Lewis & Clark Libraries: Counseling, Therapy & School Psychology: Databases

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ACA Journal Access

The American Counseling Association (and its member divisions) publish the core journals of this field. Watzek provides access to almost all of these titles in full text online. Any article published in these or other journals for which we do not provide access can be requested via InterLibrary Loan.

Key Databases for CTSP

PsycNET This link opens in a new window
Single search interface for PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, and PsycTHERAPY. Premier database for Psychology with coverage of American Counseling Association journals and the ability to search by methodology.
PsycINFO is a bibliographic database of scholarly literature from a variety of publishers, covering over 2,500 journals in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences; coverage includes journals, books, book chapters, reviews, and dissertations. PsycARTICLES provides fulltext coverage of journals published by APA, Canadian Psychological Association, Hogrefe Publishing Group, and the Educational Publishing Foundation. PsycTHERAPY is a database of streaming psychotherapy demonstrations featuring some of the most renowned therapists in North America working with participants on a host of therapeutic topics.
Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
More than 12,000 full-text periodicals, including more than 4,700 peer-reviewed journals. Excellent coverage of American Counseling Association published journals and journals across all academic disciplines.
Academic Search Premier is a comprehensive, scholarly, and multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 12,000 full-text periodicals, including more than 4,700 peer-reviewed journals. The database also offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. Many areas of academic study are covered, including: animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion & theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology, and many other fields. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,400 journals.
Primo This link opens in a new window
Primo is the library's search engine for books at Watzek Library and at Pacific Northwest Academic Libraries via the Summit delivery system. It also contains audiovisual materials like DVDs and CDs as well as journal articles and ebooks.

Additional Databases for CTSP

Annual Reviews This link opens in a new window
There are Annual Reviews for psychology, clinical psychology and neuroscience. Describes and evaluates noteworthy publications and developments in the fields.
Offers comprehensive, timely collections of critical reviews written by leading scientists. Volumes are published each year for 46 focused disciplines within the Biomedical, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences including Economics.
Education Source This link opens in a new window
Education Source provides full text, indexing and abstracts for thousands of education journals, books and education-related conference papers. Coverage spans all levels of education and includes educational specialties such as multilingual education, health education and testing.
ERIC This link opens in a new window
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) is a product of the U.S. Department of Education, and provides access to education journals and related documents.
Ebsco's ERIC can be searched in combination with Education Research Complete and Educational Administration Abstracts. The ERIC Collection, began in 1966, contains records for a variety of publication types, including: journal articles books research syntheses conference papers technical reports dissertations policy papers, and other education-related materials
PubMed This link opens in a new window
National Library of Medicine's database covering the international literature on biomedicine, including dentistry and nursing.
National Library of Medicine's database covering the international literature on biomedicine, including the allied health fields and the biological and physical sciences, humanities, and information science as they relate to medicine and health care. Many records include abstracts.
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window
Provides nearly 550 full text publications, including more than 500 peer-reviewed journals.
Covering the following topics:
Anthropology
Emotional & Behavioral Characteristics
Mental Processes
Observational & Experimental Methods
Psychiatry & Psychology

Back-file for some titles going back to the 1960s.
Child & Adolescent Psychology
Counseling.
Psychology Collection This link opens in a new window
Indexes nearly 500 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals - many cited in the PsycINFO index.
Gives individuals a basic understanding of the study of the mind, emotions and how the human mind develops and diminishes over time. Coverage of articles from 1980-present.

PsycCRITIQUES
Archive of PsycCRITIQUES, a full-text book and video review database of the American Psychological Association, which ended publication in Fall 2017.
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The critiques are made available Center for the History of Psychology at the University of Akron in partnership with the APA.

Dissertations & Theses This link opens in a new window
Link to abstracts or citations to dissertations and theses from around the world, from 1861 to the present day. Also includes full text of dissertations and theses produced by graduate students at Lewis & Clark.

CTSP Librarian

Elaine Hirsch

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Subjects: Academic English Studies, Counseling Psychology, Education, Gender Studies