD to the Search 

Step #4.  Choose SEARCH 

Step # 5. ENTER  the term Gestures  in the second box

Step #6.  CHANGE the Second Boolean operator window from ADD to NOT

Step #7  ENTER the term  TREATMENT

Step #8 Search those three concepts 

Step #9. Limit to :  Scholarly Peer Reviewed Journals  and  Limit to last 10 years