Research and Evaluation for Counselors

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863.681 Research and Evaluation for Counselors

This page provides library information and resources useful to students enrolled in this course during spring 2007.

Librarian for Education and Counseling: Andrea Bartelstein
Course instructor: Dr. Alan G. Nemerofsky

I. Topic analysis, search strategy, search terms

Identifying and refining a research topic
Identifying relevant information sources
Brainstorming search terms
Constructing effective searches using operators ("and," "or," "not")

II. Finding articles

Use the databases below to find articles as well as books, book chapters, and other publications in a particular field (they may or may not be available full text online, and may or may not be owned by JHU).
STOP! Before you can access the JHU-licensed databases below from home, you must set up your home computer for remote access to library databases.

Databases that index the professional and scholarly psychology literature:

PsycARTICLES (All US JHU)

PsycINFO (All US JHU)


Databases that index the literature of education and related social sciences:

Education Full Text (also part of OmniFile Full Text Mega) (All US JHU)

ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) (All US JHU)

ProQuest Education Journals (All US JHU)


Additional databases of interest:

Social Sciences Citation Index (All US JHU)

Use this to look up an author as a cited reference. Find out who has cited a particular work.


Digital Dissertations (All US JHU)

Use this to find master's theses and doctoral dissertations from 1861 - present.


Mental Measurements Yearbook (All US JHU)

Use this to find information and reviews of psychological and educational tests and other measures.

Find additional databases to search

III. Finding books

Access to books and other full-length materials (i.e., not articles) owned by the JHU Libraries. What to do if you need something we don't own.

IV. Evaluating information on the Web

Anyone can publish on the Web -- how do you determine the validity of information you find? Is it suitable for your purposes?

V. Citing sources

APA format and lots more. Try RefWorks!

VI. Other useful links

JHU Libraries psychology research guide: Introduction to finding sources in the JHU Libraries and beyond.
How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography. Cornell University Library.
American Counseling Association's Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice

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