LibGuides: School of Behavioral Health: Best Bets

This page has suggested resources to search for Counseling and Family Sciences topics. Consider searching other sources when your topic is multifaceted. For example, consider searching business, religion, medical, and multidisciplinary databases on your topic. For more information on searching search resources in general, check out the F inding Resources subpage of this guide.

Primary Counseling and Family Sciences Databases

Social Work Abstracts
Social work literature and social sciences relevant to public health.
Description:
- Offers coverage of more than 450 social work and human services journals dating back to 1965
- Provides indexing and abstracts dealing with all aspects of the social work field, including theory and practice, areas of service and social issues and problems
Social Work Abstracts allows you to:
- directly export search results to EndNote
- save searches in a personalized folder
- create email alerts for a specific topic
Producer
National Association of Social Workers (NASW), Ebsco
SocIndex with Full Text
Covers behavioral and social sciences relevant to healthcare administration.
Description:
- Features more than 1,986,000 records with subject headings from a 19,600 term sociological thesaurus
- Contains full text for 708 journals dating back to 1908
- Includes full text for more than 780 books and monographs, and full text for 9,333 conference papers
SocIndex with Full Text allows you to:
- directly export search results to EndNote
- save searches in a personalized folder
- create email alerts for a specific topic
Producer
Ebsco
PsycINFO
Comprehensive database for psychological literature.
Description:
- Contains more than 2.5 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines
- Includes information about the psychological aspects of related fields such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law, and others
- Journal coverage, which spans from 1887 to present, includes international material selected from more than 2,200 periodicals in more than 27 languages
PsycINFO allows you to:
- directly export search results to EndNote
- save searches in a personalized folder
- create email alerts for a specific topic
Producer:
American Psychological Association, Ebsco
PsycBOOKS
Psychology books and chapters.
Description:
- More than 24,000 chapters in PDF from over 1,500 books published by APA and other distinguished publishers
- Also includes over 800 classic books of landmark historical impact in psychology dating from 1806
- More than 1,500 authored entries from APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology
PsycBOOKS allows you to:
- directly export search results to EndNote
- save searches in a personalized folder
- create email alerts for a specific topic
Producer
American Psychological Association, Ebsco

Selected Counseling and Family Sciences Websites

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
"The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) is the professional association for the field of marriage and family therapy. We represent the professional interests of more than 50,000 marriage and family therapists throughout the United States, Canada and abroad."
Society of Counseling Psychology
A division of the American Psychological Association which advocates for Counseling Psychology within the field of psychology and in the public sector.
National Board for Certified Counselors
The National Board for Certified Counselors, Inc. and Affiliates, an independent not-for-profit credentialing body for counselors, was incorporated in 1982 to establish and monitor a national certification system, to identify those counselors who have voluntarily sought and obtained certification, and to maintain a register of those counselors.
American Counseling Association
Professional counselors help children, adolescents, young adults, families, couples and seniors. When you are facing life's challenges, a professional counselor can help. Find resources and articles of interest to consumers, the media, and the public.
The National Council on Family Relations
The National Council on Family Relations, founded in 1938, is the oldest nonprofit, nonpartisan, multidisciplinary professional association focused solely on family research, practice and education.
International Family Therapy Association
"...the International Family Therapy Association (IFTA) provides international conferences to promote, strengthen and improve the quality of family therapy, the quality of relationships within families and to promote well-being and peace within our world.

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IFTA, working in a collaborative spirit with other professionals and organizations around the world who share its mission, also promotes continuing education in the development of quality standards for marriage and family therapy for professionals performing family therapy in order that they may better assist families in the communities in which they serve."
International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors
"IAMFC is an organization that promotes excellence in the practice of couples and family counseling by:

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--Creating and disseminating first-class publications and media products
--Providing a forum for exploration of family-related issues
--Involving a diverse group of dedicated professionals in our activities
Emphasizing collaborative efforts.
--IAMFC has established the most rigorous training standards in marriage and family counseling (including 60 hours of coursework and extensive clinical supervision with couples and families); a national/international family counseling & therapy certification through the National Credentialing Academy (NCA); an international journal in family counseling, The Family Journal; a professional set of ethical standards, professional videos, and print resources. IAMFC is a modern, non political organization that respects cultural differences, diversity, and sister professional associations."
Council on Contemporary Families
"The Council on Contemporary Families is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to providing the press and public with the latest research and best-practice findings about American families. "

Evidence-based Practice Resources

Campbell Collaboration
Social intervention evidence systematic reviews.

