APA PsycInfo now has more than 5 million records available to support behavioral and social science research. This milestone achievement highlights APA’s continued role as the leading publisher of critical psychological research at a time when psychology is increasingly in the forefront of important societal issues.
Continue readingAnnouncing the 2022 APA Books® E-Collections
The 2022 APA Books® E-Collections offer affordable solutions to provide perpetual access to academic and clinical research, as well as content supporting professional development in the behavioral and health sciences. These collections are designed to support the needs of clinical professionals, researchers, instructors, and students.
For 2022, three different collections and price points offer flexible solutions for building digital content in psychology while meeting increased user demand for DRM-free electronic resources.
Each collection presents an affordable option to provide perpetual, multi-user access to the authoritative psychology ebooks requested by students, faculty, and researchers while helping to minimize institutional and student costs. Libraries and educators may incorporate parts of the licensed materials in electronic course packs, courseware and/or electronic reserve collections.
Continue readingWebinar Alert: APA PsycInfo Fall Webinars for Students & Faculty
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!
The 30-minute APA PsycInfo – Basic Search session includes live search demos and provides search tips and strategies to help you locate more relevant results in less time.
The 30-minute APA PsycInfo – Advanced Search session explores a few of the added-value fields in APA PsycInfo and using them to uncover much more than journal articles. Search demos will demonstrate how to identify what research is happening at which institutions; finding new journals in which to publish your work; information about tests used in related research; and potential funding opportunities for your project.
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!
You can register with GoTo Webinar for one of the following times:
- APA PsycInfo – Basic Search session
- Tuesday, September 21, 2:30 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
- Wednesday, November 3, 2:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
- APA PsycInfo – Advanced Search session
- Tuesday, September 28, 2:30 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
- Wednesday, November 10, 2:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
These webinars are an ideal way for new users to become acquainted with PsycInfo or experienced users to get a refresher on APA PsycInfo if they have had a previous training session. Please help us spread the word to interested students and faculty!
Can’t attend a scheduled session?
- Go ahead and register so that you’ll receive a recording link shortly after the live event – or view the webinar recording now on our YouTube channel
- Bookmark our Webinar Training Schedule page with training descriptions and registration links for future sessions
- Explore additional APA PsycInfo Training materials
Webinar Alert: APA PsycInfo Fall Sessions for Librarians
Our Beyond Subject Searching webinar is designed for librarians and other expert users of APA PsycInfo. If you’re looking to expand your search skills, or just need an APA Databases refresher, we hope you’ll join us!
This 45-minute session includes a behind the scenes look at the APA PsycInfo record structure and a live search demo that shows how use APA Databases for more than just locating articles.
Search examples include:
- seeing the types of research being done at a particular institution
- identifying journals in which to publish new work
- finding grants and sponsorships
- locating tests and measures
You can register with GoTo Webinar for one of the following times:
- Friday, September 17, 2:30 pm (Eastern Time)
- Friday, November 19, 2:00 pm (Eastern Time)
Can’t join us at the times listed? View a recording on our YouTube channel whenever it’s convenient for you.
Additional Training Resources
- Looking for shorter intro sessions for students and faculty? See the schedule of all webinars.
- View short video tutorials that demonstrate a specific search topic, such as Searching with the Thesaurus or Finding Empirical Articles.
- Explore additional APA Database Training handouts.
Feel free to share or embed a link to any of our training materials.
New Titles Now Available in APA PsycBooks
New additions to APA PsycBooks® provide insights into teaching psychology courses, training in cognitive behavior therapy, and career assessment.
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