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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 fall 2007.

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).

Databases that index the professional and scholarly psychology, psychiatry, and counseling literature:

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For psychology and counseling literature. Note limit options to refine your search to research articles. Also includes a thesaurus that can help generate search terms for your topic.

The Hermes system is no longer available.

You will be redirected to its replacement, JHSearch , shortly, or click here to go there immediately.

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For educational psychology and education-related literature. Includes an education-specific thesaurus to help find search terms for your topic.

PubMed
For medical and psychiatric literature. Note limit options to refine your search.

Additional databases of interest:
Use this to look up an author as a cited reference. Find out who has cited a particular work.

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

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. Citing sources

APA format and lots more. Try RefWorks!

V. 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
Contact the Education and Counseling Librarian!

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