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.
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In September, we added 10 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 online session to provide an authentic example of psychotherapy conducted by an expert therapist.
The 10 newest videos are excellent examples of working with clients/patients remotely through video conferencing. In addition, each new video is divided into meaningful segments for easier identification of teachable moments. (More than 200 older videos are also segmented into these annotated chapters).
Content in this latest update includes demonstrations of a four-session couple evaluation featuring Dr. Anthony Chambers of the Family Institute of Northwestern University; examples of positive psychotherapy with Dr. Tayyab Rashid; culturally responsive cognitive behavioral therapy with Dr. Erlanger Turner; and two examples of work with patients experiencing symptoms of long-haul COVID-19 with Dr. Anne C. Dobmeyer, an active-duty officer in the United States Public Health Service.
APA PsycTherapy® now includes:
With 15-25 new videos added every year, APA PsycTherapy will continue to grow and showcase the latest examples and emerging best practices from clinical psychology.
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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.
Interested in strengthening your APA database searching skills? Or are you not sure how to start your behavioral sciences research project? 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 Publishing’s training specialists offer free webinars through Zoom to help APA PsycInfo users learn how to make maximum use of their time searching APA’s research databases.
Search tips and strategies covered in both sessions are relevant to all search platforms — APA PsycNet®, EBSCOhost, Ovid, and ProQuest.
The sessions may be attended separately, but we encourage you to take both if you are interested!
Register for the Zoom events using the links below.
APA PsycInfo: Basic Search
This 30-minute session is for anyone who is new to searching the behavioral sciences literature, finds the prospect of research a bit daunting, or usually begins their search with Google or Google Scholar.
After a brief APA PsycInfo overview, 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.
Monday, September 12th, 11:00 AM Eastern Time
Thursday, October 13th, 2:00 PM Eastern Time
APA PsycInfo: Advanced Search
This 30-minute follow-up to the Basic Search session highlights some of APA PsycInfo’s advanced functionality, designed to increase your efficiency by retrieving better search results faster.
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.
Monday, September 19th, 11:00 AM Eastern Time
Thursday, October 20th, 2:00 PM Eastern Time
Can’t attend a scheduled session?
Interested in an APA PsycInfo refresher as the fall semester gets underway?
APA Publishing’s training specialists offer free webinars through Zoom to help APA PsycInfo users learn how to make maximum use of their time searching APA’s research databases.
Our 45-minute webinar demonstrates a few novel ways to use APA PsycInfo for more than just locating articles, and is designed for subject specialists, reference librarians, and instructors who provide support for behavioral sciences students and faculty,
Search tips and strategies covered are relevant to all search platforms — APA PsycNet®, EBSCOhost, Ovid, and ProQuest.
Register for the Zoom events using the links below.
Beyond Subject Searching in APA PsycInfo
Have you ever used APA PsycInfo to identify the types of research being done at a particular institution? Or to discover additional journals that might be a good match for a prospective author’s research?
You’ll also learn how to uncover details about grants and sponsorships that can help reveal potential funding opportunities, and how to find important information about tests and assessment tools.
Thursday, September 8th, 1:00 PM Eastern Time
Wednesday, October 26th, 2:00 PM Eastern Time
Can’t attend a scheduled session?
In May, APA added 47 new terms to its Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms® to provide more effective searching on current topics, including climate and environment, social and cultural issues, eating and nutrition, and mental health. This thesaurus update also includes 34 new cross-referenced terms and 33 revised scope notes.
New terms from this spring update will initially be applied to current content only; following the fall release, the majority of postable terms new for 2022 will be back-mapped to older records.
