Auslan
Subject Specialist
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| Tim Suttie | |
|---|---|
| Richmond Campus Librarian | |
| Phone: | (03) 9425 5666 |
| Email: | tsuttie2@kangan.edu.au |
Highly Recommended Resources
- Gallaudet encyclopaedia of deaf people and deafness - R 617.8003 GAL
Search Library Catalogue for availability - Oxford Reference Online offers links to a variety of subject-specific resources Oxford Reference
(For off-campus access to online resources, please login here with your Kangan Institute student/staff login.)
Websites
- Auslan - Signbank
- Australian Deafness Directory
- The Deaf Resource Library
- International Federation for Hard of Hearing People
- Vicdeaf
- OH&S online videos - SafetyCare Montie has many safety programs which can be viewed, topics include fire awareness, personal protection, manual handling.
Catalogue
Search Library Catalogue - enter specific topics (e.g. sign language, hearing loss, deafness) in the keyword search box or look directly on the shelves at these numbers:
| Topic | Shelf number |
|---|---|
| Deaf - History, means of communication | 305.908162 |
| Deaf - Australia, deaf service for | 362.42 |
| Deaf - Biography | 362.42092 |
| Deaf- Government policy - Victoria | 362.4209945 |
| Deaf - Employment | 362.4284 |
| Deaf women - Biography | 362.90820922 |
| Deaf - Education | 371.912 |
| Auslan - Study and teaching | 371.9123 |
| Interpreters for the deaf | 418.02 |
| Australian Sign Language | 419.94 |
| Deafness 617.8 |
Online e.journals, Databases and Magazines
EBSCOhost Australia and New Zealand Reference Centre
Search Australasian magazines, newspapers and books
Useful search terms include: sign language, Auslan, hearing impaired
Titles include: Hearing Review
Infotrac: General OneFile
Search articles from a large range of journals.
Titles include: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
(For off-campus access to online resources, please login here with your Kangan Institute student/staff login.)
Contact your subject specialist to book an online database training session or click on EBSCOhost or click on Infotrac (Power Search).
LLC Magazines on the shelf
- Deaf worlds: International Journal of Deaf Studies - 362.42 DEA Auslan
- British Deaf News - 419.41 BRI
CD/DVD-ROMs
- Sound and Fury - DVD 617.882 SOU
- Dysfunction - DVD 362.42092 DYS
- Sign Poetry - DVD 419.41 SCO
- Discovering Auslan: a Beginner's Dictionary of Australian Sign Language CD - 371.9123 DIS
For additional DVDs and branch locations search the KI Catalogue using, for example, the following subject headings:
- Cochlear implants - DVDs
- Sign language - DVDs
- Deaf - CD-ROMs
- Deaf - Means of Communication - CD-ROMs
Dictionaries
- Dictionary of Auslan Images - CD 419.03 DIC
- Auslan Dictionary : a Dictionary of the Sign Language of the Australian Deaf Community - AL 419.03 JOH
Related Subjects
Cochlear Implants, audiology, sign language, communication
