If you are studying Counselling, Coaching and Mentoring, the library has books, journals, and databases to suit your needs.
Welcome to our guide on Counselling, Coaching and Mentoring. As the Learning and Research Librarian for Education, I am here to support you in your learning and assignments.
Learning & Research Librarian for Education
You can use LibrarySearch to search for the books you need. Just type in a few words from the title plus the surname of the author(s) into the search box. If you get stuck – please ask!
You will find the majority of the counselling, coaching and mentoring book collection on the second floor at Augustine House, although some are on other floors as this subject is cross-disciplinary and draws in areas of pyschology, education, health and more:
Remember to check the different areas housing the 7-day loan (open shelves) and 4-week loans (moving shelves). We also have some books about counselling (and especially psychology/psychotherapy) in the library at the Salomons Institute for Applied Psychology in Tunbridge Wells. We can send books to and from the Salomons Institute on request.
You can browse printed copies of journals on the second floor of Augustine House in the Silent Zone (west wing) – they are shelved in alphabetical order of the title of the journal. These are for use in the library only. However, most journals are also available online. Online journals relevant to counselling, coaching and mentoring include:
You can see which journals are available online by using LibrarySearch. Make sure you log in first! (You will need your university username and password).Try entering the title of a journal into the search box or using the “Find e-journals by title” link. You can also browse e-journals by subject, using Browzine. This software allows you to read a journal like an e-book, so you can look through the whole journal rather than just individual articles. There is an app so you can use it easily on your phone or other mobile device.
You can find individual journal articles to read online by doing a quick search in LibrarySearch. Try searching for a key word or phrase connected with your research topic, e.g. “leadership coaching”.
The Directory of Open Access Journals includes journals such as the European Journal of Counselling Psychology. Open access journals are usually scholarly, but the difference is, the publishers of these journals believe in making their research freely accessible to anyone with an internet connection. This means that you (or your institution) don’t have to have a subscription to the journal to be able to read the articles they publish.
There are lots of databases that contain articles about counselling, coaching and mentoring, and they are all available via LibrarySearch – just click on the “Find databases” link in the left-hand menu and you will see an alphabetical list. Browse the list until you find the one you want. The most useful databases for your subject include:
ASSIA – Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts serves the information needs of the caring professions, including practitioners, researchers, and students in healthcare, social services, education, and related areas. It is focused on a core of around 500 of the most relevant English language scholarly journals covering aspects of health and social care from a broadly social scientific perspective.
British Education Index – key database indexing over 200,000 records covering all areas of education from preschool to higher education from UK published journals from 1975 onwards. See also Australian Education Index and ERIC(US/international education).
Business Source Premier – a full text business database, including material on counselling at work and leadership coaching.
Child Development and Adolescent Studies– book reviews and abstracts from journals, reports and theses about children; tick “limit to linked full text” to restrict to CCCU journals.
CINAHL – the world’s most comprehensive source of full text for nursing and allied health journals, providing full text for more than 1300 journals.
Emerald Management e-Journals – a powerful business research tool that provides critical information when it is most needed. Users have instant access to over 35,000 full text articles from Emerald’s international management portfolio, complete with full text archives back to 1994. Covers workplace counselling.
PsycArticles – an aggregate of hundreds of scientific, technical, and medical journals from over 50 publishers and societies.
PsycINFO – a bibliographic database providing abstracts and citations to the scholarly literature in the psychological, social, behavioural, and health sciences.
ScienceDirect – contains over 25% of the world’s science, technology and medicine full text and bibliographic information.
Web of Science – a large multi-disciplinary database including over 160 education-related journals – with some full-text.
You will find guides next to the database title (for most databases) on the “Find databases” pages, and you can also access these guides on the Library and Learning Resources web pages.
Kanopy is a great video-streaming service which includes many documentaries and films under the categories of "counseling" and "pyschotherapy and counseling" (find these using the Search option). Find this via LibrarySearch/Find Databases A-Z.
Box of Broadcasts (BoB) is an on-demand TV and radio service and includes most major UK channels, including BBC, Channel 4 and Sky channels. Record programmes to watch back and create your own playlist. Find via LibrarySearch/Find Databases. Sign In with your CCCU log in details to register.
Recommended websites:
American Psychological Association – the leading scientific and professional organisation representing psychology in the USA.
British Psychological Society – a registered charity which acts as the representative body for psychology and psychologists in the UK, and is responsible for the promotion of excellence and ethical practice in the science, education, and application of the discipline.
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) – the professional association for members of the counselling professions in the UK.
International Association for Counselling – International Non-Governmental Association (NGO) with United Nations consultative status (ECOSOC, WHO, UNESCO, and ILO who work to advance the development of counselling through practice, education, research, and advocacy initiatives. IAC advances the development of counselling in order to improve people’s lives and well-being.
International Coach Federation – the UK chapter of the ICF, the global support network for professional coaches working in business coaching, life coaching, executive coaching, leadership and many other coaching specialisations.
National Counselling Society – set up in 1999 by a group of counsellors, psychotherapists, hypnotherapists and psychologists.