CECP 6110 Theories of Counseling Class Guide
Overview
The resources listed here have been selected for the work you are doing in this class as well as for future research in your graduate program. This is by no means a complete list of resources you might need to consult. Please ask for assistance if you have any trouble locating information on your topic.
Note that you should keep track of key words and terms that retrieve relevant information. Keywords which work successfully in one source may or may not work well in another source. You may have to try multiple terms to find what you are looking for.
The sources on this list have some full text, but not everything is available in full text online. You will need to use the Interlibrary Loan or Document Delivery service to get materials not available in full text.
Please feel free to contact me if you have questions. michele.behr@wmich.edu Phone:269-387-5611
Journal Articles
PsycINFO Psychological Abstracts BF 1 .P65 (General Stacks)
Covers world-wide literature in psychology and related disciplines. Journal articles, technical reports, books, book chapters, and dissertations are included. Coverage: 1887-present. Updated weekly.
Use the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms for subject words: BF1 .P65x 2007 (Education Lib. and Waldo Ref.) This is most likely the first place you will want to look for scholarly articles on your topic.
ERIC The Educational Resources Information Center indexes and abstracts over 2,000 journals and more than 450,000 reports in education and related fields. Some documents are available full text, the rest are on microfiche in the Education Library. Covers 1966-present. Updated monthly.
This is the FirstSearch version, also available from CSA and from the US government. Tutorial This is the most comprehensive database in the field of Education. For the educational perspective on your topic this is llikely to be the best source.
Education Abstracts Indexes more than 700 English-language periodicals in education. Coverage: 1983 to the present, abstracts from 1994. Updated weekly. A smaller database than ERIC, but currently is more up to date.
ProQuest Research Library Indexes popular magazines, scholarly journals, newspapers and trade publications in a wide range of subject areas, including business, education, humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Full-text available for over 2,500 journals. Coverage from 1971. A very good general purpose source. Might be a good choice for broader topics.
Tests and Measurements
Mental Measurements Yearbook Contains overviews, descriptions and one or more reviews of many English-language standardized tests of educational skills, personality, psychological traits, and related areas. Entries also give references to the print edition (s). Please logout.
Books/Electronic Books
The following list includes sources for locating books on your topic. Remember that books may be requested through the Interlibrary Loan service for delivery directly to you. The WMU Libraries also have access to tens of thousands of e-books which may be located using the Library Catalog.Books To search for books of a particular title or by a particular author use Quicksearch or Basic Search in WestCat, WMU's online catalog. To locate books at WMU about a particular topic use Keyword searching in WestCat.
WorldCat Comprehensive catalog of books and other materials in libraries around the world. Contains millions of records in hundreds of languages. Nonbook materials include (among other publication formats) the titles of journals and magazines, manuscripts, maps, electronic resources, websites, computer programs, musical scores, films, slides, sound recordings, conference proceedings, and videotapes. Items located through WorldCat must be requested through Interlibrary Loan unless they are also listed in the WMU libraries catalog, WestCat. You may use the "Libraries" icon while viewing a citation, to see if any local libraries have a copy of the book you are interested in.
Document Delivery and Interlibrary Loan
If the material you need is not available full text online (remember to check the "Find it at WMU" button) then you may request it using the Interlibrary Loan service.Interlibrary Loan
Set up a username & password here to submit automated requests from online indexes. Allow up to 2 weeks for materials to arrive. Details Once you have set up this account you will use the same procedure for requesting materials from WMU as you will for materials we borrow on your behalf from other libraries.
Ask A Librarian
Michele D. Behr, E-mail: michele.behr@wmich.edu
Phone: 269-387-5611
Last updated: October 2006