Counseling and Therapy in Video

Today I looked at the Counseling and Therapy in Video Database. This database is a collection of videos that cover social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and counseling. There are 353 videos currently included in the database. Users can look at actual counseling sessions, lectures, demonstrations, and more. The videos are collected from universities, renowned scholars, and other psychological associations. I did a search on the site for counseling sessions, specifically sessions dealing with marriage. 186 videos were returned to me. I like how they are displayed because you get the title and link to the video as well as sections of the transcript that have your keyword, in this case marriage, in them. This allows users to quickly see if the video has content they may be interested in. Once a user finds a video they want to watch they can also follow along with the dialogue by the transcript that is printed beside the video. There is a sign in option that works like a folder system. Users can also get a link to the video to share with other people or they can make clips of the video. This is allows them to cut parts of the video that may not be relevant to what they need. I think this could be really useful for students. I had to do a speech that included a video. If I could have clipped the video just leaving the parts i needed for my speech it would have been really handy. I think this database is pretty cool. I could see it maybe being a little small and not having exactly what a user might need, and some of the videos are very dated, but other than that it is good.

American Chemical Society

Today I looked at the American Chemical Society Database. The database is a collection of cited and peer reviewed journals that have to do with chemical and other related sciences. The American Chemical Society publishes more than 35 journals that are made available through this database. Some topics covered by the journals are agriculture, nanoscience, toxicology, energy and fuels, and many more. Operating the database is fairly simple. There is a search bar in the top right hand corner where users can type in a topic, citation, or digital object identifier (a number assigned to electronic documents that does not change for the life of the document). I typed in Nanoscience. 5323 sources were returned to me. 81 of the were from chapters in actual books, the rest were articles made available by the database. There is a sidebar where users can limit there search by choosing different publications that offer information on the topic, or author, or publication date, or manuscript type. Once I found an article I wanted to read I hit the full text option and the article was brought up. There are many extra options on the article page. Users can make a permalink to the article, email to a colleague, order prints, and many other things. There is also a folder system that patrons can utilize by adding the document to "favorites". At the bottom of an article page the database includes reference citations used by the author. This could really come in handy for some one writing a research paper needing more than one source. The article page also had a history section that gives background information on the article such as publication date, author, and the journal the article was written for. There are links to similar articles and a list of publications written by that specific author on the page as well. I like this database because it is clean and easy to use. I may not know the terminology but it provides an easy and effective way for me to find out.

SPORTdiscuss

Today i review the ebsco host product, Sportdiscuss. It is like every other ebsco database as far as the set up goes, and the content is well...sports. :) I did a search on volleyball and it returned over 13000 entries so I would definitely recommend that patrons narrow their searches down when using this database. There is A LOT of content. Users can search in the opening search bar or do an advanced search that will limit by language, peer review, publisher, and much more. On the side bar patrons can select articles held by swosu and limit the year as well as subtopics. One new thing I did notice is the search history bar at the top of the page. Users can here view all of their previous searches and even combine them with Booleans to make their search more efficient. I think this is a really great little tool. Users can not only keep track of all their searches for future use but the combination option is really great, especially if a user isn't really sure what they are looking for. There is a folder system where patrons can save articles as well and a print, email, and export option. Ebsco is always very thorough and this database is no exception.