APA Psyc Net
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Explains some of the ins and outs of how to use APA PsycNet.
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Roy BrownEducation and Research Librarian
Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, VCU Libraries
Databases Contained in APA PsycNet
• PsycINFO®: database of scholarly literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences. It covers journals, books, reviews, and dissertations.
• PsycBOOKS: database of APA books, book chapters and classic books. It also contains entries from the Encyclopedia of Psychology and other reference works.
• PsycCRITIQUES : database of book and film reviews.• PsycARTICLES : database that contains journals published by the APA and others in the
areas of psychology, applied psychology, health, theory, research, social psychology and more.
• PsycEXTRA : database of gray literature from newsletters, magazines, reports, brochures and other sources presented for a wide audience of professionals and researchers interested in psychology and closely related fields. Much of the material in this particular database does not come from peer-reviewed journals.
• PsycTESTS: A repository for the full text of psychological tests and measures as well as a rich source of structured information about the tests.
• PsycTherapy: A database of streaming psychotherapy demonstration videos; users may create playlists, clips, search transcripts of videos, and more.
All of the available
databases
Search History:
Search Box:
to the right you can limit the search to
specific citation fields
Display Settings:Can adjust number of results per page and how they are sorted.
Publication Date
Term Finder: place to access the controlled vocabulary of the
database
Where you can combine terms with
AND, OR, NOTClick Here in order to see
the record for the
Term Finder/ Index of Controlled Vocab.
Recent Searches/Search History
Boolean Operators:
Used to combine Terms
Select terms by checking
boxes
Results Page
Limits/Ways to Narrow
Results
Tabs Show Results by Each
Database
Publication Types
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Abstract and References
Search History
Get in touch with Me…..
Roy Brown, MLIS Education and Research Librarian
Tompkins-McCaw Library, VCU Libraries [email protected] / Ph. 804-828-1592
If You Need Help……..
