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Counselling and Psychotherapeutic Studies: electronic resources
- Counselling and psychotherapeutic studies subject guide [pdf]
- Contact the Subject Librarian for Counselling and Psychotherapeutic Studies: Helen Stephen
Online indexes and abstracts
Goldsmiths IT username and password required unless otherwise stated.
- PsycINFO - abstract database of psychological literature in behavioural and social sciences from 1800s to the present.
- Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Collection - full text resource, can be used in conjunction with PsycINFO.
- Sociological Abstracts
- ISI Citation Index - Arts and Humanities, Social Science and Science Citation Index. 1970 - present.
- ASSIA (Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts) - health and social sciences. 1987 - current.
- IBSS - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences.
- Medline - medical bibliographic database, available through ISI Web of Knowledge.
- Social Care Online - from the Social Care Institute for Excellence.
- Social Policy and Practice - a leading source of evidence-based social science research. For policy-makers and practitioners working in social and public policy, economic development, and the social services.
Note that staff and students on HE level courses who join Senate House library have remote access to their wide range of web resources.
Tutorial
- Internet Detective - a free online tutorial helping develop Internet research skills. It looks at the critical thinking required when using the Internet for research and offers practical advice on evaluating the quality of web sites.
- Internet Psychology - another free online tutorial for developing research skills and identifying online resources for Psychology.
Research
- Research Ethics Guidebook - guide for researchers which includes: advice on writing research proposals, ethics committee approval and issues arising during fieldwork.
Resources on the Internet
- British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
- Centre for Evidence Based Mental Health
- Centre for Mental Health - charity working to improve the quality of life for people with severe mental health problems
- Department of Health - almost all the material now published by the Department of Health is available in electronic format from this website.
- Mental Health Care - from Institute of Psychiatry and South London and Maudsley NHS Trust giving information about mental health and illness, research and personal stories.
- The Mental Health Foundation - charity working in mental health and learning disabilities
- MIND(National Association for Mental Health)
- Psychotherapy Arena - site maintained by the publishers Routledge. The 'resource' option gives useful links to organisations and related websites.
- SANE - information, support and research charity for mental illness
- PsychNet-UK - independent private website for mental health professionals
- Encyclopaedia of Psychology