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Counselling resources and support

Your Subject Librarian

Your Subject Librarian

Sue Chubb

Other Education Library staff can also answer your more general library queries.

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Counselling resources are available in these branch libraries

Most counselling resources will be found in the Education Library.

However additional resources can also be found in the Arts and Social Sciences Library:

  • Some counselling materials
  • Psychology, including the Clinical Psychology collection
  • Mental Health

New books

  • New books and reports are displayed on the New Book Display in the Education Library for one week, during which time they may be reserved at the Library Issue Desk but not borrowed.

Course based materials

Materials to support Counselling courses are available in the Education Library:

  • Duplicate copies of some recommended textbooks (for example, books in high demand for essays and
    assignments) are kept in the Short Loan Collection (SLC)
  • Tutors may also make materials for study available on Blackboard.

Thesis collection

The collection of Masters and Diploma theses for Counselling are kept by the Department (not the Library) in 8 -10 Berkeley Square. Please ask in the Counselling Programmes Office for further information.

How to find books, journals, and more

Inter-Library Loans and ILL vouchers

The Inter-Library Loans (ILL) service can be used to obtain Items not held in print in the University's branch libraries or available online. There is a charge for this service, though it may be possible to obtain an Inter-library loan voucher to pay for this:

  • Counselling academic staff can usually obtain an Inter-library loan (ILL) voucher/s; please ask for further details in the Education Library .
  • Counselling postgraduate students can also ask for an ILL voucher or vouchers. The vouchers for the programme are held in the Student Services Office, located on the 1st floor of the Graduate School of Education in 35 Berkeley Square.

Information for academic staff and researchers

  • Our Research support pages cover finding information, managing information, and exploiting your research, together with sources of further help and advice.
  • Each academic department in the university has its own library representative, whose duties are detailed in these guidelines. The Library Representative for Counselling is ?????.
  • Feedback about library resources for counselling is welcomed by the Subject Librarian for Counselling or by Becky Midwinter, the academic member of staff responsible for the Diploma/MSc Counselling programme.
  • New academic staff are welcome to contact the Subject Librarian to arrange a session on how the Library can help you.

Databases

MetaLib: your resource gateway provides access to a vast range of online resources, including databases, search engines, subject gateways, and selected Internet resources.

Internet links

Gateways giving access to counselling Internet resources

  • Subject Gateways for Mental Health and Counselling - a list of specialist resources for mental health and counselling, courtesy of Liverpool John Moores University.
  • Intute: Social Sciences - although no longer being updated, as Intute closed in July 2011, the site still offers access to thousands of high quality social sciences Internet resources, each selected and described by academic librarians and subject specialists.
  • Psychology WWW Virtual Library - this site is part of the World Wide Web Virtual Library and any links included are evaluated for their quality as information sources before being listed as a resource.
  • Psychology Self-Help Resources on the Internet - a gateway to a huge number of self help resources on all manner of health and psychological disorders. The listing is maintained by Russell Dewey of Psyc Web, a major source of psychology information on the web.

Professional organisations and associations

  • British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - the UK's leading advocate association for counselling professionals, supporting the advancement and growth of the counselling profession and of individual counsellors.
  • United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy - the UKCP exists to promote the profession of psychotherapy and to maintain high standards of professional practice. The organisation maintains a national register of psychotherapists and provides professionals with training and professional development support, as well as information on psychotherapy to the public.
  • British Psychoanalytic Council - the BPC is an association of institutions, which comprise psychoanalysts, analytical psychologists, psychoanalytic psychotherapists and child psychotherapists.
  • American Counseling Association (ACA) - the ACA is dedicated to the growth and enhancement of the counselling profession and is the the world's largest association exclusively representing professional counsellors. The site provides useful advice and information to both professional counsellors and the public.
  • British Psychological Society - the BPS is the representative body for psychologists and psychology in the UK. It has national responsibility for the development, promotion and application of psychology for the public good and provides useful information both to psychologists and the public. The BPS has a number of specialist divisions, one of which is the Division of Counselling Psychology and another the Psychotherapy Section.
  • Association for Humanistic Psychology - information on the humanistic psychology movement and the humanistic psychotherapies. An annotated bibliography of further reading on a variety of different subjects of interest to humanistic psychologists and counsellors is provided.
  • Association for Death Education and Counseling - a multi-disciplinary professional organisation dedicated to promoting excellence in death education, bereavement counselling and care of the dying.

