Rose City Lunch & Learn

ACRL 2015| Thursday, March 26, 2015

Alison K. Cody, MSLIS

American Psychological Association

Who am I?

Alison K. Cody, MSLIS

Training Specialist

PsycINFO Customer Relations

American Psychological Association

Former Reference & Instruction Librarian

Who are you?

Do you teach information literacy sessions for

courses in psychology or the behavioral sciences?

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36%

19%3%

Yes

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Sometimes

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PsycINFO

PsycARTICLES

PsycBOOKS

PsycTESTS

PsycCRITIQUES

PsycEXTRA

PsycTHERAPY

E-Collections/Handbooks

Finding Tests &

Measures

PsycINFO options

Tests & Measures

Every test listed in the article

Keywords

Test is pretty important to article

Index Terms/Subject Headings

Even more important/widely used

[appended] search

Use this with the Tests & Measures field

in PsycINFO to surface articles that

incorporate test items in the text

Include test items in the tables

include the test as an appendix

Live Search

Demo

PsycINFO on

EBSCOhost

PsycTESTS

UpdateNEW FIELDS &

FEATURES!

PsycTESTS Update

PsycTESTS Classification System

Other versions

Factor Analysis

Instrument Type

Test Location

And a few other small tweaks

PsycTESTS Classifications

Identifies the general area of

psychology that the measure is

designed to assess.

Similar to PsycINFO Classification

Codes – but not the same terms!

See the full list:

http://bit.ly/PTClassCodes

Live Search

Demo

PsycTESTS on

APA PsycNET

PsycTESTS Update

Informed Consent (Any Field) AND Interview

Schedule/Guide (Instrument Type)

Look at Test Location field in “Nurse’s Perceptions”

Autism (Any Field) AND Test Available (checkbox)

Use PsycTESTS Classification in facets

Emotional intelligence (Any Field)

Look at STEU-B

Other Versions links to original version

Factor Analysis field

PsycTESTS Classifications

Presented as a limiter

on APA PsycNET,

EBSCOhost, and

OvidSP

On ProQuest, select the Classification field

and click “Look Up

Classifications”

Other Versions

Factor Analysis

Instrument Type

Test Location

Test Available

Test Available

Tips to Make

Life Easier

Tips & Tricks

Methodology . . . is an invaluable limit feature.

http://bit.ly/APAmethods

Tips & Tricks

I use "type a" personality to illustrate the use

of subject headings versus keywords!

Tips & Tricks

I use my browser's right-click option to open up

tabs for promising searches so I don't lose track

of where I started from.

Tips & Tricks

A tip sheet binder of common APA questions

and answers regarding in-text citations and

referencing

Tips & Tricks

A friendly smile always helps anywhere you go

Start with an ice breaker like library Taboo!

Brainstorming

Ideas for

Search Topics

Ideas for Search Topics

Article Spotlights

PeePs (Particularly Exciting Experiments

in Psychology)

APA Press Releases

Article Spotlights

PeePs

Search Demo

Article Spotlight about how rain affects

productivity of office workers

Could be an interesting topic to

use in an instruction session!

Live Search

Demo

PsycINFO on

ProQuest

New Journals

from APA

Behavior Analysis:

Research and

Practice

First APA-published

issue in February 2015

Backfiles will be

available

Behavioral

Development

Bulletin

First APA-published

issue April 2015

Some backfiles

already available

Motivation

Science

Debut special issue

already available

Psychology &

Neuroscience

First APA-published

issue was March 2015

Backfiles will be

available

Scholarship of

Teaching and

Learning in

Psychology

Debut special issue

already available

Translational

Issues in

Psychological

Science

Debut special issue

already available

Find Items

Added Since

Your Last

Search

Search by Release Date

PsycINFO is updated weekly, on

Monday

How can I find out what’s been added

to PsycINFO in a particular time frame?

Not publication date!

Search by Release Date

Browse an Index

EBSCOhost

OvidSP

Searchable Field

APA PsycNET

ProQuest

Live Search Demo

PsycINFO on

OvidSP and

ProQuest

Training

Materials

Video Tutorials

APA grants permission for librarians and educators to link these tutorials to their library web sites, LibGuides, course management software, and other resources intended to assist students and researchers.

http://www.youtube.com/psycinfo

OR

http://bit.ly/APATutorials

Webinars

Librarians

Behind the Scenes of PsycINFO

Beyond Subject Searching in PsycINFO

Students & Faculty (just 30 minutes)

Basic Search

Advanced Search

Results Management

2014 Psi Chi webinars

http://bit.ly/APAWebinars

Topic Guides

Quick Reference Guides

Getting Started with PsycTESTS

Additional Materials

Record Structure & Field Guide

Podcasts

PsycINFO News

Presentation Archive & Slideshare

Digital Signage

Search Help & Training Center

PsycBOOKS Expansion

No longer an embargo

Added APA Handbooks in Psychology

Read all about it! http://bit.ly/PBchanges

We also added APA titles to ebrary!

APA Handbooks in Psychology

Forensic Psychology (Dec. 2014)

Clinical Geropsychology (Feb. 2015)

Human Systems Integration (April 2015)

Excellence in Librarianship

Award

Created to recognize an

outstanding contribution to

psychology and behavioral

sciences librarianship

Nominations close April 20,

2015

What questions do you have?

Alison K. Cody, MSLIS

acody@apa.org

Booth #274

PsycINFO Customer Relations

800-374-2722

psycinfo@apa.org