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Counseling
Subject Guide
This subject guide covers counseling resources available at the
Johnston Memorial Library, including full-text journals, magazine, and
newspaper articles, counseling websites, and printed materials in
the Reference Collection. This is not a comprehensive subject guide, but
rather a selective list of materials that are most useful for locating
information in this field. Library location and call number are
provided for print publications.
- Chronicle of Higher
Education. News and information on the academic
world, including reports of current events and issues, developments in
information technology, and job opportunities. Includes the full current
issue and 10 years of archives.
- CQ
Researcher. Presents full-text articles on current social,
political, economic, and international issues.
- CQ
Weekly Report. Offers in-depth full-text articles on U.S.
Congressional legislation, actions, and developments.
- InfoTrac
OneFile. A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a
wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics,
education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law,
literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports,
technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text
articles many with images. Updated daily.
- Mental
Measurement Yearbook. Contains full-text information about and the reviews of all English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas.
- Oxford University
Journals. OUP publishes a wide range of respected and scholarly
Psychology and Psychiatry journals. Key titles include Harvard Review of
Psychiatry, Psychotherapy Research, Clinical Psychology: Science and
Practice and Journal of Pediatric Psychology. Keyword searches can be
done at this site. Good source for full-text articles on
counseling.
- ProQuest
Education Journals.
Offering complete information on hundreds of educational topics, this database covers almost 400 leading journals in the field.
- PsychARTICLES. Searchable full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology.Coverage spans 1985 to present.
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Journal Indexes and
Abstracts
- Dissertation
Abstracts. Selectively covers masters theses and dissertations
including dissertations from North American and Europe. Covers all
subject disciplines. Covers 1861 to present and includes abstracts since
1988. Thesis abstracts have been included since 1988. Database is
updated monthly.
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ERIC
(via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts) References to thousands of
educational topics. Includes journal articles, books, theses, conference
papers, standards, and guidelines.
- PscyINFO.
Produced by The American Psychological Association. The most
comprehensive source for bibliographic coverage of psychology and
behavioral sciences literature; with special subset files
ClinPSYC.
- Statistical
Universe. Full-text database to U.S. Statistical data and some
international statistics. Features include searching the Power Tables
for finding fast answers, searching summaries of statistical
publications for comprehensive overview of documents or selecting links
to other websites with useful information about statistics.
- Teacher Resource Center. Indexes and abstracts over 280 popular teacher and administrator trade journals in the field of education.
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ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND
DICTIONARIES
- Baker Encyclopedia of Psychology and Counseling by
David G. Benner. Baker, 1999. Provides thorough coverage of
psychological terms, concepts, and research from a Christian point of
view, identifying the issues and applications of particular importance
from that perspective and suggesting ways of evaluating the concepts,
theories, and research findings in terms of biblical teachings.
LOCATION: Reference Collection, First Floor, Call Number: REF BF31
B25.
- Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral
Science. by W. Edward Craighead. Wiley, 2000, 4 vols.
Encyclopedia of current knowledge in psychology and behavioral science.
Cross-references are provided. LOCATION: Reference Collection, First
Floor, Call Number: REF BF31 E52.
- Dictionary of Counseling. by Donald A. Biggs. Academic Press,
1994. This dictionary of counseling for the United States
focuses on the twentieth century, a time when the concept of counseling
emerged in a number of different contexts. Location: Reference
Collection, First Floor, Call Number: REF BF637.C6.
- Encyclopedia of Human Behavior. by V.S.
Ramachandran. Academic Press. 1994. 4 vols. This reference woks covers
all aspects of human behavior. Excellent source for overviews of major
concepts. Location: Reference Collection, First Floor, Call Number: REF
BF31.E5.
- Encyclopedia of Human Emotions. by David Levinson.
Macmillan, 1999. 2 vols. This two-volume reference brings together
information from the behavioral, social, biological, medical and
physical sciences to summarize what is known today about the nature,
causes, expressions and societal roles of human emotions throughout
history and across cultures.
LOCATION: Reference Collection, First Floor, Call Number:REF BF531
E55.
- Encyclopedia of School Psychology. by Steven W. Lee. Thousand Oaks, Calif., Sage Publications, 2005. The Encyclopedia provides both an introduction to the field and a way for experienced practitioners to gain a deeper understanding of how school psychology has progressed to match the demands of the 21st century.
LOCATION: Reference Collection, First Floor, Call Number: REF LB1027.55 E523.
- Mental Measurements Yearbook. by James C. Impara.
Lincoln, Nebraska, Buros Institute of Mental Measurements, Published
Periodically. This reference work is designed to assist users in
education, psychology, and industry to make more intelligent use of
standardized tests of every description. Reference Collection, First
Floor, Call Number: REF Z5814 P8.B932.
- Test Critiques. by Daniel J. Keyser. Kansas City,
Missouri, Test Corporation of America, 1985. Includes reviews of
psychological, educational, and business tests. Location: Reference
Collection, First Floor, Call Number: REF BF176.T419.
- Tests in Microfiche Collection. by Educational
Testing Service. Princeton, N.J. The ETS Test Collections provides
microfiche copies of Education and psychological tests. Location:
Serials Dept., Second Floor.
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Internet
- American Counseling
Association. The
American Counseling Association is a not-for-profit, professional and
educational organization that is dedicated to the growth and enhancement
of the counseling professional. This site includes code of ethics,
government relations, resources and books, expanding your skills, online
courses and many more.
- American Psychological
Association. Based in Washington, DC,
the American Psychological Association (APA) is a scientific and
professional organization that represents psychology in the United
States. With more than 155,000 members, APA is the largest association
of psychologists worldwide. APA works to advance psychology as a
science, a profession, and a means of promoting human welfare. This site
provides information about APA, how to apply for grants, free mental
health information and much more.
- American School Counselor
Association. The
American School Counselor Association, with a membership of more than
12,000 school counseling professionals, focuses on providing
professional development, enhancing school counseling programs, and
researching effective school counseling practices. ASCA's mission is to
promote excellence in professional school counseling and the development
of all students. Categories include standards, ethics, publications and
much more. Site has a search engine.
- APA PsychCrawler.
PsychCrawler is a product of the American Psychological Association
created to provide quick access to quality content in the field of
psychology available on the web.
- Counseling Center
Village. Just as a real world village is made up of many
individual homes, the Counseling Center Village is made up of the many
home pages -- and other web resources -- created by college and
university counseling centers around the world. You will find here a
wide range of resources for the counseling center professional.
Collaboration has never been easier!
- Online
Dictionary of Mental Health. The Online Dictionary of Mental
Health is a global information resource and research tool covering all
of the disciplines contributing to our understanding of mental health .
The Dictionary is an exercise in democratic psychiatry in keeping with
the traditions of the host site. Therefore there are no definitions
here; instead there are links to many sites offering different
viewpoints on issues in mental health, which are accessible using the
A-Z links.
- PubMed. Maintained by the National Library of Medicine, PubMed
provides access to the 9 million citations in MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE
(with links to participating on-line journals), and other related
databases. Of particular note is the Journal Browser which allows users
to enter a MEDLINE journal abbreviation to get the full title of the
journal.
- School Psychology Resources
Online. School Psychology Resources for
Psychologists, Parents and Educators. Research learning disabilities,
ADHD, functional behavioral assessment, autism, adolescence, parenting,
psychological assessment, special education, mental retardation, mental
health, and more.
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ŠVSU Library and Media Services, 07-11-06.
Gloria Beck, Government Documents
Librarian.
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