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APA PsycInfo research services – Feature Spotlight

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Join us for a live training session on maximizing your institutional access to APA PsycInfo with personalized tools designed to enhance discovery of the latest psychology research.

Register for March 21, 2024, 11:30 am EST 

APA database experts will demonstrate how to use various features included in APA PsycInfo research services, including:

  • Explore Journal –  deep dive into a journal of interest with tools to search, filter, and examine everything from its top-cited articles and topical coverage, to pinpointing the chronology of an author’s articles. 
  • Analyze & Filter –  a comprehensive journal analysis feature of APA PsycInfo research services that enhances discovery of a journal’s trends and core strengths through layered filters 
  • Citation Mapper – visually explore the full breadth of a record’s relationship to other research, with graphical displays of both cited and citing documents associated with any record you select.
  • Browse Books – view, analyze and filter a collection of Books based on research topic, author, publication year, most viewed, and relevance to your research interests. 

Additional webinars to feature other tools within APA PsycInfo research services will be scheduled throughout the year. 

Can’t attend this one? 

  • Register to receive a recording link shortly after the live event
  • Bookmark our Webinar Training Schedule page with training descriptions and registration links for future sessions
  • Subscribe to this blog to hear about future trainings and other updates from APA Publishing 

Related Resources

APA Website: Learn More about PsycInfo Research Services (free with your institutional access to APA PsycInfo)

Blog Post: Get More out of APA PsycInfo Research Updates: Top Features to Know

Blog Post: Tips for Using Citation Mapper 

Blog Post: Five Ways to Use Explore Journal 

What access methods can my institution use for APA PsycNet? 

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If your institution is trialing one or more database resources on APA PsycNet, this is a good time to ensure that all access options are set up and working as expected.  

VPN is NOT compatible with APA PsycNet access.  

For any access method, always use the most recent version of a supported browser (Chrome, Firefox, or Safari). 

 

IPs 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address  

IP addresses identify the network path to a given internet user.  APA PsycNet is most commonly accessed through an IP address, or a group of IP addresses called an IP range.  

What to do:

  • Send us your full list of IP addresses & ranges. Your network must use static IP addresses to access APA PsycNet; a dynamic IP range will not work for access.  
  • Be sure to include IP address(es) associated with any remote access methods, such as EZproxy or OpenAthens.
  • Please use IPv4 formatting. APA PsycNet can’t authenticate IP ranges in CIDR notation or in IPv6.  

IP access works for computers that are directly connected to your institution’s network. If your institution’s users need to connect to APA PsycNet from off-campus or from other remote work locations, there are additional access options below to consider.  

 

EZproxy  

https://help.oclc.org/Library_Management/EZproxy/Get_started/About_EZproxy 

EZproxy uses an IP server, URL rewriting, and stanzas as an intermediary between your users and the databases you wish to access.  Like many other research databases, APA PsycNet is compatible with EZproxy. 

What to do: 

 

OpenAthens 

https://www.openathens.net/librarians/ 

OpenAthens establishes log-in credentials through federated access management and can integrate easily with IP authentication. APA PsycNet has a dedicated list of institutions using OpenAthens on the login page, for the convenience of users.  

What to do: 

  • Send us the following setup information, as provided by OpenAthens: 
    • OpenAthens Identity (Entity ID)
    • Federation scope
  • Once your OpenAthens set up is complete, you can log into APA PsycNet by selecting your institution’s name from the drop-down menu.  

 

Shibboleth

https://www.shibboleth.net/about-us/the-shibboleth-project/ 

Shibboleth, like OpenAthens, establishes log-in credentials through federated access management. APA PsycNet supports Shibboleth access, using the same setup method as OpenAthens. 

What to do:

  • Send us the following setup information, as provided by Shibboleth: 
    • Shibboleth ID
    • Scope  
  • Once your Shibboleth set up is complete, you can log into APA PsycNet by selecting your institution’s name from the OpenAthens drop-down menu. (This list of schools is labeled OpenAthens, but also includes all Shibboleth access.)  

New Thesaurus Terms for Searching APA PsycInfo (Winter 2024)

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In February, APA added 70 new terms to its Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms® to provide more effective searching on current topics, including military psychology; population health; and racial, ethnic and cultural groups and issues. This Thesaurus update also includes 55 new cross-referenced terms, and 75 revised scope notes.

