American Sign Language (ASL) & Interpreting: Getting Started
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Welcome! This guide is designed to help students do research for American Sign Language (ASL) and sign language interpreting classes and to help all learners and educators find resources on Deaf culture and community, sign languages, and interpreting in the library and beyond. Use the tabs above to navigate through the other pages of the guide:
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Introduction to the Library Website and Library Services
This 5:25 video provides an overview of the library website and highlights some of the Library's most popular collections and services.
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Welcome to the PCC Library WebsiteAre you new to the PCC Library Website? Visit this page for an overview of what you can do and find on the site, and how to get help when you need it.
Find Books, Articles, DVDs, and more
Find Articles
Search the following database to find articles related to your research topic.
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Index to Deaf PeriodicalsSearch Gallaudet's Index to selected deaf studies publications.
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Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowFull text for more than 4,500 scholarly social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multi-cultural journals. 3,700 are peer-reviewed.
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Professional Development Collection This link opens in a new windowA highly specialized collection of over 500 full text journals, designed for professional educators.
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Educator's Reference Complete (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new windowA collection of more than 1,100 periodicals and 200 reports for any educator -- from the school teacher and administrator to those studying at the collegiate and graduate level.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new windowJSTOR has full text of over 1000 scholarly journals in the arts and sciences, as far back as 18xx up to 3-5 years ago. Note: It does not include current issues of the journals. All ARTstor image collections are now part of JSTOR, and can be searched using the "Images" tab then selecting "ARTstor collections".
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Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowGoogle Scholar searches the web for scholarly articles, reports, books, and other materials. If using Google Scholar from a PCC campus, you can access full text articles. If PCC has access to an article, a "Find it @ PCC" link will appear to the right of the search result. Click “Find it @ PCC” to go to the library catalog where you will be offered a choice to view the article. From home, you will need to set your Google Scholar preferences to access PCC Library resources. See How to Search PCC Library on Google Scholar for directions on how to set your Google Scholar preferences at home.
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