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ATX Sunrise Seminar
MLA 2015| Monday, May 18, 2015
Alison K. Cody, MSLISAmerican Psychological Association
Who am I?
Alison K. Cody, MSLISTraining Specialist
PsycINFO Customer Relations
American Psychological Association
Former Reference & Instruction Librarian
What’s New?
PsycARTICLES
The latest research from highly-regarded journals
102 journals Over 188,000 articles All back to Vol. 1, Issue 1
PsycARTICLES
Theoretical Translational Applied
Psychology research has a long shelf life – historical topics are still relevant and useful today
New Journals!
Full-text in PsycARTICLES
Indexed in PsycINFO Check journal website for inclusion in
other A&I databases
Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice
Summer 2015 Brazil Special Edition
Backfiles available
Behavioral Development Bulletin
Mid-May 2015
Backfiles available
Motivation Science
Summer 2015
Empirical research
Theory, reviews
Psychology & Neuroscience
First APA-published issue was March 2015
Backfiles available
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology
Research & theory translated for teachers
Translational Issues in Psychological Science
Grad student authors
Themed issues
APA Handbooks in Psychology
Addiction Syndrome Clinical Geropsychology Testing & Assessment
And several others!
APA Handbooks in Psychology
Men & Masculinities (July 2015) Psychology & Juvenile Justice (August 2015) Nonverbal Communication (September
2015)
PsycBOOKS
Classic Books: The foundations of psychology
Current Research: recently-published APA books
Reference Materials: APA Handbooks in Psychology and the Encyclopedia of Psychology
100 out-of-print books from 1950 – 2002
PsycBOOKS
Indexed by chapter Updated monthly
Available on APA PsycNET, EBSCOhost, ProQuest and OvidSP
MARC records available
PsycBOOKS Expansion
Added APA Handbooks in Psychology No longer an embargo Read all about it! http://
bit.ly/PBchanges
We’ve also added APA titles to ebrary, Overdrive and EBSCO.
New APA PsycNET Features
Direct export to Zotero!
New APA PsycNET Features
Sort saved items by Times Cited!
PsycTESTS Update
NEW FIELDS & FEATURES!
PsycTESTS Update
PsycTESTS Classification System Other versions Factor Analysis Instrument Type Test Location And a few other small tweaks
PsycTESTS Classifications
Identifies the general area of psychology that the measure is designed to assess.
Similar to PsycINFO Classification Codes – but not the same terms!
See the full list: http://bit.ly/PTClassCodes
Live Search Demo
PsycTESTS on APA PsycNET
PsycTESTS Update
Informed Consent (Any Field) AND Interview Schedule/Guide (Instrument Type) Look at Test Location field in “Nurse’s Perceptions”
Autism (Any Field) AND Test Available (checkbox) Use PsycTESTS Classification in facets
Emotional intelligence (Any Field) Look at STEU-B
Other Versions links to original version
Factor Analysis field
PsycTESTS Classifications
Presented as a limiter on APA PsycNET, EBSCOhost, and OvidSP
On ProQuest, select the Classification field and click “Look Up Classifications”
Other Versions
Factor Analysis
Instrument Type
Test Location
Test Available
Test Available
Searching with Keywords
Searching with Keywords
Natural language field Author-assigned terms Indexer-assigned terms
APA PsycNET & EBSCOhost - Keywords
ProQuest – Identifiers OvidSP – Key Concepts
Searching with Keywords
Concept isn’t reflected in the Thesaurus yet
You don’t want to use the Thesaurus at the moment
Thesaurus terms are too specific
Know What You’re Searching
EBSCOhost - keywords APA PsycNET – keywords, index terms, title ProQuest – identifiers, subject headings,
title, abstract OvidSP – key concepts, subject headings,
title, abstract, table of contents, tests and measures
Know What You’re Searching
EBSCOhost – KW facebook APA PsycNET – kw=facebook ProQuest – IF(facebook) OvidSP – facebook.id
Live Search Demo s
PsycINFO on EBSCOhost & ProQuest
First Posting Articles
First Posting Articles
Electronic version prior to release in print publication aka pre-publication articles, online first
articles, early view, etc.
Released to PsycARTICLES after all of the author’s proof corrections are made
First Posting Articles
Not fully indexed! Records are without: Index Terms
Cited References
Grant/Sponsorship
Methodology
Tests and Measures
Also – no page numbers
First Posting Articles
Release Date
Classification Code Keywords, Title, Abstract
Browse, TOC alerts
Live Search Demo
PsycARTICLES on OvidSP
Training Materials
Video Tutorials
APA grants permission for librarians and educators to link these tutorials to their library web sites, LibGuides, course management software, and other resources intended to assist students and researchers.
http://www.youtube.com/psycinfo OR
http://bit.ly/APATutorials
Webinars
Librarians Behind the Scenes of PsycINFO
Beyond Subject Searching in PsycINFO
Students & Faculty (just 30 minutes) Basic Search
Advanced Search
Results Management
2014 Psi Chi webinars
http://bit.ly/APAWebinars
Topic Guides
Gerontology Grief & Trauma
Counseling Integrative Medicine Military Psychology Neuroscience Nursing Nutrition Public Health
Quick Reference Guides
Getting Started with PsycTESTS
Additional Materials
Record Structure & Field Guide Podcasts PsycINFO News Presentation Archive & Slideshare Digital Signage
Search Help & Training Center
What questions do you have?
Alison K. Cody, [email protected]
Booth #274
PsycINFO Customer Relations
APPENDIX A:Finding Tests & Measures
PsycINFO options
Tests & Measures Every test listed in the article
Keywords Test is pretty important to article
Index Terms/Subject Headings Even more important/widely used
Appended search
Use this with the Tests & Measures field in PsycINFO to surface articles that incorporate test items in the text
Include test items in the tables
include the test as an appendix
APPENDIX B:Searching by Release Date
Release Date
PsycINFO is updated weekly, on Monday
How can I find out what’s been added to PsycINFO in a particular time frame? Not publication date!
Release Date
Browse an Index EBSCOhost OvidSP
Searchable Field APA PsycNET ProQuest
