Peer-Reviewed Empirical Articles

Posted on September 12, 2024June 7, 2024 by Marta Soto in For Faculty, For Individual Subscribers, For Librarians, For Students

It’s Tutorial Thursday! In this series, we explore APA’s library of video tutorials available on the APA Publishing Training YouTube channel. Please feel free to link to or embed our videos in your library websites or LibGuides, course management systems, or other locations where students, faculty, and researchers will find them.

The first video, Finding High Quality Original Research in APA PsycInfo, is an introduction for all platforms that explains what an empirical study is and what it means for a study to be published in a peer-reviewed journal.

The second video demonstrates how to quickly and easily find peer-reviewed empirical articles using the filters in APA PsycInfo.

Select the video for the platform or website that hosts APA PsycInfo at your institution.

By the end of this 2-part tutorial you will be able to:

Explain what it means for an article to be considered an empirical study.
Describe the process that an article goes through to be published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Use the filters in APA PsycInfo to access empirical studies from peer-reviewed journals.
Determine if an article found in APA PsycInfo is an empirical study from a peer-reviewed journal.

Using the APA Thesaurus to Find Relevant Articles on a Topic

Posted on September 5, 2024June 10, 2024 by Marta Soto in For Faculty, For Individual Subscribers, For Librarians, For Students

APA thesaurus terms, also called index terms, are controlled vocabulary used in database records to make searching easier and more successful. By standardizing the words or phrases used to represent concepts, you don’t need to try and figure out all the ways different authors could refer to the same concept.

The first video, Building a Search with the APA Thesaurus and Index Terms, is an introduction for all platforms that shows what the thesaurus is, why it is a valuable search tool, and what to do if you can’t find a thesaurus term to fit your research concept.

The second video demonstrates how to use thesaurus terms in an APA PsycInfo search to find relevant articles on a topic, and how to revise a search to include additional thesaurus terms.

Select the video for the platform or website that hosts APA PsycInfo at your institution.

Learn more about the APA Thesaurus on our website.

New Videos Added to APA PsycTherapy (Summer 2024)

Posted on August 27, 2024August 26, 2024 by Patti Avellanet in For Faculty, For Individual Subscribers, For Librarians, For Students

On August 15, APA PsycTherapy^® was updated with 11 new videos covering a variety of clinical approaches and therapy topics.

In Strengths and Flourishing in Psychotherapy, Steven J. Sandage leads the discussion of how to incorporate strengths-based interventions into a variety of clinical approaches based on four therapists’ demonstrations.

The Basics of Group Therapy with Cheri L. Marmarosh expertly demonstrates the group formation process, including the importance of rapport building, expectation setting, and collaboration within group co-leadership.

Keith Dobson’s skilled demonstration of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in multiple contexts is featured in the following videos:

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Exploring Self and Relationships

Jessica Borelli’s pioneering form of an attachment-based technique known as “relational savoring” can be incorporated into many therapeutic approaches, helping the client to focus on elements of joy in a key relationship (e.g., child, spouse, partner) as a pathway to enhanced well-being and mental health:

Relational Savoring (includes discussion of theoretical underpinnings and evidence base)
Relational Savoring With a Parent of a Young Child

Louis Hoffman’s expertise in existential–humanistic therapy is featured in a variety of clinical scenarios:

Existential–Humanistic Case Formulation (includes discussion of theoretical underpinnings and evidence base)
Exploring Caregiver Burden Through an Existential–Humanistic Therapy Lens
Existential–Humanistic Therapy With a Client Struggling With Perfectionism

Jonathan Raskin’s videos on constructivist therapy demonstrate how to proficiently guide clients toward reconceptualizing a problem in meaningful and life-enhancing ways through different forms of self-expression:

Constructive Therapy in Practice (includes discussion of underlying philosophy, evidence base, and practical applications of constructivist therapy)
Constructive Therapy With a Client Navigating Procrastination

APA PsycTherapy currently includes 959 videos demonstrating 170+ approaches in service of 360+ topics. Each year, a total of 15-25 new videos are added to APA PsycTherapy, showcasing the latest examples and emerging best practices from clinical psychology.

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 revised APA PsycTherapy^® Teaching Guide, which features a series of step-by-step exercises for using APA PsycTherapy with students, in clinical supervision settings, in psychotherapy researcher training, and more.

APA PsycInfo & APA PsycTests: Fall 2024 Webinars

Posted on August 9, 2024July 24, 2024 by Marta Soto in For Faculty, For Individual Subscribers, For Librarians, For Students

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

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

APA PsycInfo: Beginner Search

This 45-minute session will help anyone who is new to searching the behavioral sciences literature using APA PsycInfo.

We’ll demonstrate simple yet powerful techniques that can increase your proficiency in short order, including how to quickly identify the best search terms; apply filters to narrow the range of results; and pinpoint empirical studies.

Highlights include the use of 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.

Techniques covered can also be used with APA PsycArticles® and APA PsycBooks®.

Wednesday, September 11, 11:00 am

Thursday, October 10, 2:00 pm

APA PsycInfo: Advanced Search

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

After an overview of the three main vocabularies [keywords, Thesaurus subjects, and Classifications] you can use to search APA PsycInfo, we’ll share some easy 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.

Techniques covered can also be used with APA PsycArticles® and APA PsycBooks®.

Wednesday, September 18, 11:00 am

Thursday, October 17, 2:00 pm

Semester Special: APA PsycTests

APA PsycTests is a collection of psychological tests and measures for the social and behavioral sciences.

This live demonstration includes:

Basic Setup and Layout of the APA PsycTests record
Advanced Search for APA PsycTests
Learning more from APA PsycTests about a measure found in APA PsycInfo
Browsing APA PsycTests

While test content is equivalent on all versions of APA PsycTests, the design of search pages differs between platforms. Please register for the training that matches the platform where you use APA PsycTests.

APA PsycTests on APA PsycNet & Ovid

Thursday, September 10, 2:00 pm

Monday, October 7, 11:00 am

APA PsycTests on EBSCOhost & ProQuest

Wednesday, September 25, 11:00 am

Thursday, October 24, 2:00 pm

Can’t attend a scheduled session?

Go ahead and register so that you’ll receive a recording link shortly after the live event;
Bookmark our Webinar Training Schedule page with training descriptions and registration links for future sessions;
Explore additional APA PsycInfo training materials; and/or,
Learn more about APA PsycTests in our Learning Commons!

APA PsycInfo Research Services: Your AI-Powered Research Assistant

Posted on July 26, 2024July 26, 2024 by Cambria Sawyer in For Faculty, For Individual Subscribers, For Librarians, For Students

APA PsycInfo research services are fully responsive on any device.

Think of APA PsycInfo research services as your personal psychology research assistant.

Your institution’s subscription to APA PsycInfo provides courtesy access to a suite of complimentary, premium features to aid the search process. Leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning, these services support students, researchers, and faculty as they monitor the latest research trends, explore analytics, and personalize content discovery—all within the most trusted index of psychological science in the world.

Read on for an overview of the main features within APA PsycInfo research services, and tips on using its many discovery tools.

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