APA Training Events at ALA Annual

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2017 ALA Annual Logo The American Library Association Annual Conference & Exhibition will be held at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, IL, from June 22-27, 2017. APA will be exhibiting at booth 4425. We will be offering a Lunch & Learn on APA Style CENTRAL® and the APA Databases on Monday, June 26.

We are also holding an informal user group meeting for those that have adopted APA Style CENTRAL on their campus. Those with subscriptions or trials are welcome to attend. Please contact support@apastylecentral.org for more information.

American Psychological Association Lunch & Learn @ ALA Annual
Monday, June 26, 2017
1:00-2:30 p.m. CDT

RSVP: https://apa-lunch.eventbrite.com/?aff=b

Join us for an update on APA’s Databases and Electronic Resources.

This year’s session will include an overview of using APA Style CENTRAL® to help students and faculty produce papers and manuscripts in APA Style®. Live search demos of APA Databases will review updates to PsycTHERAPY®, and we will take a closer look at the abstract field in PsycINFO®.
Walk-ins are always welcome, but priority will be given to participants who register in advance. Be sure to RSVP if you plan to attend.

APA Announces Spring 2017 Recipient of the Librarian Conference Travel Award

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Rachael Elrod

We are pleased to announce that Rachael Elrod, Head of the Education Library and Assistant University Librarian at the University of Florida’s George A. Smathers Libraries in Gainsville, FL, is the latest recipient of the APA Librarian Conference Travel Award. Rachel will use the funds to defray the cost of attendance at the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference 2017 in June.

Rachael will be presenting on behalf of a grant-funded research team at the ALA’s Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) preconference called Examining and Supporting Student Transitions Across the Library Spectrum. Grant recipients seek to understand how students identify and select credible digital resources to support their scientific research. Rachael is looking forward to her first opportunity to address a national audience at ALA about this important topic.

The committee would like to thank all those who took time to apply – we received applications from librarians in a wide variety of institutions and positions. The applicant pool is always strong, and the committee encourages past applicants to apply again when they are next in need of conference funding.

Now through July 31, 2017, the APA Librarian Conference Travel Award is accepting applications for conferences taking place from September to December 2017. Please see the website for more details on eligibility, deadlines, and application materials.

Tutorial Thursday – Using the APA Thesaurus When Searching PsycINFO

Posted on 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 PsycINFO YouTube channel and the APA Style CENTRAL® 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.

Searching “All fields” or “keywords” in a database such as PsycINFO® is a simple way to get started with research. Using the indexed subject headings found in APA’s Thesaurus is a more effective way to hone in on the resources you need.

A new version of the tutorial for using the APA Thesaurus on ProQuest is now available. This three minute video has demo searches that show how using the Thesaurus’ subject headings helps you research PsycINFO with depth and efficiency.

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Webinar Alert: APA Style CENTRAL® Trainings for June 2017

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APA Style CENTRAL® is the newest member of the APA Style® family, launched in July 2016.

APA’s training specialists have developed several webinars for librarians, instructors, and students that include content overview and a live demonstration of features.

Click on any session link to register (all times are EDT).

Teaching with APA Style CENTRAL details how faculty, librarians, and other instructors can use APA Style CENTRAL in teaching APA Style:

Writing Papers in APA Style CENTRAL teaches end users how to create and save papers using APA Style CENTRAL:

For more information, including the full training schedule, visit the APA Style CENTRAL webinars page.

PsycTESTS – Finding Other Versions

Posted on by Marta Soto in For Faculty, For Individual Subscribers, For Librarians, For Students

Some frequently used tests appear in multiple versions within the scholarly literature and the PsycTESTS® database. You may see versions that have been revised or updated, shortened or abridged, modified for different age groups or populations, translated into new languages, and more. In PsycTESTS records, the Other Versions field links to and describes alternate forms of the test that are included in PsycTESTS. If you’ve found a test you’d like to use or cite, it’s a good idea to quickly check the Other Versions field to make sure you’re using the best version for your research.

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