Library News

5/10/12 - Two Additional Sage Journals Available

The Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences and Journal of Black Psychology are now available in full text to all current faculty, students, and staff. Online access to both is from 1999-present. They are accessible via these methods:

EBSCO E-Journals Database - this database provides searching within, and access to, our individual online journal subscriptions (that aren't included in other databases). Full text access to articles is available through the "Linked Full Text" hyperlinks

-- Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences results
-- Journal of Black Psychology results

PsycINFO - the APA's premiere research database indexing psychology-related literature. Full text access to articles is available through the "Linked Full Text" hyperlinks in PsycINFO records

Journals & Ebooks Directory - shows which journals and ebooks we have, what database has them, and the years they are available

5/4/12 - PILOTS database (for PTSD research)

The PILOTS database is freely provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, so it is also accessible by alumni. It is an "electronic index to the worldwide literature on PTSD and other mental health consequences of exposure to traumatic events. Unlike other databases, PILOTS does not restrict its coverage to articles appearing in selected journals. It attempts to include all publications relevant to PTSD and other forms of traumatic stress, whatever their origin without disciplinary, linguistic, or geographic limitations." Please note that PILOTS is a citation & abstract database, much like PsycINFO, and does not contain full text. To obtain online full text of citations in it, we recommend following the directions in our FAQ Articles available online in full text or Articles and books in print. Read more about PILOTS on the Department of Veterans Affairs website.

5/2/12 - EBSCO E-Journals Database

The E-Journals database allows you to search in and retrieve full text from all the journals, that the library subscribes to electronically, not indexed by or available in other EBSCO databases. Some examples are Psychological Perspectives: A Semiannual Journal of Jungian Thought, Jung Journal: Culture and Psyche, and American Journal of Community Psychology. It also allows you to search and retrieve current full text from all journals, that the library subscribes to electronically, that are only partially indexed or available in other EBSCO databases. Some examples are Humanistic Psychologist (available in EBSCO Academic Search Premiere from 2005-present but embargoed from full text for the last 12 months), and Journal of Analytical Psychology (available in EBSCO Academic Search Premiere from 1955-present but embargoed from full text for the last 12 months). We recommend searching this database for journal articles when you cannot find what you need from the other EBSCO databases or JSTOR. Journals available for searching in the E-Journals database are indicated in the library's Journals & Ebooks directory (e.g. see the entry for Psychological Perspectives).

4/25/12 - Permanent URLs to Articles, Ebooks, Dissertations, and More

See this FAQ for instructions on creating permanent URLs (hyperlinks) to individual journal articles, ebooks, dissertations, videos, and more in the various databases that Pacifica subscribes to.

4/17/12 - Back Issues Now Electronically Available of Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought

The library now subscribes to all back and current issues of Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought. Coverage is from 1970-present in full text. Access is for all current faculty, students, and staff. From the journal publisher's web site:

Published semi-annually since 1970 by the C. G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles, this unique and substantial publication voices, explores and documents a wide range of professional and personal issues related to Jungian thought and practice. The journal offers original articles, interviews, fiction writing, book, video and film reviews, art, illustrations and poetry which are attracting a growing interest and audiences worldwide. Psychological Perspectives is a journal dedicated to worldwide Jungian thought and is designed to be enjoyed by both lay readers as well as professionals.

You can access it via the journal and ebook directory.

You can also search for articles in it by title, author, topic, and more using the EBSCO E-Journals database.

3/26/12 - New Research Databases Page and Alumni Databases page

The library's research databases available to current faculty, students, and staff are now arranged by content type. This was done to assist researchers who do not know what our databases contain. Databases are listed, in alphabetical order, according to these sections:

• Journal articles
• Dictionaries & encyclopedias
• Dissertations
• Ebooks
• Images & Symbols
• Newspapers, reports, conference papers
• Publishing information
• Tests and measures
• Videos

Which subjects the databases cover is included in Lead Reference & Instruction Librarian Mark Kelly's Psychology Guide, Depth Psychology Guide, and Myth Guide, all which can be found in the navigation menu on the library's home page and in the Institute's global navigation menu on the left side of its web pages.

In addition, research databases for alumni are now accessible from their own web page, which can be found in the navigation menus mentioned above. This page also contains descriptions for all databases that Pacifica alumni may access.

3/2/12 - Oxford Classical Dictionary and Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature Online

The Oxford Classical Dictionary and Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature are now available online to all current Pacifica faculty, students, and staff. Both are in a similar format to the Oxford English Dictionary in that they are more like searchable databases than typical ebooks, with entries that can be printed and/or emailed.

2/22/12 - New ebrary ebook acquisitions

The following ebrary ebooks are now available to all Pacifica faculty, students, staff, and alumni. Please note that for some of them, only one person may read them at a time; this is due to the publisher's business model.

