Counselling & Psychotherapy
Whether you're a new student starting your first assignment, further on in your studies, or starting a research project, this page will help you find and use the best information for your subject. You will also find resources to help develop your academic, study and digital skills.
If you can’t find what you need here, please contact your Academic Support Team: library-healthandsociety@salford.ac.uk
Key resources for Counselling & Psychotherapy students
Books and Journals
The first place you should look is your reading list – you will find a link to this in your Blackboard modules. It lists all the core texts for your subject as recommended by your lecturers. all our other books and journals can be found in Library Search
Databases
These give you focused access to key journal articles and research.
- CINAHL - offers a systemised approach to searching for articles and research in the areas of counselling and psychotherapy
- Social Sciences Databases – ProQuest: this provides access to key UK and worldwide articles and research, including the British Journal of Social Work
- Psycinfo - covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines
Useful websites
These sites may have some journals but also other key research.
- The Cochrane Library: a collection of resources that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence, including a wide range of systematic reviews.
- Evidence Search: provides free access to clinical and non-clinical information including evidence, guidance and Government policy.
Current Affairs
Browse your Reading Lists
Your tutors select books, articles, videos and other resources for your reading lists and the Library buys them so you don't have to.
Find the lists for your modules in Blackboard, or in Library Search.
Referencing
APA 7th (Harvard) style is the main referencing style in use at the University. We've compiled an easy to follow list of guidebooks and examples to help you get to grips with complexities of referencing.
Newspapers
Newspapers are a valuable source of information. They provide insight into what interests and concerns people both now and in the past.
The Library provides some excellent newspaper sources that allow you to search simply and easily across many newspapers at once.
Dissertations and Theses
During the course of your studies, you may find that you need to search for dissertations or theses.
You can use Library Search to help you find them and there are a number of different ways to search, depending on what you want to find.
New Counselling & Psychotherapy Students
Book a one to one
If you’ve tried our eLearning and classroom sessions and need more help, you can request a one to one appointment for information finding, academic and writing or digital skills. Select your chosen time slot and book on through Advantage.
Book on a workshop
We offer a wide range of face-to-face skills training. If you need to improve your IT skills, learn how to find information for your assignments or improve your study skills this is a great place to start.
All workshops are bookable through Advantage by clicking on the workshop title. Where a session has no remaining spaces you can add yourself to the waiting list.
Using Library Search for assessments [online]
Starts: 25 Oct 2021, 5:00 pmFinishes: 25 Oct 2021, 6:00 pmRemaining places: 13This workshop is a live demo of how Library Search works and showcases what it can do to help you find information. This webinar will show you how to find and use Library Search, and will include tips on making the most of all of its features, saving you time! This workshop is online.Avoiding plagiarism in your work [online]
Starts: 26 Oct 2021, 5:00 pmFinishes: 26 Oct 2021, 6:00 pmRemaining places: 1This workshop will help you understand what plagiarism is and how to avoid it in your work. Please note: This workshop is online.Worried about submitting your assignment? (ONLINE DROP IN)
Starts: 27 Oct 2021, 11:30 amFinishes: 27 Oct 2021, 12:30 pmSupport for students
Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Exam session [Online]
Starts: 25 Oct 2021, 4:00 pmFinishes: 25 Oct 2021, 5:00 pmVenue: MOS Exam - Certiport exam providerRemaining places: 9This is an online EXAM SESSION for Microsoft Office Specialist certification. When booking you MUST have registered on the MOS programme AND scored 70% plus in GMetrix's 'Testing' mode in your chosen application. Bookings not meeting this criteria will be cancelled. Bookings open 4 October.Word: Formatting your dissertation or thesis - PART 1 of 2 [Online]
Starts: 26 Oct 2021, 3:30 pmFinishes: 26 Oct 2021, 5:00 pmRemaining places: 14FOR STUDENTS ONLY: Ready to start writing up? Apply Styles to your headings, and insert Captions for your figures and tables. Then work smarter by creating automatic listings for your Table of Contents, and for your Figures and Tables. - Not suitable for Word beginners. Bookings open now.Word: Formatting your dissertation or thesis - PART 2 of 2 [Online]
Starts: 27 Oct 2021, 3:30 pmFinishes: 27 Oct 2021, 5:00 pmRemaining places: 21Ready to start writing up? During this 1 hour workshop learn how to stop your chapter headings moving up and down your pages by inserting Page Breaks, apply different page number formats and change Page Orientation. - Not suitable for Word beginners - Bookings open now.
Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Exam session [Online]
Starts: 25 Oct 2021, 4:00 pmFinishes: 25 Oct 2021, 5:00 pmVenue: MOS Exam - Certiport exam providerRemaining places: 9This is an online EXAM SESSION for Microsoft Office Specialist certification. When booking you MUST have registered on the MOS programme AND scored 70% plus in GMetrix's 'Testing' mode in your chosen application. Bookings not meeting this criteria will be cancelled. Bookings open 4 October.Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Exam session [Online]
Starts: 2 Nov 2021, 5:00 pmFinishes: 2 Nov 2021, 6:00 pmVenue: MOS Exam - Certiport exam providerRemaining places: 9This is an online EXAM SESSION for Microsoft Office Specialist certification. When booking you MUST have registered on the MOS programme AND scored 70% plus in GMetrix's 'Testing' mode in your chosen application. Bookings not meeting this criteria will be cancelled. Bookings open 12 October.Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Exam session [Online]
Starts: 17 Nov 2021, 5:00 pmFinishes: 17 Nov 2021, 6:00 pmVenue: MOS Exam - Certiport exam providerRemaining places: 10This is an online EXAM SESSION for Microsoft Office Specialist certification. When booking you MUST have registered on the MOS programme AND scored 70% plus in GMetrix's 'Testing' mode in your chosen application. Bookings not meeting this criteria will be cancelled. Bookings open 27 October.