Counselling resources: Skills & theories

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This guide contains resources relevant to EDUC 323, EDUC 870 and EDUC 874.

 Contact info

If you need help, please contact Adena Brons, Education Librarian at 778 782 7419 or abrons@sfu.ca or Ask a librarian

 Books & reference sources

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia articles summarize the issues, perspectives and history related to a topic, giving you the “big picture.” 

Find encyclopedia articles in the Library Catalogue, filtering by resource type Reference Entries.

Handbooks

Handbooks provide "how to" information about research methods and professional topics. 

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What are subject headings?

Subject headings are standardized words or phrases used in library catalogues and some databases to find books, articles, maps, films, and other resources by subject -- also sometimes called simply subjects or index terms.

Adding subject headings to your searches can often give more focused results than searching by keyword. 

They can also allow you to retrieve articles or books that use different keywords for the same subject. For instance, the subject heading  Adolescence can allow you to retrieve articles that use terms like teens, teenagers, adolescents, or youth.

Finding and using subject headings 

Once you have found one suitable book or article, you can use the subject headings for that item to find similar materials -- often by clicking on them.

And after a keyword search in a catalogue or database, you can sometimes limit your search results by Subject (subject heading).

More help

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 Videos of therapies in practice

TIP: Can't find a particular video in Psychotherapy.net? Try looking for it in Counselling and Therapy in Video. Some older videos are listed in Psychotherapy.net, but found in Counselling and Therapy in Video.

 Journal articles

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