The latest psychological research on COVID-19 and the racism pandemics available in APA PsycArticles

Posted on by Nichole Ridgeway in For Faculty, For Librarians

To aid the discovery of this critical research, we have curated a collection of articles on these rapidly evolving topics to support your institution’s psychology curriculum. Journal articles on COVID-19 and Race, Trauma, and Social Injustice have been made temporarily freely available. As an institutional subscriber, you ensure your users have continued access to this essential content.

We will continue to keep you informed of special issues, newly published research, and commentaries. Please keep your users up to date with the latest journal content available within your APA PsycArticles® subscription.

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Webinar Alert: APA PsycInfo Fall Sessions for Librarians

Posted on by Marta Soto in 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
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APA PsycBooks Newly Released Titles

Posted on by Suzy Martin in For Librarians, For Students

The July and August releases cover subjects related to research and therapies for diversity and social justice issues, patients living with chronic disease, early childhood education intervention, cognitive neuroscience, and clinical guidelines for the treatment of PTSD.

The new releases featured below include books aimed to help students, faculty, and researchers in their studies related to PTSD, trauma, trauma recovery, and alternative treatments of PTSD. Please share this list along with any complimentary titles or resources available through your library.

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Psychological Test Adaptation and Development (PTAD) added to APA PsycArticles

Posted on by Nichole Ridgeway in For Faculty, For Librarians, For Students

Inaugural Editor-in-Chief: Matthias Ziegler

We are pleased to announce the addition of Psychological Test Adaptation and Development (PTAD) to APA PsycArticles®. PTAD, the official open-access journal of the European Association of Psychological Assessment, is the first open-access, peer-reviewed journal publishing papers on adaptations of tests to specific cultural needs, test translations, and the development of existing measures. The journal will focus on the empirical testing of the psychometric quality of these measures.

PTAD is published by the Hogrefe Publishing Group, and its content is now available in APA PsycArticles. APA PsycArticles is the only collection with 119 journals from the APA, the Hogrefe Publishing Group, the Canadian Psychological Association, and more of the leading publishers in psychology.

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For more information, please contact psycdatabases@apa.org.

A Curated Collection of Student Resources within APA PsycBooks

Posted on by Suzy Martin in For Librarians

Help your psychology and behavioral health students find focused content for research, course work, and post-graduation career development with this unique collection of DRM-free books available in APA PsycBooks.

This hand-selected title list includes well-rounded subject matter for undergraduate and graduate-level students with books relating to ethics, research methods and reporting, and guidance on presenting research while adhering to APA Style standards.

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