Counseling

Departmental Representative

Most professional librarians serve as subject bibliographers for one or more academic departments or programs. They work with faculty members to develop the library's collection, promote its use and provide library instruction.

For the College of Education, the subject bibliographer is:

Chris Guder, Reference Librarian Office: 206 Alden Library, Learning Commons (2nd floor) Phone: (740) 597-1975 E-Mail: guder@ohio.edu

The faculty library liaison person is:

Dr. Joan Safran, Associate Professor of Education Office: 321E McCracken Hall Phone: (740) 593-0840 E-mail:safranj@ohio.edu

Ohio University's College of Education home page

Background Information

An A-Z of Counselling Theory and Practice by William Stewart. Cheltenham UK: Nelson Thornes, 2001.
Location: Reference Stacks RC466.S74 2001x

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-4. Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Association, 1994.
Location: Health Reference RC455.2.C4 D54 1994

Educators Guide to Free Guidance Materials. Randolph, Wisconsin : Educators Progress Service, Annual.
Location: Reference Stacks HF5381.A1 E3

Handbook of Psychological and Educational Assessment of Children, edited by Cecil R. Reynolds, Randy W. Kamphaus. New York : Guilford Press, 2003.
Location: Reference Stacks BF722 .H33 2003

Mental measurements yearbook. Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.

• The online version includes the 9^th edition (1985) to the present
• Print editions are held in the Reference Depsrtment. The latest edition is at the Reference Desk. Earlier editions are in the Reference stacks under Z 5814 .P 8 B 932.
• The editions of Mental Measurements Yearbook do not supersede each other, i.e. each edition primarily includes tests newly published since the last edition. (There are exceptions to the rule.) For that reason, it is often necessary to consult earlier editions of MMY.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Atlas of Type Tables , by Gerald P. Macdaid, Mary H. McCaulley, Richard I. Kainz. Gainesville, Fla. : Center for Applications of Psychological Type, 1986.
Location: Reference Stacks BF698.8.M94 M33 1986

Requirements for Certification . Chicago : University of Chicago Press, Annual.
Location: Reference Stacks LB1771 .W6

Library Catalogs

Library catalogs generally include references for materials like books, journals, and videos owned by a particular library or group of libraries. They do not include articles within journals, and most (including OU's catalog) don't include ERIC documents. To access those materials, use Indexes and Abstracts

ALICE: Ohio University Libraries' Online Catalog

ALICE is the name of the online library catalog for all campuses of Ohio University - Athens, Chillicothe, Eastern, Lancaster, Southern, and Zanesville.

OhioLINK Central Catalog

The OhioLINK Central Catalog represents the combined holdings of more than eighty libraries around the state. (See our page on borrowing books from OhioLINK.)

WorldCat

WorldCat is an international database for bibliographic information catalogued by many thousands of libraries. Consists of over 30 million bibliographic records. This is a good database for identifying materials not held in Ohio libraries. You can't borrow directly through this database. If you find materials here that are not available through OhioLINK, use Ohio University's Interlibrary Loan service.

Availability: all on-campus computers; from off-campus, Ohio University students, faculty, and staff have access through a login process.

Indexes and Abstracts

• Indexes approximately 1300 journals in the field of psychology and related disciplines, such as counseling, social linguistics, medicine , law, physiology, business, psychiatry, and anthropology. Also indexes books, chapters within books, and dissertations.
• Comprehensive and international in scope. Indexes materials in 27 languages from 46 countries. About 11% of the items indexed are not in English.
• Coverage of the current file is 1967 to the present. The current file is updated monthly. There is also a Historic PsycInfo file for 1887-1966.
• Availability: all on-campus computers; from off-campus, Ohio University students, faculty, and staff have access through a login process.

• Indexes 400 international English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and book series in the field of education. Includes books reviews from those publications.
• Coverage of the electronic version is 1983 to the present. It is updated monthly.
• There is also a Retrospective Education Index for 1929-1982.
• Availability: all on-campus computers; from off-campus, Ohio University students, faculty, and staff have access through a login process.

