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Specially designed for Counseling Education students and faculty, this library research guide provides direct access to discipline-specific and relevant multidisciplinary journal article databases, electronic access to the DSM-V, and exposes potentially useful reference materials, books/ebooks, and streaming video.

Need research assistance? Contact your friendly librarian! Misty Schattle at mschattle@shsu.edu.

Essential Databases

Psychiatry Online
Electronic access to the DSM-V

Mobile instruction: First access PsychiatryOnline from a desktop/laptop and create a My POL account. Then follow the instructions in this Device Pairing Guide.
PsycINFO
ProQuest Health Research Premium Collection
Gale OneFile: Psychology
Behavioral and Mental Health Online

Other Recommended Databases

Dissertations and Theses Full Text
Westlaw
Education Week

Digital edition of Education Week also available here

Note on TexShare

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Journal Information Databases

UlrichsWeb Global Serials Directory
Cabell's Journalytics Academic & Predatory Reports

Provides publication details, including acceptance rates and key metrics, for journals in many disciplines. "Journalytics" list identifies high-quality journals; "Predatory Report" identifies likely predatory journals.
JCR: InCites Journal Citation Reports

Journal Citation Reports can show you the:
- Most frequently cited journals in a field
- Highest impact journals in a field
- Hottest journals in a field
- Leading journals in a field
- Most published articles in a field
JCR is available annually in two editions, Science and Social Sciences.

Recommended Instrument Databases

Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print Internacional

Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) contains information about and reviews of all English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas.
Pruebas Publicadas en Espaol provides extensive information on hundreds of tests published in Spanish.
Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language, providing vital information on each test and pointing to reviews in the MMY.
Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI)
Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives, and Reference Works

Streaming Video

Counseling and Therapy in Video (Volumes I-III)
Video Journal of Counseling and Therapy
Education in Video (Volumes I-II)
LGBT Studies in Video
Kanopy Streaming Video

NOTE: There is limited support on Internet Explorer, so we recommend using Chrome or Firefox (Safari or Edge if available) to stream videos on Kanopy.
Films on Demand

Instant access to thousands of educational films, ranging from almost every academic discipline to life-skills content. Select films include closed-captioning and/or interactive text transcripts. Roll over the video player and click ""CC"" button at upper right for captions.

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Counselor Education Research