D atabases are computerized subject guides to magazines, journals, newspapers, and other materials. For more choices than those listed below, go to The University Libraries home page, then click on Databases . Click on the starting letter of the database or click on a department name.
ERIC
(EBSCO)
Abstracts and some tull text for almost a million references from over a thousand education journals (EJ) as well as published and unpublished educational materials such as school system reports, conference papers, research reports, and dissertations (ED)
Subjects: schools of all types and levels, parent-school relationships, counseling, vocational guidance, special education, child discipline, etc.
Most journals (EJ) available in Jackson Library or accessible through interlibrary loan
ERIC Documents (ED): Many full text pre-2004 documents are on microfiche in storage while the recent ED publications are available in full text online
Dates of coverage: 1966 +
Education Full Text (Wilson)
Searches Education Full Text and Education Index Retrospective simultaneously
Indexes several hundred English-language periodicals and yearbooks as well as some books
Strong on educational and psychological topics covering all educational levels
Advantages compared to ERIC: indexes most of the core education journals and many of them are full text. Disadvantages: subject headings are not as varied or clear as ERIC nor is the subject coverage as deep or varied so it can be hard to find the right terms to get articles on your topic.
Dates of coverage: 1929 +; abstracts since 1994; full text since 1996
PsycINFO
(EBSCO)
1000+ journals, most peer-reviewed, plus book chapters and dissertations
Some full text; links through Journal Finder to additional full text
Selected topics: counseling, behavioral assessment, community mental health, and casework with special populations
Cited references: shows citations or links to full text journal articles citing older books or articles
Dates of coverage: 1872 +
Full text of about 50 journals from the American Psychological Assn and the Canadian Psychological Assn
Covers basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research. All of these journals are indexed in PsycINFO above
Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science)
Child Development and Adolescent Studies (EBSCO)
Dissertation and Theses: Full Text
The following titles can provide background information on your topic or help you with specialized words and terms which are unfamiliar. Bibliographies at the end of each article may refer you to other useful sources. For dictionaries and encyclopedias in other disciplines and for books, go to the The University Libraries online catalog. “Ref” titles are available in the Reference Department, 1st floor of Jackson Library and must be used in the building.
Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology. Neil J. Salkind, editor
Ref LB1050.9 2008 2 vol.
Handbook of Pediatric Psychology in School Settings. Contains essays on many topics relating to pediatric psychology, including promotion of mental health, diseases encountered in school-aged children, and developmental disorders.
Also available in print: Stacks LB1027.55 .H36 2004
Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology. edited by Yo Jackson
Also in print: Ref GN502 .E63 2006
Encyclopedia
of Human Development. Neil J. Salkind, editor.
Also in print: Ref HM626 .E53 2006 2 vol.
Encyclopedia of Education and Human Development. Stephen J. Farenga and Daniel Ness, editors
LB15 .E473 2005 2 vol.
Encyclopedia of School Psychology. editor, Steven W. Lee.
Also in print: Ref LB1027.55 .E523 2005
Baker Encyclopedia of Psychology & Counseling / David G. Benner and Peter C. Hill, editors
Ref BF31 .B25 1999
Corsini Encyclopedia
of Psychology and Behavioral Science / W. Edward Craighead and
Charles B. Nemeroff, editors
Also in print: Ref BF31 .E52 2001
Encyclopedia
of Education / James W. Guthrie, editor
Also in print: Ref LB15 .E47 2003
Dictionary of Counselling / Donald A. Biggs
ref BF637.6 .F325 2004
Dictionary of Counseling / Colin Feltham and Windy Dryden
Ref BF637..C6 B444 1994
A Dictionary of Psychology / Andrew M. Colman, 2009 edition
Ref BF31 .C65 2006
Encyclopedia of Psychology / Alan E. Kazdin, editor-in-chief
Ref BF31 .E530 2000 8 vol.
Use the Online Catalog to locate books in the Library. There are a variety of subject headings for counseling topics. For subjects such as the following, enter the term, then click on the LC Subject box, not Keyword.
Bereavement
Career development
Child development
Counseling in elementary education
Counselors
Cross-cultural counseling
Cultural Psychiatry
Educational counseling
Elementary school counselors
Ethnopsychology
Human services
Mainstreaming in education
Mental
health services
Minorities--counseling of
Peer counseling of students
Philosophical counseling
Problem children--behavior modification
Psychology
Psychotherapy
School crisis management
Student counselors
Students with disabilities--counseling of
Teacher student relationships
Vocational guidance
In Keyword searching, the computer hunts for all of your words in the title, subject, or notes lines. A Subject search will tell the computer to look for your terms only in the subject headings assigned to that book.
Remember that terms that you regularly use may not be the subject headings used in the Online Catalog. e.g."multicultural counseling" is not used as a subject heading but a keyword search will locate books with these words used in titles or chapter headings. The correct subject heading is "cross-cultural counseling."
Do a Keyword search on a term you know, click on the title of a book that looks promising, then check for the correct subject headings which will be underlined in blue under the publisher information. You can click on any subject heading to see other books on the same topic.
Quick online guide to APA citations. Copies of the APA Publication Manual are kept at the Reference and Reserves Desks in Jackson Library.
American Counseling Association (ACA)
American College Counseling Association
Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
North Carolina Counseling Association
National Board for Certified Counselors
Revised August 2009 by Nancy Ryckman, Education Librarian
