Library Guides: Counselling: Key resources

Key databases

Use Library Search to search for scholarly, peer reviewed journal articles. You can also use databases to search for journal articles. Searching subject specific databases is often more useful for a more targeted search.

APA PsycInfo
Provides access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines. The database includes literature from an array of disciplines related to psychology such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work.

Family
Indexes and abstracts current Australian writing and research on Australian families and children.
Social Services Abstracts
Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. it serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews

Scopus
A multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of peer reviewed literature, book reviews and conference proceedings.
Web of Science
A collection of citation databases and citation analysis tools covering the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities.

Pubmed
Includes citations for biomedical articles and provides citations and abstracts to biomedical literature including research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and healthcare services.

Finding the full text of a particular journal article

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