Research Guides: Archive--Counseling: Finding Articles

Use Databases & Indexes to Find Articles

To identify articles in counseling, consult the following indexes and abstracts. To search those available through the Rod Library Web page, select the desired index or abstract title from the Databases A-Z list. Many of the following databases also index and summarize other types of relevant publications such as book chapters, books, conference papers, and dissertations.

When you identify articles or other sources of interest, click on the Find It button to learn if Rod Library provides electronic access to the article in full-text online, has the journal in paper copy in Periodicals, or does not subscribe to the journal.

APA PsycInfo (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1806 -
From the American Psychological Association, this comprehensive psychology database indexes and abstracts articles from more than 2,500 journals in psychology and social sciences such as counseling, psychiatry, and social work. Use the Thesaurus tab to identify subject headings such as counseling, psychotherapy, school counseling, school counselors, child psychotherapy, geriatric psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, cognitive behavior therapy, neurosis, and mental disorders.
APA PsycArticles (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1895 - (or in most cases, from vol. 1, #1 of the journal)
Provides full-text access to journal articles published by the American Psychological Association, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber. All material, except ads and editorial board lists, is accessible. A subset of the journals indexed by PsycINFO. APA tutorials at http://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/training/tutorials.aspx.
ERIC (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1966 -
Of particular interest to those studying school counseling or postsecondary counseling. Also useful to those whose clients are school-aged, college-aged, or adult learners. The ERIC database indexes and abstracts articles from about 800 education journals. Among the journals indexed are Professional School Counseling and Journal of Adolescence. ERIC also indexes and abstracts documents such as research reports, bibliographies, curricular materials, and conference papers.
Gender Studies Database (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1930-
Indexes and abstracts journal articles, books, and other publications in gender and sexual diversity studies, including women’s, men’s, and GLBT studies. Topics such as family therapy, feminism, divorce, sex roles, incest, spouse abuse, and political/social activism are included. Also provides links to relevant documents on the Web.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1960s -
The PubMed bibliographic database of the National Library of Medicine indexes journal articles in medicine, psychiatry, nursing, dentistry, and the health care system. PubMed contains bibliographic citations and author abstracts from more than 4,800 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries.