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CPSY 214: Evidence-Based Therapy

Best Databases

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Go to the Library Homepage https://www.scu.edu/library and click on the Databases tab.
Choose either "Browse by Subject" or "Browse by Title" to get a list of databases.
If searching from off-campus, you will need to input your name and password to use any library database.

Best Databases for Counseling Psychology

APA PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
Abstracts professional and scholarly psychology journals and book chapters, plus dissertations and technical reports. The coverage includes over 1300 journals in 27 languages from approximately 50 countries. 1887-present. Updated monthly.
APA PsycArticles This link opens in a new window
Provides access to more than 100 important journals in all subject areas relevant to psychology. Journals published by the American Psychological Association, the Canadian Psychological Association, and English language journals from Hogrefe Publishing are included. Most titles are covered from volume one to the present. Citations in PsycINFO have links to the full-text in PsycARTICLES.
APA PsycBooks This link opens in a new window
Provides electronic access to thousands of scholarly and professional titles published by the American Psychological Association (APA), including recent titles in psychological and behavioral science, plus a substantial backfile of classic and historic works.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Includes MedLine. The National Library of Medicine's bibliographic database. It includes such topics as microbiology, delivery of health care, nutrition, pharmacology, and environment health. 1966-present. Click here for our PubMed Quick Guide.
Counseling and Therapy in Video This link opens in a new window
Provides a rich online collection of video available for the study of psychotherapy, psychology, psychiatric counseling, and social work - 400 hours and more than 330 videos, when completed. The database includes filmed footage of actual therapy sessions, re-enacted therapy sessions, and scripted sessions designed by counseling professionals to illustrate common issues and scenarios that arise during courses of therapy.