Reference sources include publications such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographical sources, handbooks, almanacs, atlases, directories, and bibliographies. They can provide a means for locating quick and comprehensive information about persons, events, theories, movements, definitions, etc. in all subject disciplines. The following is a sample list of counseling reference sources available through the Pollak Library. For other reference information, you may wish to consult resources such as the Gale Virtual Reference Library and the Pollak Library's research guide to statistics.

Baker Encyclopedia of Psychology

Baker Encyclopedia of Psychology & Counseling

Buros Desk Reference: Psychological Assessment in the Schools

California Laws for Counseling and Psychotherapy

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV-TR

Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in Helping Professions

Dictionary of Psychological Testing, Assessment and Treatment

Directory of Psychological Tests in the Sport and Exercise Sciences

DSM-IV-TR Casebook: A Learning Companion to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision

Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy

Handbook of Multicultural Counseling

International Encyclopedia of Adolescence

Key Words in Multicultural Interventions: A Dictionary

Mental Measurements Yearbook

Tests: A Comprehensive Reference for Assessments in Psychology, Education, and Business

Tests in Print

The Counseling Dictionary: Concise Definitions of Frequently Used Terms

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