Travel Award Accepting Applications Through July 31

Posted on May 18, 2016May 13, 2016 by Customer Relations Staff in For Librarians

Now through July 31, 2016, APA Librarian Conference Travel Award is accepting applications for conferences taking place from September to December 2016.

The award is intended to help defray conference-related expenses for librarians with less than 15 years of experience after receiving their MLS. Three cash awards are distributed three times each calendar year, and the application cycle opens and closes on a rolling basis. At this time, we are not limiting the conferences that are eligible for travel award funding. Applicants should identify the conference that best meets their professional needs, and explain how attendance will support their current duties and future goals. Continue reading →

Webinar Alert and Slides from the MLA Sunrise Seminar

Posted on May 16, 2016May 18, 2016 by Patti Avellanet in For Librarians

Our Sunrise Seminar at Mosaic ‘16 (the joint conference of the Medical Library Association, the Canadian Health Libraries Association, and the International Clinical Librarian Conference) took place on Monday. The session covered:

An update on new fields coming to PsycINFO® this summer
A review of the December 2015 update to the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms
A brief overview of APA Style CENTRAL™, launching in July
Updates on PsycTHERAPY®
New publications from APA
A review of training and support materials

The presentation included several live search demos:

EBSCOhost: Using the Thesaurus
APA Style CENTRAL overview
APA PsycNET: PsycTHERAPY overview
Ovid and ProQuest: searching PsycINFO for information on tests & measures

If you weren’t able to join us, there are two ways you can get the material. First, the slides are now available on our Slideshare account. We recommend downloading the slides and viewing them in PowerPoint, as the presenter notes area includes additional information for each slide.

Second, we will be reprising the session as a webinar! (Note that you did attend in person, no new or additional information will be presented during this session.)

APA Sunrise Seminar @ Mosaic ’16: Webinar Edition
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
1–2:30 p.m. (Eastern)
Register online

Exhibits Update: Mosaic ’16

Posted on May 9, 2016May 9, 2016 by Customer Relations Staff in For Librarians

Mosaic ’16, the joint conference of the Medical Library Association, the Canadian Health Libraries Association, and the International Clinical Librarian Conference, will be held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, ON, from May 13-18, 2016.

Look for representatives from the American Psychological Association in the exhibit hall at booth 330. Stop by to learn more about APA Style® CENTRAL, an exciting new electronic resource for APA Style that’s currently in development, and get the latest updates about APA Databases.

Exhibit hours:

Saturday, May 14: 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. (Welcome Reception)
Sunday, May 15: 12:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Monday, May 16: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday, May 17: 10:15 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

American Psychological Association Sunrise Seminar:

In addition, staff from the APA Databases & Electronic Resources Customer Relations group will be presenting a Sunrise Seminar training session during the conference:

Monday, May 16, 2016
7:00 – 8:45 a.m.
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Room 202D

Breakfast will be provided – please RSVP so there’s enough to go around.

Practice Innovations: A New Journal from APA

Posted on May 6, 2016May 3, 2016 by Customer Relations Staff in For Faculty, For Individual Subscribers, For Librarians

Three new journals will be added to PsycARTICLES® over the course of 2016. We will provide updates on their availability throughout the year. More information about APA’s journals, including special issues, is available on our website.

Volume 1, Issue 1 of Practice Innovations, a new publication from APA Journals, is now available. Readers can access this issue electronically via PsycARTICLES®.

The journal, which is the official publication of APA Division 42: Psychologists in Independent Practice, publishes papers on the standards, practices, and methods of professional mental health practice, and is cross-disciplinary with a multi-theoretical scope. Its first issue includes articles on tele-mental health and using principles of sketch comedy in practice.

PsycARTICLES users on APA PsycNET® (including subscribers to APA PsycNET Gold, Gold Plus, and Platinum), EBSCOhost, Ovid and ProQuest can review the first issue by browsing PsycARTICLES or by performing a title search for the journal.

Related Resources:

Learn more about Practice Innovations, including manuscript submission policies and information about subscribing in print.

New Videos Added to PsycTHERAPY

Posted on May 4, 2016May 3, 2016 by Patti Avellanet in For Faculty, For Individual Subscribers, For Librarians

In April, we added 36 new videos to PsycTHERAPY®, our database of streaming psychotherapy videos. This collection allows users to observe psychotherapy techniques as they are put into practice by master practitioners. It now includes 431 videos, in which 245 different presenting issues are discussed.

Dr. Candice M. Monson leads a couples therapy session.

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