College Counseling & Student Development

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Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education is the premier source of news and statistics about higher education. In addition to an online weekly newspaper, the Chronicle provides valuable in-depth articles on aspects of higher education and is a source of useful statistics on faculty and administrative compensation, admissions, graduation rates, tuition and fees, gender equity, etc. 1998 to present.

Diverse Issues in Higher Education
News, information, and commentary on all issues of diversity in higher education in the United States.

Inside Higher Ed
"Inside Higher Ed is the online source for news, opinion and jobs for all of higher education." You can subscribe to free newsletters including the daily update.  

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ERIC (EBSCO)
ERIC is the primary database supporting research in all areas of education, including psychology, administration, and library science.

Other databases:
Academic Search Premier
Full-text articles in biology, chemistry, education, engineering, humanities, physics, psychology, religion and theology, sociology, etc. Tip: Click the check box to limit to Academic (Peer Reviewed) Journals.
Google Scholar
Searches academic papers and other scholarly literature. Go to Settings and set SCSU as your "Library link" to get full text available through the library.
PsycINFO
PsycINFO is the premier source for finding scholarly articles and other information relating to all aspects of psychology and related fields.
SAGE Journals Online
Full text of over 500 journals in business, humanities, social sciences, and science, technology and medicine.
Social Services Abstracts
The premier source for finding scholarly articles and other informaiton focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. The database abstracts and indexes over 1,300  journals as well as dissertations, and citations to book reviews.

College Student Journal
Journal of College and University Student Housing
Journal of College Counseling*
Journal of College Student Development 
The Journal of Higher Education*
New Directions for Student Services*
Research in Higher Education* 
The Review of Higher Education

*Articles from the past 12 months are not directly available in full text.

An empirical article is a research article that reports the results of a study that uses data derived from actual observation or experimentation.

Format of Article:

• Abstract – summary of the study
• Introduction – literature review
• Methods – methodology used
• Results – data results/analysis
• Discussion – significance of study
• References – works used/cited

​For empirical articles in ERIC, select Reports -- Research as the Publication Type.
ERIC and PsycINFO databases have limiter tools to narrow results by methodology type (empirical). Few databases have this limiter tool. However, you can use keywords to locate empirical research articles by using the following terms: empirical, methods, methodology, research design, survey, data, results.

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WorldCat
Search for materials beyond SCSU, from thousands of libraries and institutions around the world. Click on the FindIt! button and sign in to and request items through Interlibrary Loan.

Dissertation Abstracts - PQDT Open
Selective index to open access masters theses and dissertations from U.S., Canada, Great Britain, and Europe. Note: This is an open access subset of Dissertation Abstracts International (DAI).

Dissertations and Theses
Catalog of all dissertations and thesis cataloged by member libraries in OCLC WorldCat.

Library Access for Distance Students
Guidance for distance students on how to request library materials.

American College Personnel Association
“Founded to enhance the student affairs profession and to generate and disseminate knowledge of college students at all levels within higher education"

Association for the Study of Higher Education
Scholarly society focused on higher education as a field of study.

NASPA, Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education
Association for student affairs professionals working in higher education.

Citation Styles
Copyright for Graduate Students
Graduate-Level Research
Higher Education Administration
Personal Information Management
Understanding Plagiarism and Academic Integrity
 

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Write Place
The Write Place offers one-on-one tutoring at any stage in the writing process. Make an online appointment or visit Webster Hall 117 or University Library 135E. 
The Write Place also consults online by appointment during office hours. Click Make an Appointment and after the login, click Online Appointment box to schedule.

After you graduate from SCSU, you can still access scholarly journal articles through ELM (eLibraryMN). You may need a barcode or identification number from your local public library to sign into these databases.

ELM: Electronic Library for Minnesota
ELM (eLibraryMN) gives Minnesota residents online access to magazine, journal, newspaper and encyclopedia articles; media including images, videos, audio files; and other information resources via a selection of databases.

On the eLibraryMN homepage, click  All Databases. Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, and several other databases are available for you to search.

If you find an article that isn't available in full text, you may be able to order it through interlibrary loan at your public library.