CQ Press Guide to Congress Online

Mercer University will be subscribing to CQ Press Guide to Congress Online accessible anywhere!

Since 1971 Congressional Quarterly has produced six editions of Guide to Congress, a standard reference source for all aspects of the U.S. Congress. Now available online you can explore:

• Origins and Development of Congress
• Powers of Congress
• Congressional Procedures
• Pressures on Congress
• Housing and Support
• Pay and Prerequisites
• Congress and the Electorate
• Qualifications and Conduct
• Data and Documents

Check out the continuously updated issues like:

• Congress’s relationship with the president
• Congress’s role in homeland security, government reorganization, and intelligence reform
• The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
• Changes in congressional procedures, party rules, norms of seniority, committee chairs and assignments, and reorganization of major committees
• Congressional ethics and interaction with lobbyists
• Issues such as stem cell research, end-of-life decisions, Social Security

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School Counselors Share Their Favorite Group Activities

The following title is now available at the Swilley Library for checkout;

Foss, L. L., & Green, J., & Wolfe-Stiltner, K., & DeLucia-Waack, J. L. School counselors share their favorite group activities: a guide to choosing, planning, conducting, and processing. Alexandria, VA: Assoc. for Specialists in Group Work. LB1027.5 .S36 2008

COUN 602 Partial List of Acceptable Journals

Are you in Dr. Brackette's COUN 602 - Introduction to Community Counseling? Looking for the journals in the partial list of acceptable journals? Below are most of the journal titles with links to their full-text availability. Need help? Ask a librarian!

• Journal of Counseling & Development
• Journal for Specialists in Group Work
• Journal of Mental Health Counseling
• Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development
• Counselor Education & Supervision
• The Career Development Quarterly
• Elementary School Guidance & Counseling
• Journal of Employment Counseling
• Counseling & Values
• Measurement & Evaluation in Counseling & Development
• The Journal of Humanistic Education & Development
• Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin
• Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling
• The School Counselor

COUN 602 Other Research Based Sources used in this course

Are you in Dr. Brackette's COUN 602 - Introduction to Community Counseling? Some of the books listed under the "Other Research Based Sources used in this course" section of your syllabus are available from Mercer University Libraries.

American Psychological Association, (2000). Publication Manual (5th edition). Washingtion, D.C.

Hunt, Morton, (1993). The Story of Psychology. New York: Anchor Books, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing.

McMahon, F.B. and McMahon, J.W., (1986). Psychology: The Hybrid Science. Chicago: Dorsey Press.

ResearchChannel

ResearchChannel hosts free, online video from research universities and institutes. Examples of video listed under Social Sciences include "Addiction and the Mind" from the University of Washington, "Child Welfare & Child Well Being" from the Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago, and "From Hurting to Healing: Sexual Violence and its Culturally Specific Implications Among African-Americans" from the University of Virginia.

A Guide to Assessments That Work

The following title is now available at the Swilley Library for checkout;

Hunsley, J., & Mash, E. J. A guide to assessments that work. New York: Oxford University. RC469 .G78 2008

Newly Added to the Swilley Library's Collection

The following titles are now available at the Swilley Library for checkout;

Allen, T. D., & Eby, L. T. The Blackwell handbook of mentoring: A multiple perspectives approach. Malden, MA: Blackwell. BF637.M45 B56 2007

Phillips, A. Multiculturalism without culture. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. HQ1161 .P452 2007

Tolan, P., & Szapocznik, J., & Sambrano, S. Preventing youth substance abuse: Science-based programs for children and adolescents.
Washington, DC: American Psychological Assoc. HV4999.Y68 P745 2007

St. Jean, P. K. B. Pockets of crime: Broken windows, collective efficacy, and the criminal point of view. Chicago, IL: University of Chigaco Press.
HV6177 .S8 2007

Miller, J., & Knudsen, D. D. Family abuse and violence: A social problems perspective. Lanham, MD: Altamira Press. HV6626.2 .M55 2007

Abramsky, S. American furies: Crime, punishment, and vengeance in the age of mass imprisonment. Boston, MA: Beacon Press. HV9950 .A334 2007

Muller-Ackerman, B. A year of school counseling: Tools and techniques for K-12 themes throughout the year. Chapin, SC: Youthlight. LB1027.5 .Y43 2007

Corey, G. Case approach to counseling and psychotherapy. Belmont, CA: Thomson-Brooks/Cole. RC465 .C67 2009

O'Donohue, W., & Fowler, K. A., & Lilienfeld, S. O. Personality disorders: Toward the DSM-V. Los Angeles, CA: SAGE. RC554 .P487 2007