Educational Psychology & Counseling 660: Counseling For Career Adjustment & Change: Selected Library Sources

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Demographics: Reference Resources

Demographics 

Demographics USA.

Location: REFRM Table 4: HF5415.3 .D463 1999

Lifestyle Market Analyst: the essential source for demographic and lifestyle activities.

Location: REFRM Table 4: HF5415.33.U6 L54 2000

The Sourcebook of zip code demographics..

Location: REFRM Table 4 HA203 .S66 2000 current issue

Statistical abstract of the United States

Location: REFRM HA202 2000 Current issue

Location: Internet: http://www.census.gov/statab/www/ or http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS2878

Encyclopedias    
Subject words: career encyclopedias or vocational encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of careers and vocational guidance

Location: REFRM HF5381 E52 2000 v. 1-4

Encyclopedia of career change and work issues

Location: REFRM HF5381 E516 1992

Professional careers sourcebook

Location: REFRM HF5381 .A1 P76 2000

Facts & Figures

American FactFinder Provides information based on the US Census; Subject Index: Native Americans

Location: http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet

RAND California provides easy access to statistics about California; some databases cover the entire United States. (CSUN subscription; not available to all users) Suggestion: Statistics Summary, ... by race (U.S. State and County Population Statistics By Race and/or Age)

Location: Internet (subscription)

Counting California (California Digital Library) includes data (or downloadable files) on California at the state, region, county, and city level from a variety of government sources. Population and Demographics: American Indian or Topic, Subtopic ( Educational Attainment: Race By Educational Attainment)

Location: http://countingcalifornia.cdlib.org/

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Periodicals/Journals: Indexes & Articles

Psychological Abstracts/PsycInfo

Indexes books and 1,300 journals written in over 25 languages, spanning 1887 to the present

Location: REFRM Table 6 BF 1 . P65 and Online

ERIC (Late 1960's-)

ERIC contains references to journal articles, and unpublished literature (such as research reports, conference papers, curriculum guides and program evaluations). ERIC Documents (ED) on microfiche date back to 1966. CSUN library now offers online access to current 5 years of ED reports.

Location: Online through CSA,  ERIC FirstSearch and EricWizard

Sociological Abstracts

Provides indexing and detailed abstracts of articles taken from 3,000 journals published world wide in sociology, social work and related social and behavioral sciences. Indexing began in 1963, abstracts from 1974-

Social Sciences Index

An index to articles and book reviews in 400 English-language journals in anthropology, economics, geography, political science, psychology and sociology. Indexing started in 1983, abstracts from 1994-

Full-text Journals, Magazines and Newspapers:

Academic Universe - Lexis Nexis

A wide variety of information including: articles from Newspapers, journals, law reviews, case law and more

AcademicSearch Elite (EbscoHost)

Full-text and citations from journals and magazines, may limit to only search full-text, within a specific date range and peer reviewed journals

Ethnic News Watch

Full-text database of selected newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press in the United States. Alternative to mainstream media so gives a different perspective

Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac)

Full-text and citations from journals and magazines, may limit to only search full-text, within a specific date range and refereed journals

JStor Journal Storage Project

Archival collection of scholarly articles from various academic displines, including Anthropology, History, Political Science, and Sociology, the most recent articles are at least 2-5 years old.

Writing Guides

How to Write Psychology Papers

Location: REFRM BF76.5 .P27 1999

Psychologist’s Companion : a guide to scientific writing for students and researchers

Location: REFRM BF76.8 .S73 1993)

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association

Location: REFRM BF 76.5 A54 2001

Research methodology books (Psychology -- Research – Methodology) BF713.-

Writing papers in Psychology

BF 76.7 R67 2001

Internet Resources