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Counseling Research Guide
This Research Guide is intended to introduce information resources pertaining to counseling psychology and counseling ministry for students in the Counseling programs. For questions contact the Counseling Librarian Trisha Compton at tcompton@tiu.edu or (847) 317-4009.
Searching and Browsing for Books
Use the subject search in TrinCat to search for books in Rolfing Library, in I-Share to search for books in 76 Illinois academic libraries or in WorldCat to search nationally for books not in Rolfing or other Illinois academic libraries. Begin with some basic keyword searches (any word, anywhere), using natural language combining a few terms that relate to your topic, for example multicultural counseling. Results from your keyword searches will help to identify appropriate Library of Congress (LC) subject headings for more relevant and specific material. For instance, the LC subject heading for "multicultural counseling" is "Cross-Cultural Counseling." For very relevant and specific materials concerning multicultural counseling do a subject search using the LC subject heading "Cross-Cultural Counseling."
If you would rather browse through books in the library, be aware that counseling and psychology books are scattered throughout the Library. These Library of Congress call number ranges will guide you in finding areas with relevant books. When you find a good book on a topic, the ones near it on the shelf will probably be similar in subject. To find out on where the books are located, check the collection map located at the reference opacs and throughout the library. Recently acquired materials in counseling and psychology at Rolfing are periodically posted to the new books page.
APA Style Guides
Pocket guide to APA style Call Number: BF76.7 .P47 2007
Concise rules of APA style Call Number: BF76.7 .C66 2005
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association Call Number: BF76.7 .P83 2001
APA Style Guide to Electronic References Call Number: BF76.7.A632x 2007
Owl @ Purdue: APA Formating & Style Guide http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
Citation Tools
RefWorks - software which composes a bibliography for you in different style formats
Reference Resources (Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc.)
Encyclopedias and dictionaries are generally a good place for beginning research into subjects in counseling. Brief to extensive overviews of topics are given and in some instances reading lists for further research.
Baker encyclopedia of psychology & counseling / edited by David G. Benner & Peter C. Hill. Call Number: Ref BF31 .B25 1999
The counselor’s companion : what every beginning counselor needs to know / [edited by] Jocelyn Gregoire, Christin M. Jungers. Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2007. Call Number: Ref BF636.6 .C68 2007
Comprehensive handbook of personality and psychopathology / Michel Hersen, Jay C. Thomas, editors-in-chief. : Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, c2006. Call Number: Ref RC456 .C66 2006
Comprehensive handbook of psychological assessment / editor-in-chief, Michel Hersen. Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley & Sons, c2004. Call Number: Ref BF176 .C654 2004
Crisis in youth mental health : critical issues and effective programs / Hiram E. Fitzgerald, Robert Zucker, and Kristine Freeark, editors in chief.: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2006. Call Number: Ref RJ499 .C76x 2006
Dictionary of pastoral care and counseling / Rodney J. Hunter, general editor: Nashville : Abingdon Press, c2005 Call Number: Ref BV4011 .D43 2005
A dictionary of psychology / Andrew M. Colman: 2nd ed. Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. Call Number: Ref BF31 .C65 2006
Encyclopedia of counseling / Frederick T. L. Leong, editor-in-chief. Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, c2008. Call Number: Ref BF636.54 .E53 2008
more reference resources
Searching and Browsing for Journals
The first place to go when you are looking for journal or magazine articles, is one of our online databases. PsycINFO is the premier database for finding counseling and psychology related articles . Rolfing also subscribes to several other databases (some fulltext) that cover the disciplines. Please ask a librarian for help finding information on your topic in any of these databases. PsycINFO - PsycINFO, from the American Psychological Association (APA), contains nearly 2.3 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s. Social Sciences Full Text - covers the latest concepts, trends, opinions, theories, and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences. Full-text coverage begins in January 1995. PsycArticles - The database contains more than 100,000 fulltext articles from 48 journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and 11 from allied organizations. Coverage includes general psychology as well as specialized, applied, clinical and theoretical research and for most APA journals is available from Volume 1, Issue 1. ATLA Religion Database - recommended resource for integration of psychology and theology, includes comprehensive religious topics including Christian/theological ethics. Primarily a citation database, however there are a number of fulltext titles. Family Studies Abstracts - includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to family studies, including marriage, divorce, family therapy, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. MEDLINE All areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing. Corresponds to the print indexes Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing Index. 1966 to present. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition Provides full text for 480 scholarly journals, and indexing and abstracting for over 510 journals, and includes the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which provides access to up-to-date, concise and clinically relevant drug monographs. PsycCritiques - Each week PsycCRITIQUES releases 15 or more reviews of current books and films. In addition, the database contains book reviews previously published back to 1995. Mental Measurements Yearbook - Contains full text information about and reviews of all English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas. If you are looking for general information, including news and non-scholarly magazine articles, one good place to look is in one or more of our general databases, such as Academic Search Premier . There are a number of fulltext counseling journal titles. Power Search - Seamless simultaneous keyword searching in 31 EbscoHost database subscriptions available to TIU. Journals can be an excellent source of current and specific information on an issue in counseling. Some journals cover very broad issues while others are relatively narrow in scope. If you are trying to select a topic for research, or if you'd just like to browse current literature, consider leafing through the print counseling and psychology journals many of which are also available online through Rolfing Library. Counseling students might find the following free online e-journal resources useful: Directory of Open Access Journals: Browsing this resource by subject leads to more than 70 psychology e-journals. Internet Journal of Mental Health: Peer-reviewed. Journal of Technology in Counseling: Combines technology with counseling. Article topics include digital portfolios and distance learning.Journals
Open Access Journals:
Searching and Browsing the Internet
There are a number of solid websites to explore the counseling profession and counseling issues in general. Be aware that many sites are biased with regard to the issues so you will want to evaluate each site on the basic criteria of accuracy, authority, currency, and objectivity. A few sites of interest include:
There are a number of solid websites to explore the counseling profession and counseling issues in general. Be aware that many sites are biased with regard to the issues so you will want to evaluate each site on the basic criteria of accuracy, authority, currency, and objectivity. A few sites of interest include:
CACREP Accredited Programs Directory
APA Accredited Programs in Counseling Psychology
Mental Health and Psychology Resources Online
National Board for Certified Counselors (USA)
National Institute of Mental Health
Professional Organizations for Counselors
American Counseling Association (ACA) -mission is promoting the development of professional counselors, advancing the counseling profession, and using the profession and practice of counseling to promote respect for human dignity and diversity.
American Psychological Association (APA) - mission is to advance the creation, communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people’s lives.
American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) - purpose to equip clinical, pastoral, and lay care-givers with Biblical truth and psycho-social insights that ministers to hurting persons and helps them move to personal wholeness, interpersonal competence, mental stability, and spiritual maturity.
Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS) - purpose to promote understanding of the relationship between Christianity and the behavioral sciences at both the clinical/counseling and the theoretical/research levels
more professional organizations
Last Updated 12/29/08