• Indexes approximately 900 journals in the field of education and related fields. Also indexes the ERIC document collection. ERIC documents often include papers presented at psychological conferences.
• Coverage is 1966 to the present. It is updated monthly.
• Here is an alternate form of ERIC which is also available in Ohio public schools and public libraries.
• Availability: all on-campus computers; from off-campus, Ohio University students, faculty, and staff have access through a login process.

• Citations of more than 1.5 million doctoral dissertations and 45,000 masters theses from 550 U.S. andernatio intnal institutions.
• Selected masters theses and international dissertations included since 1988.
• Abstracts are included from 1981 to the present. Abstracts of earlier dissertations are on microfilm, on the 1st floor of Alden Library. Abstracts are unavailable for years before 1938.
• Supports the ordering of paper and microform copies of dissertations.
• Provides free access to the electronic texts (PDF files) of all Ohio University dissertations published 1997 forward.
• To view or print Portable Display Files (PDF) on your workstation, you will need a copy of the Adobe Acrobat reader loaded on your computer. The Adobe Acrobat reader is distributed free of charge at the Acrobat home page.
• Printing PDF files on the Library's networked printers is NOT recommended because of the length of the printing time and our per page printing charge (in addition to the dissertation cost).
• More information on identifying dissertations http://www.library.ohiou.edu/find/diss.html
• Availability: All on-campus computers; from off-campus, Ohio University students, faculty, and staff have access through a login process.

• Indexes articles and citations from over 1700 international journals in all areas of the social sciences. Because the information stored about each article includes the article's cited reference list (often called its bibliography), you can also search the databases for articles that cite a known author or work.
• Coverage of source journals is 1980 to date. Cited references can come from any time period. It is updated weekly.
• Availability: all on-campus computers with web access; from off-campus, Ohio University students, faculty, and staff have access through a login process.

Counseling Journals

This is a selective list of our current subscriptions for counseling journals owned by the Ohio University Libraries.

Association, Clearinghouse, and Other Useful Websites

Adolescence Directory On-Line

Gateway to Internet resources on adolescent psychology and the counseling of adolescents, including resources created for use by teens themselves, as well as academic and professional resources.

American Counseling Association

The American Counseling Association is a not-for-profit, professional and educational organization that is dedicated to the growth and enhancement of the counseling profession. Founded in 1952, ACA is the world's largest association exclusively representing professional counselors in various practice settings.

Within the American Counseling Association, there are seventeen divisions. Many of them include excellent lists of related web links. Some of these divisions include:

Association for Assessment in Counseling
Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
Association For Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Issues in Counseling
Association For Multicultural Counseling and Development
American Mental Health Counselors Association
American Rehabilitation Counseling Association
American School Counselor Association
International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors
National Career Development Association
National Employment Counseling Association

APA HelpCenter

The American Psychological Association's Web site for laypersons seeking information on psychology and psychotherapy. Includes fact sheets on common mental health and family relationship issues.

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

Web site of nonprofit organization devoted to advocacy for the legal rights of those with mental disabilities. The site contains substantial information on the legal aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), aging, disabled children, fair housing, mental health care, and advance directives.

Internet Mental Health

Web site offering basic information on mental disorders, gathered from sources used by professionals. Includes standard disease descriptions, diagnostic criteria, treatment recommendations. Also includes links to predefined PubMed searches that deliver lists of recently published articles on each disorder.

Online Dictionary of Mental Health

Not really a dictionary, but a directory of professional and consumer-oriented web sites related to mental health, mental disorders, psychiatry and psychotherapy.

Student Counseling Virtual Pamphlet Collection

Includes virtual pamplets created by the University of Chicago and other universities for counseling college students. Some of the topics include alcohol and substance abuse; assertiveness; cults; depression; eating disorders; relationships; sexual assault (including date rape); stress; study skills; and time management.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive

Site offering access to survey data on substance abuse and mental health, generated by U.S. goverment agencies and other research institutions. Resources offered include downloadable numeric data sets, reports on survey results, and links to related web sites.