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Counseling Resources

Finding Books | Reference Sources | Internet Sites | Finding Journal Articles | Government Publications | Interlibrary Loan Service | Writing Style Guides | Managing Citations

The literature of Counseling is multidisciplinary and therefore may be found in many related disciplines.

Finding Books

To find books, search the ULM Library Catalog, WebFeat , or World Cat. All are available from the ULM Website (ulm.edu/library).

• Search the ULM Library Catalog to find Marriage & Family Therapy resources in the ULM Library.
• To find more Marriage and Family Therapy materials at ULM and other Louisiana colleges and universities, search Web Feat. You can search library catalogs (books) and databases (articles) simultaneously using WebFeat.
• To find Marriage and Family Therapy resources worldwide, search WorldCat

Reference Sources

Encyclopedias

Concise Encyclopedia of Psychology Ref BF 31 .E553 1998

The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science 2001 [electronic resource]

Encyclopedia of Human Behavior Ref BF 31 .E5 1994

The Encyclopedia of Human Development and Education: Theory, Research and Studies Ref BF 713 .E65 1989

Encyclopedia of Psychology (online) http://www.psychology.org

Testing and Standards: a Brief Encyclopedia Ref LB 3051 .W4966

Dictionaries

APA Dictionary of Psychology Ref BF 31 .A65 2007 (Delta Campus)

The Counseling Dictionary: Concise Definitions of Frequently Used Terms

Ref BF 637 .C6 G5332 2006 (Delta Campus)

Dictionary of Psychology Ref BF 31 .C65 2006 (Delta Campus)

Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms [on order]

Handbooks, Manuals and Guides to the Literature

Clinical Handbook of Child Abuse and Neglect Ref RC569.5.C55 V45 1994

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV-TR Ref RC 455 .2 .C4 D54 2000 (Delta Campus)

DSM-IV Diagnosis in the Schools RJ 503 .5 .H68 2002

DSM-IV-TR Handbook of Differential Diagnosis Ref 473 .D54 F553 2002

Handbook of Clinical Child Psychology [electronic resource]

Handbook of Counseling and Psychotherapy With Older Adults

RC480.54 .H36 1999

Handbook of Crisis Counseling, Intervention and Prevention in the Schools 2^nd ed. [electronic resource]

Handbook on Louisiana Family Law Ref KFL 94 .L8 H36

Handbook of Psychological Assessment 4^th ed. [electronic resource]

Handbook of Marriage and the Family [electronic resource]

Handbook of Motivational Counseling: concepts, approaches, and assessment [electronic resource]

Multicultural Handbook of School Psychology LB 1027 .55 .M85 2007

Online Counseling: a Handbook for Mental Health Professionals [electronic resource]

Psychologists’ Desk Reference 2^nd ed. [electronic resource]

Student Services: a Handbook for the Profession 4^th ed. [electronic resource]

***Search the ULM Library Catalog for other handbooks on counseling topics.

Government Resources

HealthFinder (U. S. Department of Health and Human Services)

http://www.healthfinder.gov/

National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders (U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs) http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/index.jsp

National Institute of Mental Health (U. S. Department of Health and Human Services)

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/

Laws and Legislation

Lexis-Nexis

• Click ‘Lexis Nexis Academic Search Within’ in ULM Web Page menu
• Click ‘Legal’ under Search Within

FindLaw—Legal Issues in Education http://www.findlaw.com

Tests & Measures

AmoebaWeb Psychology on the Web (online tests)

http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/amoebaweb

Mental Measurements Yearbook (EBSCOhost)

• Click ‘EBSCOhost—Abstracts, Indexes, Fulltext’
• Choose the ‘Mental Measurements Yearbook’ database

Tests in Print Ref Z 5814 .E9 B8

Test Critiques Ref BF 176 .T419 1984

Directory of Unpublished Experimental Mental Measures Ref BF 431 .G624

Internet Sites

All About Counseling http://www.allaboutcounseling.com

American Counseling Association http://www.counseling.org

American School Counselor Association http://www.schoolcounselor.org

American Psychological Association http://www.apa.org

Center Watch – clinical trials & drug therapy Listing Service

http://www.centerwatch.com/

Child Trend’s DataBank http://www.childtrendsdatabank.org/

Counseling Center Village http://ccvillage.buffalo.edu

The Internet Public Library: Psychology http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/soc30.00.00/

Internet Resources in Psychology http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subjects/psych/psych.html

Occupational Outlook Handbook http://www.bls.gov/oco

National Board of Certified Counselors http://www.nbcc.org

Psych Web http://www.psywww.com

School Psychology Resources Online http://www.schoolpsychology.net

Finding Journal Articles and More:

Search an index or database to find articles in journals, newspapers or magazines. Use subject, author, or keywords that describe your topic. The ULM Library Web Site (ulm.edu/library) provides access to databases via EBSCOhost and the Statewide Databases . Many articles are available in fulltext.

Indexes & Databases

Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost)

Annual Reviews (Social Sciences)

Dissertations & Theses (Statewide Databases)

ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) EBSCOhost

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCOhost)

JSTOR (Statewide Databases)

Legal Collection (Statewide Databases)

LEXIS NEXIS (Statewide Databases)

MediLatina (EBSCOhost)

MEDLINE (EBSCOhost)

MEDLINE Full Text (EBSCOhost)

Mental Measurements Yearbook (EBSCOhost)

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCOhost)

PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)

SocINDEX Full Text (EBSCOhost)

Peer-Reviewed Open Access Journals

Education; Psychology; Social & Public Welfare; Social Sciences

http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/dean/peer_reviewed.htm

Government Publications

Government Publications cover a broad range of topics including Marriage and Family Therapy. Many government publications may be accessed electronically via the library catalog. Government publications (paper format) are shelved on second floor. Search the Government Publications website at http://www.ulm.edu/library/government1.htm .

ULM Interlibrary Loan Service (Illiad)

Use the Interlibrary Loan Service to request materials listed as not available at the ULM Library. The ULM Web Page (ulm.edu/library) provides access to the service.

• A User Account is required to use the Interlibrary Loan Service
• To create an account, click Interlibrary Loan on the ULM Library Web Page | First Time Users | First Time Users Click Here | Fill in Form |Click Submit |. Record the USERNAME and PASSWORD for your account for future use.
• For subsequent uses, click Interlibrary Loan on the ULM Library Web Page |enter your USERNAME | enter your PASSWORD | Submit.

Writing and Style Guides

The following writing handbooks might be useful for citing or documenting references in research papers.

• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (print)

Reserve BF 76 .7 .P46 2001 c.1

Reserve BF 76 .7 .P46 2001 c.2

• APA Formatting and Style Guide – The OWL at Purdue

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

• Citation Styles (University of California Berkeley) -- APA Style

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Citations.html

• Duke University Libraries http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/works_cited.htm

• ElectronicReferences -APA Style (excerpts) http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

• Online! Citation Styles: Index (Columbia Online Style)

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html

• Writing Cures: an Introductory Handbook of Writing in Counseling and Psychotherapy 2004 [electronic resource]

Managing Citations

EndNote is available on select computers in the ULM Library Computer Lab. EndNote is a software tool used to manage bibliographies and references when writing research papers, essays, articles, etc.