How to Access APA Databases After You Graduate

Posted on May 12, 2016August 10, 2020 by Customer Relations Staff in For Students

Are you a recent graduate, or about to complete your degree? Will you need access to APA PsycInfo® and other APA Databases after you graduate? At many colleges and universities, alumni are not eligible to use the library’s online resources after graduation.

If you intend to continue your research while you look for a job, or prepare to begin a new degree program, you will need to access journal articles and other material directly through the publisher.

The American Psychological Association provides several different database access options for independent researchers and others who are not affiliated with a college or university. Continue reading →

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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APA Sunrise Seminar at Mosaic ’16

Posted on April 27, 2016April 20, 2016 by Patti Avellanet in For Librarians

Do you need to brush up your search skills in the behavioral aspect of health and medicine? Do you find yourself answering an increasing number of questions about APA Style®? Come to the American Psychological Association’s Sunrise Seminar at Mosaic ’16 (the joint meeting of the Medical Library Association, the Canadian Health Libraries Association, and the International Clinical Librarian Conference) and leave with some new tricks to keep up your sleeve!

American Psychological Association Sunrise Seminar
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.

Live searches on APA databases will review our December 2015 update to the PsycINFO® Thesaurus, and look at some new publications that can support clinical research and practice. Search demos and additional updates will focus on topics relevant to clinical practice, patient education, and health sciences research.

This presentation will also include a sneak peek at APA Style® CENTRAL, a new online resource to learn, research, write and publish in APA Style. You’ll get a look at the learning objects created by our Style Experts, as well as its robust online editor, which has been designed to help students, and others, apply the rules of APA Style while they write. And of course, we’ll also see how APA Style CENTRAL supports users in creating properly formatted APA Style references!

We hope to see you there! If you won’t be at Mosaic ’16, we’ll be reprising this session as a webinar the week after the conference. Visit our webinars schedule to learn more.