Accessing Premium Electronic Resources After Graduation (Counseling)

After graduation, accessing peer reviewed journal articles may not be at the top of your to do list. However, there may come a time when staying connected to the literature may be essential to success in your career.

For North Carolina residents, you can access some of the same databases that you were able to access at Lenoir Rhyne. All you need to do is apply for a library card at your local public library. Once you have a library card, you can access NC Live from your library’s website or go www.nclive.org . If you aren’t physically at your library, you’ll need to login by choosing your local library and entering your id number on your library card.

Once you’ve arrived at www.nclive.org, you can go ahead and search in the main search box. You can also search specific databases. For this example, I am going to highlight a few key databases. You can get to these by either clicking Browse All (A to Z) or Browse by Subject. We are going to look at resources under the major subjects: Psychology, Health and Wellness, and Data and Demographics.

Subject: Psychology

There are three main ProQuest databases that will be of particular interest to you in your counseling or allied career:

·         ProQuest Psychology Database - Clinical and social psychology articles on topics such as genetics, psychology of business and economics, communication, criminology, addiction, neurology, social welfare, and more.

·         ProQuest Social Science Database - Research covering topics in sociology, social work, anthropology, and politics.

·         ProQuest Sociology Database - Sociological and social work research including culture and social structure, history and theory of sociology, social psychology, substance abuse and addiction, and more.

When you select one of these databases, it will bring you directly into that database, away from other NC Live resources. However, you can select “Change databases” at the top and select multiple Proquest databases to include in your searches.  

Ebooks

You can also access eBooks through NC Live. From www.nclive.org/browse, set your filters to  subject: “Psychology” and format: Ebooks

Ebooks on EBSCOhost are very useful for any professional because they have both reference books and professional development books.

Subject: Health and Wellness

Along with health and wellness as an allied subject area, data and demographics is also an area to keep your eyes on. It’s always important to know your community. Especially when working in a new community or as a school counselor where knowledge of specific social determinants of health and other socioeconomic indicators may be relevant to your practice.

Here I’ve pointed out the National Institute of Mental Health site. One highlight of this site is its comprehensive Health topic pages on a number of common mental illnesses including:

Anxiety Disorders

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD, ADD)

Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

Bipolar Disorder (Manic-Depressive Illness)

Borderline Personality Disorder

Depression

Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder

Eating Disorders

HIV/AIDS and Mental Health

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Schizophrenia

Seasonal Affective Disorder

Substance Use and Mental Health

Suicide Prevention

Traumatic Events

Each contain sections such as Overview; Signs and Symptoms; Risk Factors; Treatments and Therapies, etc.

Subject: Data and Demographics

One of the sites I’ve highlighted here, is called the State Center for Health Statistics compiled by the North Carolina department of Health and Human Services. There are many groups of statistics here.


UPDATE: The State Center for Health Statistics and State Demographics sites have been removed from the NCLIVE website. Because these resources are free online you can still access them here: 

• (SCHS) http://www.schs.state.nc.us/ 
• (State Demographics) https://www.osbm.nc.gov/facts-figures/demographics

I’d like to highlight the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data which you can find under Statistics and Reports, then Health Atlas.

See the sample map here

  

For more information on how to search these databases contact me anytime with any questions: heather.propsom@lr.edu And in my next post, I will be featuring free online resources for counseling and allied fields.

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