Support research discovery with customized updates from APA PsycInfo

Posted on by Nichole Ridgeway in For Librarians
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APA PsycInfo?

Please invite your researchers to a personalized service exclusively available to institutional subscribers of APA PsycInfo. This bespoke discovery service leverages AI-technology to help users locate scientific literature, including content outside of APA PsycInfo including preprints, dissertations, and conference information. As users engage with the content, the service will adapt to their preferences to ensure they remain up-to-date on their specific research interests.

We are happy to introduce this new premium benefit to complement your institution’s subscription to APA PsycInfo. Share the link below to encourage your users to register to enhance their access to authoritative and reliable results.

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New Titles Now Available in APA PsycBooks

Posted on by Michael Miyazaki in For Librarians

New titles on social psychology and assessing trauma in children and adolescents are now available through your library as part of your institution’s APA PsycBooks subscription.

 

Acclaimed scholar Thomas Pettigrew’s compelling new release advocates for a robust contextual social psychology, maintaining that far more attention should be paid to the social context of various phenomena relevant in the world today. Also just released is the latest volume in APA’s Division 56 series Concise Guides on Trauma Care. This practical guide supports clinicians and other professionals working with children and adolescents exposed to trauma.

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Getting Started with APA PsycTests: Search Smarter, Not Harder!

Posted on by Patti Avellanet in For Librarians
APA PsycTests An unparalleled resource for psychological tests and measures

The final piece in our Getting Started with APA PsycTests series to help users become familiar with APA PsycTests®, this post provides tips for searching more precisely and finding test-related research. Check out the first two posts for more information: What is APA PsycTests, and How Can It Help Me? and FAQ’s – Using a Test You’ve Found.

Maybe this sounds familiar: You need to find a test for your research project, but last time it took longer than you thought it would to find something useful. You want to learn how to search more effectively so you can find what you need faster. This post will show you how! It covers:

  • Why and how to search APA PsycTests by itself;
  • Exploring fields and limiters for more precise search results; and
  • Using the source citation information in the database record to find related research about how the test has been used before
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The MyAPA Homepage

Posted on by Marta Soto in For Librarians

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.

Our newest tutorial gives an overview of The MyAPA Homepage. 

In this video you’ll learn how to use your MyAPA homepage. We’ll explore how to retrieve resources such as databases, journals, and book chapters that are available to you through your subscriptions or purchases. We’ll also demonstrate how to set up alerts to be notified when new APA resources become available.

By the end of this video you will be able to:

  • Login to your MyAPA account
  • Update your APA profile
  • Access any databases, magazines, journals, pdfs, or book chapters that are available to you
  • Set up a journal, book, database, news, newsletter, or research alert.

2021 E-Collections New Releases

Posted on by Michael Miyazaki in For Librarians

New releases in the APA Books® E-Collections cover the latest psychological research on trauma faced by refugee and minority communities as well as challenges in psychotherapy.

Clinical titles include a guide to personalizing psychotherapy that blends empirical research and professional expertise into easy-to-read advice; a volume on strategies for dealing with crises that erupt in the midst of a psychotherapy session; and an in-depth, practical guide for mental health practitioners providing mental health services tailored to the needs of refugees.

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