Jeris Cassel
cassel@rci.rutgers.edu
June 2003

Research Resources: Subject Research Guides: Education:
Counseling Resources

Clearinghouses and Rutgers specific databases offer Web and journal articles on current counseling issues. Subject searching in the IRIS Online Catalog, using “counseling” as the subject search term will yield relevant publications. Be sure to examine the “related subject headings to counseling”, which is a choice when “Browse” is the search option.

RU Libraries = Available at the specified Rutgers University Library
RU Libraries-Specific = Available to Rutgers students, faculty, and staff.
WWW = World Wide Web resource, available to all. URLs are included for convenience.

RU Libraries

The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science. 3rd ed.: ALEXANDER REF BF31.E52 2001

RU Libraries Databases

Academic Search Premier [RU Libraries-Specific]: Academic Search Premier is a web-based search interface to a collection of periodical databases, including summaries of articles from over 3,200 publications. It contains a wide range of popular magazines and scholarly journals covering general reference, business, health, social sciences, humanities, education, and general science. In addition, some articles contain images, including photographs, diagrams and charts, and other illustrations. Years of coverage vary by source but generally span from 1996 on.; Search Tips: To ensure that you obtain references to scholarly articles, check the box that is labeled "peer-Reviewed". To obtain full text articles, check the box labeled "full text". The articles and citations can be emailed {for keeping your search records accurately}.

Dissertations and Theses [RU Libraries-Specific]: Use this resource to find citations, abstracts, and in recent years (last five), sample pages of the beginning of the dissertation. Use InterLibrary Loan to borrow dissertations.; The database includes citations for materials ranging from the first U.S. dissertation, accepted in 1861, to those accepted as recently as last semester; those published from 1980 forward also include 350-word abstracts, written by the author. Citations for master's theses from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. Of the 1.5 million titles listed, UMI full text. For these titles, the database citation includes UMI's order number. The database represents the work of authors from over 1,000 North American graduate schools and European universities. Dates covered:1861 - present" [from database description].

PsycINFO (1887 - present) [RU Libraries-Specific]: PsycINFO covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, linguistics, and other areas. Coverage is worldwide, and includes references and abstracts to over 1300 journals and dissertations in more than 30 languages, and to book chapters and books in the English language. Over 50,000 references are added annually.; Search Tips: Use the online thesaurus, enter each search item and combine after entering the relevant terms. Each term entered is a separate search until combined with the Boolean operator "AND", seen at the top of the search screen. Limit your search to "Human subjects".

RU Libraries

Exceptional Child Education Resources, 1969-present: Covers the professional literature in special and gifted education and related disciplines. Books, journal articles and other print and non print resources are abstracted.; ALEXANDER REF. LC3965.E9

Rutgers University Libraries Related Resources

Subject Research Guide: Psychology: Special Education Resources in the Education Subject Guide

WWW Resources

ERIC Counseling and Student Service Clearinghouse

Includes relevant publications, Digests, and resource links. These are examples of recently published Digests prepared by this Clearinghouse:

URL: http://ericcass.uncg.edu/

New Digests from ERIC/CASS (12/02)

Professional School Counselors Can Make Positive Connections with Homeschoolers by Gloria Dansby-Giles
Incorporating Family Work into Individual Counseling: Establishing a Relationship with Families by David M. Kaplan and Melody J. Cole
Are Boys Falling Behind in Academics? Part I by Jeanne C. Bleuer & Garry R. Walz
Scientifically Based Research: What Does It Mean For Counselors? by Garry R. Walz and Jeanne C. Bleuer
When Terrorists Strike: What School Counselors Can Do by Gerald A. Juhnke
Filial Therapy by Brandy R. Schumann
ADD and ADHD: An Overview for School Counselors by Deanna S. Pledge
New Perspectives on Counseling Underachievers by Jeanne C. Bleuer and Garry R. Walz
Working Towards Effective Practices in Distance Career Counseling by James F. Malone

Read the new digests on the ERIC/CASS Digest page: Available as .pdf documents.; URL: http://ericcass.uncg.edu/digests.html

The Web Library: Has full text materials on issues of interest to school counselors. A school guidance program is on the site, as is a site on:
Cyber-Counseling! Links to Counseling Resources on the Internet. Sponsored by the Dept. of Educational Psychology and Counseling, CSU, Northridge Includes links to professional associations, theories and institutes, programs, journals, licensing and certification information, lists and discussion forums and links with the Clearinghouses of counseling information.; URL: http://www.csun.edu/~hfedp001/links.html

Assessment and Evaluation on the Internet ERIC/AE [ERIC Assessment and Evaluation Clearinghouse]: URL: http://ericae.net/nintbod.htm