Training Alert: APA PsycInfo Spring Webinars for Librarians

Posted on by Patti Avellanet in For Librarians

Our Beyond Subject Searching webinar is designed for librarians and other expert users of APA PsycInfo. If you’re looking to expand your search skills, or just need an APA Databases refresher, we hope you’ll join us!

This 45-minute session includes a behind the scenes look at the APA PsycInfo record structure and a live search demo that shows how use APA Databases for more than just locating articles.

Search examples include:

  • seeing the types of research being done at a particular institution
  • identifying journals in which to publish new work
  • finding grants and sponsorships
  • locating tests and measures

You can register with GoTo Webinar for one of the following times:

  • Friday, February 18 – 2:00 pm (Eastern Time)
  • Friday, March 18 – 2:00 pm (Eastern Time)

Can’t join us at the times listed? View a recording on our YouTube channel whenever it’s convenient for you.

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Training Alert: APA PsycInfo Spring Webinars for Students, Faculty, and Researchers

Posted on by Patti Avellanet in For Faculty, For Individual Subscribers, For Librarians, For Students

Interested in strengthening your APA database searching skills? Join us for the next round of APA PsycInfo® webinars designed for students, faculty, and anyone else who wants to learn more about how to search APA PsycInfo more effectively!

The 30-minute APA PsycInfo – Basic Search session includes live search demos and provides search tips and strategies to help you locate more relevant results in less time.

The 30-minute APA PsycInfo – Advanced Search session explores a few of the added-value fields in APA PsycInfo and using them to uncover much more than journal articles. Search demos will demonstrate how to identify what research is happening at which institutions; finding new journals in which to publish your work; information about tests used in related research; and potential funding opportunities for your project.

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New APA Books E-Collections Topics Include Conversion “Therapy,” Building Leadership in STEM

Posted on by Nichole Ridgeway in For Librarians

 

New titles are now available in your library’s 2022 APA Books® E-Collection. Topics include the case against conversion therapy and consulting in the STEM industry. Additionally, check out recent releases on ethical consulting and prediction statistics. Be sure to post this blog on your social accounts using the “share” buttons at the bottom of this page! Continue reading →

 

New titles are now available in your library’s 2022 APA Books® E-Collection. Topics include the case against conversion therapy and consulting in the STEM industry. Additionally, check out recent releases on ethical consulting and prediction statistics. Be sure to post this blog on your social accounts using the “share” buttons at the bottom of this page! Continue reading →

New Thesaurus Terms for Searching APA PsycInfo (Winter 2022)

Posted on by Patti Avellanet in For Faculty, For Individual Subscribers, For Librarians, For Students
APA PsycInfo: The premier abstracting and indexing resource for behavioral and social science research

In January, APA added 44 new terms to its Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms® to provide more effective searching on current topics, including sport and exercise psychology, psychological testing, mental health, and COVID-19. This update, which includes 27 new cross-referenced terms and 22 revised scope notes, brings the total number of index terms in the Thesaurus to more than 10,000.

In order to provide current and accurate search terminology for emerging research, the winter update will be followed by two additional Thesaurus updates in 2022 — one in the spring (May) and another in the fall. New terms from the winter and spring updates will be applied to current content only, but the majority of postable terms new for 2022 will be back-mapped to older records following the fall release.

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