Description
Campbell Systematic Reviews is the peer-reviewed online monograph series of systematic reviews prepared under the editorial control of the Campbell Collaboration. Campbell Systematic Reviews follow structured guidelines and standards for summarizing the international research evidence on the effects of interventions in crime and justice, education, international development, and social welfare.
Cochrane Library
The leading resource for systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
Description:
- Explore evidence for and against effectiveness and appropriateness of treatments in specific circumstances
- Provides systematic literature reviews, focusing on evidence-based clinical decision making
- Provides access to seven databases of importance to the practice of evidence-based medicine
  - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Cochrane Reviews)
  - Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
  - Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)
  - Cochrane Database of Methodology Reviews (Methodology Reviews)
  - Cochrane Methodology Register (Methodology Register)
  - Health Technology Assessment Database (HTA)
  - NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHS EED)
Producer
Cochrane Collaboration
TripPro Database
Evidence-based clinical search engine.
JBI EBP Database
Evidence-based practice resources.
Description:
JBI’s content database contains a unique suite of information for evidence-based healthcare practice:
- Evidence Summaries - Literature reviews that summarize existing international literature on common healthcare interventions and activities
- Evidence Based Recommended Practices - Database of procedures, based on the best available evidence, that describe and/or recommend practice on various clinical topics
- Best Practice Information Sheets - Series of information guideline sheets produced specifically for practicing health professionals
- Systematic Reviews - Collection of comprehensive systematic reviews of international research literature completed by trained JBI reviewers
- Consumer Information Sheets - Standardized summaries, designed just for consumers of healthcare (patient/client, relatives, care providers)
- Plus, Systematic Review Protocols and Technical Reports
Ovid also offers JBI subject-area nodes complete with evidence-based information in the following fields:
- Aged Care
- Burns Care
- Cancer Care
- Chronic Disease
- Emergency & Trauma
- Mental Health
- Midwifery Care
- Pediatrics
- Rehabilitation
- Surgical Services
- Tropical & Infectious Disease
- And More
Access 10 easy-to-use tools to help on every step of evidence-based practice implementation (must set up personal account on OVID to use these tools):
- Point of care
  - JBI manual builder
  - JBI pamphlet builder
- Appraisal & Implementation
  - JBI Journal Club
  - JBI RAPid (critically appraise research papers using a standardized checklist)
  - JBI Sumari (develop, conduct, and report on systematic reviews of multiple research papers)
- Quality Improvement
  - JBI Paces (tool for conducing EB clinical audits
  - JBI Pool (used to collect and store patient related prevalence data)
  - JBI COOL (used to collect and store client related prevalence data)
- Research
  - JBI Tap (assists researchers to analyze small qualitative data sets)
  - JBI CAN-implement (guide to assist in adapting existing guidelines for local use)
Producer
Ovid
PsycINFO
Comprehensive database for psychological literature.
Description:
- Contains more than 2.5 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines
- Includes information about the psychological aspects of related fields such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law, and others
- Journal coverage, which spans from 1887 to present, includes international material selected from more than 2,200 periodicals in more than 27 languages
PsycINFO allows you to:
- directly export search results to EndNote
- save searches in a personalized folder
- create email alerts for a specific topic
Producer:
American Psychological Association, Ebsco

The Database of Abstract of Reviews of Effect (DARE)
"Full-text database containing structured abstracts of systematic reviews from a variety of medical journals. DARE is produced by the National Health Services' Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (NHS CRD) at the University of York. DARE records cover topics such as diagnosis, prevention, rehabilitation, screening, and treatment."
Evidence-Based Practices Resource Center
"...aims to provide communities, clinicians, policy-makers and others in the field with the information and tools they need to incorporate evidence-based practices into their communities or clinical settings. The Resource Center contains a collection of scientifically-based resources for a broad range of audiences, including Treatment Improvement Protocols, toolkits, resource guides, clinical practice guidelines, and other science-based resources."
California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare
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Searchable database of child welfare related programs.
--Description and information on research evidence for specific programs.
--Guidance on how to make critical decisions regarding selecting and implementing programs
--Tools and materials to provide support for choosing, implementing and sustaining a program.