Research Guides: Counseling & Psychology Research Guide: Books & E-books

Graduate Liaison to Counseling & Psychology

Randy Miller

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434-592-3096

Subjects: Copyright, Counseling, Psychology, Writing

Undergraduate Liaison to Counseling & Psychology

Amanda Hahn

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(434) 592-3318

Subjects: Copyright, Counseling, News & Current Events, Psychology, Social Sciences, Social Work, Sociology, Writing

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E-book Help
A guide on how to find and use the library's e-books, including information about downloading and device compatibility.
Interlibrary Loan
This link takes you to the ILL sign-in page. Create an account in Illiad, and you can request books, videos and more from other libraries across the country.

WorldCat This link opens in a new window
Use WorldCat to search through resources available in libraries around the world. Then use Interlibrary Loan to request it.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Books in the Jerry Falwell Library are organized according to the Library of Congress system. If you would like to browse the shelves, books for counseling and psychology may be found in the following Library of Congress subject headings.

BF Psychology
HQ Family/Marriage/Sexuality
LB and LC Educational Psychology, Special Education
RC Internal Medicine (includes Neurosciences / Psychiatry)

However, you would usually have more comprehensive results by browsing the electronic catalog, because it displays books that are in the Book Tower, in the storage and retrieval system, as well as electronic books we have available.

Suggested Books

The Oxford Handbook of Counseling Psychology by Elizabeth M. Altmaier (Editor); Jo-Ida C. Hansen (Editor)
Call Number: BF636.6 .O94 2012
ISBN: 9780195342314
Publication Date: 2011-11-25
Multicultural Counseling and Psychotherapy by Leroy G. Baruth; M. Lee Manning
Call Number: BF637.C6 B283 2012
ISBN: 9781317335634
Publication Date: 2016-01-22

Suggested E-books

PsycBOOKS (APA PyscNet) This link opens in a new window
Full-text e-books on psychology research, practice, and more (Updated monthly)

Within the "Search Everything" box you can limit your search to only show Ebooks available online. We also have some E-book databases.

SpringerLink Behavioral Science E-Book Collection
Springer ebooks about behavioral science, clinical psychology, medicine, and more

Ebook Collection (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Extensive collection of e-books on a wide variety of topics
Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology This link opens in a new window
Full-text reference e-book for psychology and behavioral science covering biological psychology, cognitive functions, human development, personality, social psychology, and more
Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives, and Reference Works This link opens in a new window
Transcripts of counseling and therapy sessions and first-person narratives of mental illness and treatment as well as reference works to contextualize the primary material

Ebook Collection in Psychology (Oxford Scholarship Online)
A collection of Oxford ebooks about child psychology, social psychology, development psychology, cognitive psychology, and more. The ebooks can be viewed in your browser or downloaded as chapter PDFs.

Watch a short, helpful video tutorial on Oxford Scholarship Ebooks
Ebook Collection in Social Work (Oxford Scholarship Online)
A collection of Oxford ebooks about children and families, social research, mental health, social policy, and more. The ebooks can be viewed in your browser or downloaded as chapter PDFs.

Watch a short, helpful video tutorial on Oxford Scholarship Ebooks

Social Theory This link opens in a new window
Influential writings on sociological thought from the 18th century to the present

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Fifth Edition - DSM V

We provide the online latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

The new edition of the most comprehensive resource used by health professionals, social workers, and forensic and legal specialists to diagnose and classify mental disorders. It is the product of more than 10 years of effort by hundreds of international experts in all aspects of mental health. It is part of the Psychiatry Online database.