LibGuides: American Sign Language: 🏁 Featured Resources

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American Sign Language
Deaf
Deaf Means of Communication
Sign Language
Sign Language Studying and Teaching
United States Languages

The following featured books are included in the Kistler Library's collection. EBooks will link directly to their source (login may be required).

Forbidden Signs by Douglas C. Baynton
Call Number: HV2471 .B39 1996
ISBN: 0226039633
Publication Date: 1996-12-01
Talking with Your Hands, Listening with Your Eyes by Gabriel Grayson
Call Number: HV2474 .G73 2003
ISBN: 075700007X
Publication Date: 2003-01-01
E-Z American Sign Language by Friedrichs, Beth Roberge, illustrator
Call Number: HV2474 .S67 2011 EB
ISBN: 9781784025236
Publication Date: 2014
3rd edition.

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American Annals of the Deaf
from 02/01/1980 to present in Project MUSE - Premium Collection
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
from 01/01/1996 to 10/31/2011 in JSTOR Arts & Sciences XII
Sign Language Studies
from 01/01/1972 to present in Project MUSE Premium Collection

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The links below will direct you to additional resources on the open web. Depending on the nature of your research, it may or may not be appropriate to utilize these sources, so it is always best to check first with your professor or a librarian. Consult this page for more guidance on evaluating websites.

American Sign Language Linguistic Research Project
"The ASLLRP includes:
Investigation of the linguistic structure of American Sign Language, with a focus on the relationship of syntax to semantics and prosody;
Collaboration with computer scientists to advance computer-based recognition and generation of signed languages;
Development of multimedia tools to facilitate access to and analysis of primary data for sign language research.
These projects have been funded by the National Science Foundation."
ASLU: American Sign Language University
CODA International: Children of Deaf Adults, Inc.
"CODA celebrates the unique heritage and multicultural identities of adult hearing individuals with deaf parent(s). "
Ethnologue: Languages of the World
Information on over 7,000 languages; every known living language.
National Association of the Deaf
"The NAD is the nation's premier civil rights organization of, by, and for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals in the United States of America."
The S.E.E.Center
"The SEE Center provides quality training and support for those who use Signing Exact English."
Signing Savvy: Your Sign Language Resource
"Signing Savvy is a sign language dictionary containing several thousand high resolution videos of American Sign Language (ASL) signs, fingerspelled words, and other common signs used within the United States and Canada."
Amber Galloway Gallego YouTube Channel
Amber Galloway Gallego is an ASL interpreter who is becoming increasingly well known for interpreting music performances.
Archdiocese of Philadelphia Deaf Apostolate
"The Deaf Apostolate provides pastoral care, sacramental preparation, religious education, and a regular schedule of Masses in American Sign Language with the Catholic community who are deaf or hard of hearing."

Expertise in American Sign Language can open the door to many careers, such as:

Interpreter
Translator
Teacher
Social Worker
Audiologist
Speech-language Pathologist

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Interpreters and Translators
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Interpreters and Translators.
My Next Move Report for Interpreters and Translators
"Interpreters & Translators." My Next Move. National Center for O*NET Development, n.d. Web. 20 Dec. 2017.
Sign Language Interpretation and Translation
DataUSA, 2015
International Association of Confererence Interpreters
National Consortium of Interpreter Education Centers
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc.
World Association of Sign Language Interpreters

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