LibGuides: Languages at SLCC: ASL

ASL and Deafness Websites

ASL Dictionary Project
The name says it all. Pretty good dictionary.
ASL LifePrint Dictionary
Pretty good sign dictionary. See words in left margin.
Gallaudet University
Located in Washington, D.C., Gallaudet offers undergraduate and graduate education for Deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
Lesson Tutor : ASL
Uses sketches rather than video to illustrates signs.
National Association of the Deaf
Organization to help the American deaf.
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
General information about deafness and ASL.
Signing Savvy ASL Dictionary
Good dictionary with images showing the signs.
YouTube channel: Learn How to Sign

American Sign Language (ASL) -- SLCC Databases

Although the databases don't offer many articles geared toward undergraduate students of American Sign Language, they do contain much information on Deafness, and Deaf culture.

Communication Mass Media Complete (EBSCO)
Articles on sign language and deafness. Includes AHSA Leader (American Speech-Language-Hearing Assoc.), Journal of Deaf Studies & Deaf Education, and Sign Language Studies.
JSTOR
Older issues of selected scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences. History of ASL, sign languages of other cultures, reviews of books about signing, and more.

Books about ASL

ASL print books are in the SLCC Libraries at the following call number: HV2400 -.