• Analytical Psychology : Notes of the Seminar Given in 1925 by Carl Jung
• Answer to Job (From Volume 11 of the Collected Works of C.G. Jung) (50th Edition) by Carl Jung
• Children's Dreams : Notes from the Seminar Given in 1936-1940 by Carl Jung
• Cultures and Identities in Transition : Jungian Perspectives by Murray Stein
• Dreams (From Volumes 4, 8, 12, and 16 of the Collected Works of C.G. Jung) by Carl Jung
• Education and Imagination : Post-Jungian Perspectives by Raya A. Jones
• Four Archetypes (From Volume 9, Part 1 of the Collected Works of C.G. Jung) by Carl Jung
• Innermost Kernel : Depth Psychology and Quantum Physics, Wolfgang Pauli : Dialogue with C.G. Jung by Suzanne Gieser
• Introduction to Jungian Psychology : Notes of the Seminar on Analytical Psychology Given in 1925 by William McGuire
• Jung contra Freud : The 1912 New York Lectures on the Theory of Psychoanalysis by Carl Jung, R.F.C. Hull, Sonu Shamdasani
• Mystery of Analytical Work : Weavings from Jung and Bion by Barbara Stevens Sullivan
• On Behalf of the Mystical Fool : Jung on the Religious Situation by John Dourley
• Psyche and the Arts : Jungian Approaches to Music, Architecture, Literature, Painting and Film by Susan Rowland (Pacifica faculty member)
• Psychology of Kundalini Yoga : Notes of the Seminar Given in 1932 by Carl Jung
• Synchronicity : An Acausal Connecting Principle (From Volume 8 of the Collected Works of C.G. Jung) by Carl Jung
• Teaching Jung by Kelly Bulkeley
• Toward Psychologies of Liberation by Mary Watkins (Pacifica faculty member)
• Undiscovered Self : With Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams by Carl Jung

2/6/12 - AUDIO: The Red Book: Is Analytical Psychology a New Religion?

Pacifica faculty member Lionel Corbett "discusses how Jung's Red Book supports the position that analytical psychology is an emerging form of spiritual practice. This recording was made Nov. 18, 2011 at The Jung Center of Houston." To access this free recording, and to download in MP3 format, please visit The Jung Page, from the Jung Center of Houston. Special thanks to student Lindsey Beaven for alerting us to this resource.

2/3/12 - Ebrary ebooks now available to alumni

Over 4,000 ebooks from ebrary are now freely accessible to all Pacifica alumni. Off-campus access requires logging in; should you need further assistance please contact the library.

2/1/12 - New ebooks from ABC-CLIO available

The following ebooks from ABC-CLIO are now available to all current students, faculty, and staff. Links below are to their records in our catalog, though they are also available from our Full Text Journal & Ebook Directory.

• African American Folktales
• Autism
• Ayurveda: A Comprehensive Guide to Traditional Indian Medicine for the West
• Biology of Religious Behavior: The Evolutionary Origins of Faith and Religion
• Contemplative Practices in Action: Spirituality, Meditation, and Health
• Diversity in Mind and in Action
• Encyclopedia of Addictions
• Essential Hinduism
• Fooling Ourselves: Self-Deception in Politics, Religion, and Terrorism
• Haunted by Combat: Understanding PTSD in War Veterans Including Women, Reservists, and Those Coming Back from Iraq
• Homophobia, Second Edition: The State of Sexual Bigotry Today
• In Search of the Sacred: A Conversation with Seyyed Hossein Nasr on His Life and Thought
• Living in the Shadow of the Freud Family
• Music at the End of Life: Easing the Pain and Preparing the Passage
• New Science of Dreaming
• Nightmares: The Science and Solution of Those Frightening Visions during Sleep
• Positive Psychology: Exploring the Best in People
• Powerful Bond between People and Pets: Our Boundless Connections to Companion Animals
• Praeger Handbook of Play across the Life Cycle: Fun from Infancy to Old Age
• Psychology of Women: A Handbook of Issues and Theories, Second Edition
• Psychopathy of Everyday Life: How Antisocial Personality Disorder Affects All of Us
• Religion and Everyday Life and Culture
• Right Brain/Left Brain Leadership: Shifting Style for Maximum Impact
• Shamanism, Second Edition: A Biopsychosocial Paradigm of Consciousness and Healing
• When a Family Member Has Dementia: Steps to Becoming a Resilient Caregiver
• Women and Indigenous Religions

1/17/12 - WorldCat and Pacifica WorldCat Now Available

Please see this FAQ on these additions, which were designed to help with searching our library holdings.

1/12/12 - Expanded Hours for the Ladera Library

Starting January 15th, the Ladera library will open up one hour earlier on Wednesdays and Sundays, at 9 AM. See the Library Hours page for the complete schedule.

1/6/2012 - Springer Journals Now Available

Pacifica now subscribes to over 1,900 Springer journals, for current faculty, students, and staff. Springer journals can be found and accessed through our new Journal & Ebook Directory. You can search for articles in the Springer journals using the EBSCO EJS Journal portal. EJS allows you to:

• Search for journals
• Browse for journals
• Find articles by author
• Find articles by title
• Find articles by words in their abstracts
• Find articles by words in their ful text

Any articles you retrieve in EJS are available in full text because EJS is a separate journal portal for all journals Pacifica subscribes to that are not necessarily indexed in our databases (e.g. not necessarily in PsycARTICLES, JSTOR or EBSCO Academic Search Premier). For tips on using EJS, see EBSCO's Getting Started page.

12/20/11 - New Gale Virtual Reference Library Interface

For more information about it, see Gale's tutorials and webpages.