Internet sources

This section provides a small selection of Internet sources. For others use the gateways above or a search engine.

  • Health Guide: Mental Health - An extensive selection of mental health resources with direct links to websites. The site is part of Health Guide, a guide intended for health care professionals and to support students and staff with materials which are mainly UK focused.
  • Health Guide: Counselling and Psychotherapy - Links to a large number of websites on counselling and psychotherapy, in particular to relevant organisations and professional bodies, mainly UK based. The site is part of Health Guide, a guide intended for health care professionals and to support students and staff with materials which are mainly UK focused.
  • Intute: Social Sciences: Psychology - a selection of evaluated psychology resources including links to mental health and psychotherapy websites.
  • Online Schools - Comprehensive Guide to Psychology Resources - The Online Schools website is aiming to be a central portal for information on the web to support online learning. This page gives links to information covering the different specialisms within psychology.
  • Athabasca University (Canada) Psychology Resources - Abnormal, Clinical and Counselling - A useful collection of websites on addictions, depressive disorders, psychological disorders and therapy. There are also links to other psychology resources organised by broad subject areas.
  • Yahoo Directory for Counseling and Therapy - A collection of Internet resources on counselling from Yahoo. A keyword search of the directory for matching resources is also possible.
  • Narrative Psychology Internet and Resource Guide - this page is maintained by Vincent Hevern, of the Psychology Dept at Le Moyne College, NY, USA and focuses on narrative perpectives in psychology and related disciplines. It provides a guide to Internet resources concerned with the storied nature of human conduct.
  • Narrativeapproaches.com - this website covers a wide range of resource material on narrative therapy with links to many other related web pages.
  • The Department of Health - this website provides useful information on the UK health service, with a link to the NHS gateway. The site also provides a search option yielding good information on many aspects of counselling within the health service and also gives details of current counselling research projects.
  • Counsellors and Psychotherapists in Primary Care - The aims of the Association are to represent counsellors and psychotherapists working in an NHS setting and to lead the way in establishing national standards and guidelines for further development of professional and effective counselling throughout the NHS.
  • Counselling - a UK counselling charity, which maintains a list of counselling organisations and provides a a searchable list of registered counsellors.
  • Online Dictionary of Mental Health - the dictionary covers all the disciplines contributing to the understanding of mental health. Rather than giving definitions of terminology, there are instead, links to many sites offering different viewpoints on issues in mental health.
  • Pysch-couns mailing list - Psych-couns is a mail list for students and researchers in counselling psychology, counselling and psychotherapy and others who wish to discuss theoretical and research issues in counselling psychology.
  • Narrative-Health-Research - a mailing list for those interested in researching and evaluating the use of narrative in health and related fields.
  • Centre for Reviews and Dissemination - the Centre promotes the use of research-based knowledge in health care. The site can be searched by keyword to find reviews relevant to counselling and psychotherapy.

You will also find helpful information and other useful web links from the University of Bristol, Psychology, (Experimental) subject resources and support web pages.

Quick reference tools

Dictionaries and encyclopaedias

Handbooks, manuals, readers and guides in the Education Library

  • The SAGE Handbook of qualitative research - HM35 HAN
  • SAGE Handbook of counselling and psychotherapy - BF664 HAN
  • The Counsellor's handbook: a practical A-Z guide to professional and clinical practice - BF664 COU
  • The helper's handbook: a directory of basic counselling skills for voluntary and full-time workers in the helping professions - Oversize BF664 STE
  • The theory and practice of counselling and therapy - BF664 NEL
  • Training manual for counselling and helping skills - Oversize BF664 NEL
  • Counselling: The BAC counselling reader - BF664 COU
  • BACP supervisors' workshop: ethical framework for good practice in counselling and psychotherapy - Oversize Pamphlet BF664 INS
  • Ethical guidelines for researching counselling and psychotherapy - Oversize Pamphlet BF77 BON
  • Standards and ethics for counselling in action 3rd edition - BF664 BON
  • Individual counselling theory and practice : a reference guide - Oversize Pamphlet BF664 NIC
  • An incomplete guide to referral issues for counsellors - BF664 WIL
  • Psychology for health care: key terms and concepts - Gen. Ref. BF31 ADA
  • Essential law for counsellors and psychotherapists - BF664 MIT
  • Confidentiality: Counselling and the law - Oversize Pamphlet BF664 BON
  • Confidentiality and record keeping in counselling and psychotherapy - BF664 BON

