Education and Counseling

Indexes and abstracts education journals, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, dissertations and theses, books, and Department of Education (ED) research reports. References for ED research reports often have links to the full text. Coverage goes back to 1966. The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.

Indexes and abstracts journal articles, monographs, and yearbooks in the field of education. Provides full text access to selected education journals from 1994 to the present. Indexing goes back to 1983.

Indexes and abstracts journals in the fields of educational administration. Topics include educational leadership, educational management, and educational research. Coverage goes back to 1966.

Provides abstracts and indexing to journals, books, book chapters, technical reports and dissertations in all areas of psychology. This database is produced by the American Psychological Association (APA). International in scope; coverage is from 1887 to the present.

Indexes and abstracts academic journal and magazine articles, conference proceedings, books, and theses covering all aspects of the study of languages. Also includes works in languages other than English. Coverage extends back to the early 1970s.

Indexes the literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Includes citations for journal and magazine articles, book reviews, and dissertations. Abstracts of journal articles are included together with selected full-text. Indexing goes back to 1964.

Provides citations, abstracts, and full text, when available, of dissertations and theses from 1743 to the present.

Provides citations, abstracts, and full text, when available, of Villanova University dissertations and theses submitted to and published by ProQuest. Coverage goes back to 1969.

Provides a full text archive of academic journals and books in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. The most recent three to five years of a journal are usually not included.

Provides citations and abstracts for journal articles, books, government documents, conference papers, research reports, etc. in the areas of public affairs, public and social policy, and international relations. International in scope. Formerly known as the Public Affairs Information Service.

Provides full-text access to books and journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

Offers streaming video with synchronized transcripts of psychotherapy demonstrations. Sessions are unscripted and feature professional therapists working with individuals, couples, and families. A wide variety of therapy techniques are featured.

Offers indexing of journal articles and books in all areas of biomedicine. Worldwide coverage with an emphasis on English-language peer-reviewed journals. Developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) and currently maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Provides citations and abstracts to peer-reviewed journals, books, and conference proceedings in all major disciplines. Provides information on citing and cited references for each article.

Indexes and abstracts journals in many social science fields. Provides full text access to selected titles from 1972 to the present.

Delivers international higher education news, data, opinions, job listings, university rankings, and more. The weekly digital edition of the magazine can be read online, printed or downloaded.

Provides access to the Social Sciences Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Conference Proceeding Citation Index, Book Citation Index, Emerging Sources Citation Index, Current Chemical Reactions, and Index Chemicus. Search for scholarly articles in any discipline, or for articles that cite a known author or work. Coverage varies.

Provides access to one hundred streaming training videos in the fields of counseling and psychotherapy. The majority of the videos show practitioners conducting therapy and demonstrating clinical skills, along with pre- and post-discussions. This collection also includes searchable, synchronized transcripts, the ability to create clips, and an instructor's manual for most videos. Search by keyword or subject, or browse by approach, therapeutic issue, expert, or population.

Offers streaming video with synchronized transcripts of psychotherapy demonstrations. Sessions are unscripted and feature professional therapists working with individuals, couples, and families. A wide variety of therapy techniques are featured.

Offers streaming video collections for the study of counseling, psychology, psychotherapy, and social work. Includes counseling sessions and demonstrations, consultations, lectures, interviews, and teaching and discussion guides.

The Library's catalog enables patrons to search & browse Falvey Library’s collection of books, journals, audio/video materials, electronic resources and more.

Presents a combined catalog of the catalogs of more than 10,000 libraries worldwide. WorldCat highlights publications available at Villanova University. Other items can be requested via an inter-library loan request form.

Shows President's budget requests and enacted appropriations for major Education Department programs from 1980-2016

A single point of access to a wide variety of reports and statistics on public health in the US.

Data from the Census Bureau from 2010 through most recent releases, including the American Community Survey, the Decennial Census, and several other surveys conducted by the bureau.

Data.gov increases the ability of the public to easily find, download, and use datasets that are generated and held by the Federal Government. Data.gov provides descriptions of the Federal datasets (metadata), information about how to access the datasets, and tools that leverage government datasets.

Provides access to archived social science data and data-driven learning guides designed for the classroom. Includes information about data management and curation services available to member institutions. See Qualitative Data Repository for qualitative and multi-method data.

Located within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences, NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations. NCES fulfills a Congressional mandate to collect, collate, analyze, and report complete statistics on the condition of American education.

Offers a tool for mapping and analyzing U.S. national data on a wide variety of topics including education, income, employment, public health, crime, housing, transit, and more. Researchers can conduct demographic and socioeconomic analyses on a variety of geographic levels, from the national level to the neighborhood census block group as well as custom regions. Time series data covers 2000 to present.

Provides access to maps and tables of U.S. Census and American Community Survey data from 1790 through most recently released data. Also includes datasets on election, health, crime, religion, and environmental topics, as well as some international data (UK Census 2011; Canadian Census 2011; selected Eurostat data; and World Development Indicators from the World Bank.) Create a free personal account in order to save your work.

Includes current SHEF FY report, data and downloads, project information and information about the data collection process.

Offers evaluations of tests and assessments in education, psychology, business, law, healthcare, counseling, and management. In addition to test reviews, descriptions are provided of the purpose, target population, administration, scores, price, author, and publisher for listed tests.

Indexes measurement instruments including information about questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, coding schemes/manuals, rating scales, projective techniques, and tests in the health fields, psycho-social sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science. Coverage extends back to 1985.

GEM is an interactive website containing behavioral, social science, and other scientific measures organized by theoretical constructs. GEM enables researchers to collaborate with others, encourages the use of common measures, and facilitates the sharing of harmonized data.

Provides citations, abstracts, and full text, when available, of dissertations and theses from 1743 to the present.

An index to tests and measurement tools used in psychology, sociology, health, marketing, management, and so on, that may be found in one or more reference resources. This index was originally created to help students who are writing academic papers. Each entry contains: test title, test acronym, copyright or publication date(s), author(s), and source citation. Copyright permission is NOT provided for use or reproduction of the instruments, neither here nor usually in the print resource. Contact the copyright holder of the measure for these permissions.

APA style & grammar guidelines, not a complete manual.

This guide is designed to provide you with assistance in citing sources when writing an academic paper. There are several different styles which format information differently. The citation style generally depends on the academic discipline involved.

The Villanova Writing Center provides a comfortable atmosphere for your one-to-one session with a qualified tutor. Bring your paper, assignment, and an open mind and we'll do our best to help you improve your writing. Feel free to use our online resources, writing guide or 30-Minute Workshop handouts. The Writing Center is located in room 210 Falvey Library, and you can book an appointment using our appointment scheduler.

Free Citation management tool supported by the Library

ZoteroBib is a website where you can create a bibliography instantly from any computer or device, without creating an account or installing any software.