1. Introduction to Clinical Mental
Health Counseling
Florence Tang
Liaison to the Penfield College for the
Swilley Library
678-547-6261
tang_fy@mercer.edu

2. Cornell University Library definition of
a reference librarian
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/vocab.html
Reference Librarian
Reference librarians are specialists in
the field of information retrieval.
Generally they have a Masters degree
in library science… They are available at
reference desks to help you find the
information you are looking for.

3. Questions? Ask Reference!
(678) 547-6282 (Atlanta)
http://libraries.mercer.edu/research-tools-help/
ask-a-librarian/swilley/email-reference
Reference Hours
M - Th 9AM-9PM
F 9AM-6PM
Sat 10AM-6PM
Sun 1PM-9PM
Add askmercer as your buddy!

5. Remember to start your research early.
Not everything can be found full-text
online or at all hours.
o Interlibrary Loan
o Interlibrary Use
o Print copies of books and
journals
o Databases unavailable from
off-campus
o Reference Librarian

8. Links to other
books about
your topic.

19. “Scholarly” Journals
 They contain articles describing new
research or ideas written in a formal
manner that includes background
information, methods used,
results/interpretation and significance.
 Degrees attained and institutional
affiliations are often included by the
authors’ names.
 Always cite their sources in the form of
footnotes or bibliographies
 Research articles are peer-reviewed

20. Examples of Scholarly Journals

21. Popular Magazines
How do I tell?
 Slick, glossy and attractive in
appearance.
 Lots of graphics (photographs,
drawings, etc.).
 Articles are usually very short,
written in simple language .
 Generally little depth to the
content of these articles.

22. Examples of Popular Magazines

23. Both are
considered
scholarly

24. PsycINFO
Sign in to My
EBSCOhost to save
searches, and
marked articles.

28. Limit the date range by
sliding this tab.

37. Where would I find the
following article?
Smith, E. G., Kim, H. M., Ganoczy,
D., Stano, C., Pfeiffer, P. N., &
Valenstein, M. (2013). Suicide
risk assessment received prior
to suicide death by veterans
health administration patients
with a history of
depression. Journal of Clinical
Psychiatry, 74(3), 226-232.
doi: 10.4088/JCP.12m07853

38. Do not
 Share your GALILEO password or
MUID with others.
 Upload an article to a webpage that
others can access.
 Copy and paste sections of an
article into your paper without using
quotations.

39. Citing
Always show
from where you
got your
information.

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