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I. Use Voyager, the online catalog, to find books and journals held at OU.
Access Voyager from the Library Web Site: http://library.oakland.edu
II. Location of materials
1st floor - Computer Center, Public Eating Area
2nd floor - Circulation Desk, Computers to access Voyager and Netscape
3rd floor - Books shelved by call number
4th floor - Journals, magazines and newspapers shelved by call number
III. Encyclopedias and Handbooks
A. Key Words in Multicultural Interventions REF BF 637 .C6 K493 1999
B. Counseling Dictionary REF BF 637 .C6 G5332 2001
C. Counselor Preparation 10th ed. REF L 901 .C85 1999-2001
D. Handbook of Crisis Counseling, Intervention, and Prevention in the
Schools 3rd floor LB 1027.55 .C74 2002
E. Handbook of Family Dispute Resolution 3rd floor HQ 10 .T28 2002
IV. Finding journal articles from the library’s web site: http://library.oakland.edu
A. FirstSearch
1. PsycINFO - 1887 – present
2. PsycArticles – full-text articles from 41 journals
2. ERIC = journal articles (EJ) + documents on microfiche (ED)
3. SocSciAbstracts – Social Science Abstracts – 1983 - present
4. ECO - Electronic Collections online - some full-image articles
5. Education Abstracts – 1983 to present
Finding journal articles from the library’s web site, continued
B. Infotrac Searchbank
1. General Reference Center Gold - contains some fulltext
2. Health Reference Center-Academic - contains some fulltext
C. Lexis/Nexis - business, legal, and news fulltext articles.
V. Does OU have the journal I need?
A. Check Voyager by doing a Journal Name search
Journals are located on the 4th floor by call number
VI. E-Journal and E-Book Collections
A. PsycArticles - Full-text articles in general and specialized psychology from 41 peer-reviewed journals
B. JSTOR - full-image access to back issues of scholarly journals
C. Academic IDEAL - full-image access to almost 200 scholarly journals
D. Project MUSE - full-image articles from the John Hopkins University
Press and other publishers; items mainly in the humanities.
E. NetLibrary - a collection of E-Books
VII. Document Access - finding materials which are not at OU
A. Interlibrary Loan - 7-14 days, initiate requests thru KL web site.
B. Borrowing Privileges - to check out materials from these area libraries,
activate your library card at the library=s Circulation Desk, then bring your
driver's license and OU student ID to:
Eastern Michigan University University of Detroit-Mercy
Lawrence Technological Univ. University of Michigan-Dearborn
Macomb Community College Walsh College
Oakland Community College: (OCC-Oakland County residents only)
VIII. Some Counseling Websites
Encyclopedia of Psychology |
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APA style guide |
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U.S. Department of Education |
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American Counseling Association |
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American Psychological Association |
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Michigan Psychological Association |
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Michigan Counseling Association |
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Michigan Electronic Library - Counseling |
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www2.plattsburgh.edu/projects/cnet |
CounselorNet |
www.allaboutcounseling.com |
All About Counseling |
