This page provides library information and resources useful to students enrolled in this course during fall 2007.

I. Topic analysis, search strategy, search terms

Identifying and refining a research topic

Identifying relevant information sources

Brainstorming search terms

Constructing effective searches using operators ("and," "or," "not")

II. Finding articles

Use the databases below to find articles, books, book chapters, and other publications in a particular field (they may or may not be available full text online, and may or may not be owned by JHU).

STOP!  Before you can access the JHU-licensed databases below from home, you must download the JHSecure VPN software onto your home computer.  Find out more about JHSecure.

Databases that index scholarly sources in counseling and addictions:
	PsycINFO  (All US JHU)
	PubMed  (Any location)
	Social Services Abstracts  (All US JHU)
Other databases of interest:
	Criminal Justice Abstracts   (All JHU (incl. International))
	Gender Studies Database  (All US JHU)
	Web of Science  (All US JHU)

III. Finding books 

Access to books and other full-length materials (i.e., not articles) owned by the JHU Libraries.  What to do if you need something we don't own.

IV. Evaluating information on the Web

Anyone can publish on the Web -- how do you determine the validity of information you find?  Is it suitable for your purposes?

V. Citing sources

APA format and lots more.  Try RefWorks!

VI. Other useful links

• How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography. Cornell University Library.
• Contact the Education and Counseling Librarian!

Back to Education & Counseling Research Guide  |  Blackboard entry page