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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)

Posted on by Marta Soto in For Faculty, For Individual Subscribers, For Librarians, For Students

 

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

Posted on by Marta Soto 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!

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?

New Thesaurus Terms for Searching APA PsycInfo (Summer 2023)

Posted on by Marta Soto in For Librarians

 

In June, APA added 76 new terms to its Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms® to provide more effective searching on current topics, including therapy and treatment; artificial intelligence, machine learning, and neural networks; and research integrity and ethics. This Thesaurus update also includes 55 new cross-referenced terms and 76 revised scope notes. 

New terms from this summer update will initially be applied to current content only; following the fall release, the majority of new postable terms for 2023 will be back-mapped to older records.

Full list of New Postable Terms that can be found in the PDF for the full list of Thesaurus changes on the APA website, also linked below.

New terms in the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms as of June 2023

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 Thesaurus Terms for Searching APA PsycInfo (Winter 2023)

Posted on by Marta Soto in For Librarians

 

In February, APA added 63 new terms to its Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms® to provide more effective searching on current topics, including mental health diagnoses, gender and sexuality, human rights, and legal issues. This Thesaurus update also includes 48 new cross-referenced terms, and 63 revised scope notes.

New terms from this winter update will initially be applied to current content only; following the fall release, the majority of postable terms new for 2023 will be back-mapped to older records.

New terms in the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms as of February 2023

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