Library Guides: Clinical Mental Health Counseling: Encyclopedias

Online Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Handbooks, Yearbooks, etc.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Full text of the encyclopedia.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries searchable by subject or keywords within the entry.
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Features clear and precise definitions, usage examples, and phrases and idioms.
Nexis Uni by LexisNexis
Contains content from print and online journals, television and radio broadcasts, newswires and blogs, local, regional, national, and international newspapers with deep archives, extensive legal sources for federal and state cases and statutes, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions since 1790, business information on more than 80 million U.S. and international companies and more than 75 million executives.
Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
The historical dictionary of the English language, and guide for researchers in any discipline to the meaning, history, and usage of over 500,000 words and phrases across the English-speaking world.
World History Encyclopedia
An array of historical topics and narratives through text, video, interactive features, and social media. Every submission to the encyclopedia is carefully reviewed by an editorial team. Written in an easy-to-read manner with students and the general public in mind.

International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences by N. J. Smelser (Editor-In-Chief); P. B. Baltes (Editor-In-Chief)
ISBN: 9780080430768
Publication Date: 2001-11-22
This Encyclopedia is the first attempt in a generation to map the social and behavioral sciences on a grand scale. Not since the publication in 1968 of the International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, edited by David L. Sills, has there been such an ambitious project to describe the state of the art in all the fields encompassed within the social and behavioral sciences. Available in both print (26 volumes) and online editions, it comprises 4,000 articles, commissioned by 52 Section Editors, and includes 90,000 bibliographic references as well as comprehensive name and subject indexes.
Encyclopedia of Counseling by Howard Rosenthal
ISBN: 9781136648274
Publication Date: 2013-08-21
In the third edition of Howard Rosenthal's best-selling test preparation guide for the National Counselor Examination (NCE), students get more help than ever with an expanded section on marriage and family counseling, new material on web counseling, and updated material throughout. This resource now includes over 1,050 tutorial questions/answers and a new "Final Review and Last Minute Super Review Boot Camp" section. This guide is an ideal review tool for state licensing, the NCC credential, and preparation for written and oral boards. And because the new Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination (CPCE), draws from the same subject areas, the Encyclopedia is a perfect study guide for the CPCE as well. Written in a unique question/answer format, with a quick reference index, this is also an essential student reference volume for use in any counseling, social work, or human services course. Download the accompanying app today This effective, authoritative and easy-to-use exam preparation app offers over 300 questions to help you revise for, and pass, the National Counselor Examination (NCE) and the Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination (CPCE). Howard Rosenthal's best-selling test preparation guides have helped thousands of students pass the NCE and CPCE. In this accompanying app, test-takers will find more than 300 interactive multiple-choice questions (and detailed answers), including nearly 50 brand-new questions and answers and a summary of the October 2012 changes to the test. For Apple/iOS - For Android