New terms from this winter update will initially be applied to current content only; following the Fall 2024 release, the majority of 2024’s new postable terms will be back-mapped to older records.

a list of new thesaurus terms screenreaders can view the PDF version of this list https://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/training/thesaurus-update-winter-2024.pdf

Using the controlled vocabulary of the Thesaurus means a database search will quickly and accurately retrieve all publications related to a specific concept, regardless of the keywords the authors may have used.

The Thesaurus tool is found on all platforms as part of APA PsycInfo® and redirects synonyms to the preferred “Use” term to include in your search. Each Thesaurus record includes links to broader terms, narrower terms, and related terms, the year the term was introduced, an historical note if applicable, and a scope note providing definition and application.

You can see the full list of Thesaurus changes on our website.  

Related Resource: 
YouTube playlist – Using the APA Thesaurus to Find Relevant Articles on a Topic 

New Videos Added to APA PsycTherapy (Fall 2023)

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In September, we added 20 new videos to APA PsycTherapy®, our streaming video database designed to meet the teaching and training needs of psychotherapy students and practitioners. APA PsycTherapy videos are recorded during an unscripted session to provide an authentic example of psychotherapy conducted by an expert therapist.

Four of these new videos are from the recent APA PsycTherapy Video Series, and so contain introduction and discussion segments in addition to the therapy session. 

  • Shame and Anger in Therapy, with Leslie S. Greenberg, lead originator of emotion-focused therapy (EFT)—the video demonstrates and discusses how to help clients process the emotional pairing of shame and anger. This is the first video Dr. Greenberg has created in a number of years.
  • Client Contributions to Therapy, with Kathryn Kline, Amy Greaves, Heidi Levitt, and Jairo Fuertes—focuses on how patients/clients help therapy succeed. 
  • Prolonged Exposure Therapy, with Sheila A. M. Rauch—an evidence-based method for treating posttraumatic stress disorder.
  • Cultural Complexity in Psychotherapy: The ADDRESSING Framework, with Pamela A. Hays, features Dr. Hays demonstrating and discussing her therapy model (a model explained in her best-selling book, Addressing Cultural Complexities in Counseling and Clinical Practice, 4th edition)

Other new videos include:  

  • Emotion Focused Skills Training
  • Integrative Psychotherapy Approach to Navigating Grief
  • Multicultural Therapy Empowering Teen’s Ethnic and Gender Identity
  • Solution-Focused Therapy in Practice
  • Working Through Climate Anxiety and Concerns Related to Having Children

 

Related Resources

Interested in learning more about this accessibility-certified database of recorded psychotherapy sessions? Visit the APA PsycTherapy information page or view brief tutorials on our YouTube playlist for APA PsycTherapy.

An APA PsycTherapy subscription includes a PDF copy of The APA PsycTherapy Teaching Guide, Revised Edition which features a series of exercises for using APA PsycTherapy with students, in clinical supervision settings, psychotherapy researcher training, and more.

 

APA PsycInfo® Webinars for Fall 2023

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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!

APA’s expert trainers will lead three different webinars this fall, so you can choose the one that best matches your interest.

Details and registration links are below; all times are in U.S. Eastern.

APA PsycInfo: Beginner Search

This 45 minute session is for anyone who is new to searching the behavioral sciences literature.

APA trainers demonstrate simple yet powerful techniques including how to quickly identify the best search terms, apply filters to narrow the range of results, and pinpoint empirical studies.

Highlights include using APA Thesaurus terms and other database fields to target your search, Boolean operators to accurately include or exclude concepts, and cited references to find related research.

APA PsycInfo: Advanced Search

This 60-minute session highlights some of APA PsycInfo’s advanced functionality, designed to increase your efficiency by retrieving better search results faster.

We provide an overview of the three main vocabularies [keywords, Thesaurus subjects, and Classifications] you can use to search APA PsycInfo, and show easy effective ways to quickly expand or narrow your list of search results.

You’ll also learn about syntax for proximity search and truncation; using citations to explore related research; applying search limits and results filters; using the Author Affiliation field to discover where research of interest is happening; searching the Test and Measures field for information about tests used in the scholarly literature; and using the Grant/Sponsorship field to discover potential funding sources.

Semester Special: APA PsycTherapy

Every spring and every fall, APA trainers offer a deeper dive into one area of our tools and databases. These hour-long trainings are designed for researchers and librarians who use APA PsycInfo frequently.

The topic for Fall 2023 is APA PsycTherapy.

A live platform demo will focus on: the extensive content update of June 2023; The APA PsycTherapy Teaching Guide & corresponding APA PsycTherapy playlists; and individual account tools.

Can’t attend a scheduled session?