Human Services Research Guide
Find Overview and Background Information
- Encyclopedia of Addictions and Addictive Behaviors.
RC 564 .G95 2006 Reference
- Encyclopedia of Aging
HQ1061 .E534 2006 Reference
- Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, & Addictive Behavior
HV5804 .E53 2001 Reference
- Encyclopedia of Psychology
BF31 .E52 2000 Reference
- Human Services Dictionary
HV 12 .R67 2003
- National Directory of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment Programs
HV5825 .N323 2006 Reference
Find Books, Videos and Other Audiovisual Materials
Use the catalogs
below to locate print and audio-visual materials.
Find Articles in Magazines, Journals and Newspapers
You must have a valid College of DuPage
library
card to access the electronic indexes and the human services databases from off-campus.
- Expanded
Academic ASAP (1980-present).
An index
to over 2500 journals and magazines covering a variety of
topic areas including human services. Abstracts and sometimes
the full-text of articles.
- Academic Search Premier (1984-present) References and abstracts to articles from about 4500 magazines and professional journals covering a variety of topics including psychology. Many articles are online or full-text.
- PsycInfo (1887-present)
An index to journals in human services, counseling, psychology
and related fields. Provides primarily references and abstracts
for articles. Some articles are available full-text
or online. There are also references and abstracts for book
chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Use the Thesaurus
of Psychological Index Terms (located in the library
and online in PsycINFO) to locate acceptable terms for your
research topic. Use the following links on the online handout
for further assistance.
- Search the newspaper databases, including the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune.
Find Web Sites
For your human services course papers and projects, be sure to evaluate the Web sites that you find by using a search engine like Google or Yahoo. Use the C.O.D. Library's "Evaluating Web Sites" Web page to determine the reliability of a Web site.
Citing Sources
- Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association [APA]
The "Bible" for APA style papers and reference lists.
BF 76.7.P83 Reference & General
- Concise Rules of APA Style
BF 76.7 .C66 2005 Reference & General
- APA Style Helper: Software for New Writers in the Behavioral Sciences
Use on your computer to create a APA style paper and reference list.
Reference, General & Circulation Desk BF 76.6 .P832 2005 [CD-ROM]
- APA Research Style Crib Sheet
http://www.docstyles.com/archive/apacrib.pdf
- More help from the C.O.D. Library with citing sources using APA style
http://www.cod.edu/library/research/citenet.htm
Human Services 1100 Field of Practice Assignment Handout (Krieglstein)
Diana Fitzwater, Reference Librarian
fitzwate@cod.edu
(630) 942-2078
SRC 3051
C.O.D. Library Web site http://www.cod.edu/library
Reference Desk (630) 942-3364 or email or IM
Updated May 2008
