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COUNSELING AND PSYCHOLOGY <back to choose database menu>

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For journal articles, your first choices should be the following databases: PsycArticles, Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection, PsycINFO, and ProQuest Psychology Journals.

For books, use PsycBooks and NetLibrary. A minor source is Credo Reference.

The other databases listed in this section are highly specialized. The ERIC database indexes articles and documents in the field of education. The Mental Measurements Yearbook database provides information about, and reviews of, psychological assessment instruments.

Would you like to see a list of the 500+ psychology and counseling journals available full text on databases? Click here!

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Credo Reference Includes full text.

Hundreds of reference books, covering all academic disciplines. For Counseling and Psychology students, two excellent resources are The Concise Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science and The Penguin Dictionary of Psychology.

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ERIC via EbscoHost Includes full text.

A database, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, containing more than a million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials. These resources are divided into two groups, articles and documents. The first, journal articles, are identified by the abbreviation EJ preceding the numerals. The second, documents (reports, studies, etc.) are identified by the letters ED preceding the numerals. While all of the ED materials are full text in the database, not all of the EJ resources are.

This database is provided as part of Troy University's participation with the Alabama Virtual Library (AVL). Click on the AVL logo to read more about.
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ERIC via ProQuest Includes full text.

A database, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, containing more than a million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials. These resources are divided into two groups, articles and documents. The first, journal articles, are identified by the abbreviation EJ preceding the numerals. The second, documents (reports, studies, etc.) are identified by the letters ED preceding the numerals. While all of the ED materials are full text in the database, not all of the EJ resources are.

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Mental Measurements Yearbook via EbscoHost Includes full text.

MMY from the 9th edition to current. Each record includes an overview of the test, purpose, a description of the test materials and time needed, and one or more reviews of the test. This resource is the electronic version of the book of the same name--see Help for more information.

Note: Guide to Referencing Mental Measurements Yearbook is located in the Information and Help section of this site.

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NetLibrary Includes full text.

A specially created online collection of nearly 50,000 full-text books, in a broad range of academic subject categories. These are actual academic books that have been digitized for the convenience of library users. Make sure to read HELP.

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ProQuest Psychology Journals via ProQuest Includes full text.

A primary resource for full-text journal articles. A collection of over 400 full-text journals in all areas of psychology.

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PsycArticles via EbscoHost Includes full text.

A primary resource providing full-text journal articles. Provides full-text journal articles from 44 journals published by the American Psychological Association and 8 published by allied organizations.

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PsycBooks via EbscoHost Includes full text.

Provides more than 20,000 chapters in full text from 1,400+ books on psychology and counseling, including those published by the APA and many classic books of historical impact in psychology.

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Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection via EbscoHost Includes full text.

A primary resource for full-text journal articles. Includes over 550 full-text titles (525+ peer reviewed) covering topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.

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PsycINFO via EbscoHost Includes full text. Text is linked from other Ebsco databases.

The index for Counseling and Psychology subjects. Provides indexing and abstracts for over one million articles in 1,700 journals from over 50 countries. Produced by the American Psychological Association, it also includes abstracts for dissertations, books and book chapters ranging in date from 1887 to the present. Although it does not provide articles in full text, it includes links to full-text articles in other EBSCO databases.

This page updated, spelling and links checked : Wednesday, January 23, 2008

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