Guides to Literature searching and the Internet

  • Doing a literature search :a comprehensive guide for the social sciences - in the Education Library at LB2369 HAR
  • Google for dummies - in the Education Library at PC Area
  • Google power :unleash the full potential of Google - in the Education Library at PC Area
  • How to find information: a guide for researchers 2nd ed. - in the Education Library at LB2369 RUM
  • Internet research skills :how to do your literature search and find research information online - in the Education Library at HM35 ODO
  • Search strategies for the Internet :how to identify essential resources more effectively 3rd edition - in the Education Library at Oversize TK5105 BLA
  • The extreme searcher's guide to Web search engines :a handbook for the serious searcher - in the Education Library at TK5105 HOC
  • Thesaurus of psychological index terms 10th edition - for use to identify subject terms when searching the online PsycInfo database - in the Education Library at PC Area
  • A number of general 'Self-learning resources' are available below, including video tutorials, downloadable library guides, and web resources.
  • Find out about referencing in your written work and EndNote referencing software in 'Referencing help'.

Information skills training for postgraduates

  • All Counselling students have a library induction session arranged early in their first term.
  • A number of general 'Self-learning resources' are available below, including video tutorials, downloadable library guides, and web resources.
  • Find out about referencing in your written work and EndNote referencing software in 'Referencing help'.

Self-learning resources

  • Video tutorials - topics include the Library Catalogue, understanding references on reading lists, using the MetaLib resource gateway, off-campus access to eResources, etc.
  • Finding and using information pages - covering key aspects of information skills, including researching a topic, effective use of Google, evaluating your search results, avoiding plagiarism, etc. Also includes a Jargon-buster page.
  • Library guides - downloadable guides to each branch library, our main search tools, special library services, etc.
  • External resources for developing your information skills - including online tutorials and downloadable guides.
  • Find out about referencing in your written work and EndNote referencing software in 'Referencing help'.

Referencing guidance

Referencing

There is no single way of writing references. The two most common styles are the Harvard system and the Numeric system. You will need to use the style specified by your department or by the body or journal to which you are submitting your work. If there are no guidelines specified, you should make sure that you write your references in a consistent way.

It is important that any sources you use in preparing your written work are acknowledged and accurately cited. This allows anyone reading your work to find the sources you have used for your ideas, arguments and findings and also to verify any quotations you have made. It is also important to use a clear and consistent style of citation.

The University of Leeds has produced a useful general guide on Referencing which gives guidance on different, well known referencing styles, accompanied by examples of how to use each reference style when citing different types of material.

The following publication is also available in the Education Library, 'Cite them right: the essential referencing guide' by Richard Pears and Graham Shields, Pear Tree Books 2008. This publication is available at Oversize LB2369 PEA

There are many guides to different, widely used citation styles available, for example the Harvard Style of referencing is a popular one and the following online guides give you detailed information about how to use the Harvard style in citing your references, both in the main body of your work and in compiling your bibliography of references at the end.

Harvard referencing - the guide to citation and referencing from the University of East London Library and Learning Services.

Kingston University Information Services Citing references using the Harvard Style

However, always check with your tutor or supervisor which style they wish to use before you start writing, this information may also be given in your programme or course handbook.

Journal title abbreviations

Literature references are often written with abbreviated terms. Probably the most troublesome are abbreviated journal titles which can make finding a journal difficult.

If you are unable to find the abbreviation you are looking for, please ask a member of the Library staff for assistance. Alternatively, these online resources may help:

Unofficial abbreviations

Sometimes very short unofficial abbreviations are employed in reference books or journals.

Please note: these should not be used in the references that you write, unless they are stipulated by the body or journal that you are submitting your work to.

Writing for the subject, and how to avoid plagiarism

  • Various guides to writing are available at LB2369 in the Education Library - - to check what is available, it is best to use the 'Browse' option on the Library catalogue and do a 'classmarks' search (this will find both items on loan and those kept behind the Issue Desk, as well as the books currently on the shelves at the LB2369 classmark location).
  • General advice on writing and style guides
  • Our Plagiarism: information and advice for students page explains what plagiarism is, how to avoid it, and the consequences of plagiarism.

EndNote referencing software

EndNote is the University of Bristol's recommended bibliographical management software, which can be used to collect, store, organise and manage references, and to output them as reference lists or bibliographies. A particularly useful function is 'Cite While You Write', enabling you to format Word documents, producing bibliographies and adding references within the text.