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ICOLC April 23, 2001 1
Electronic Products from APA
Gateway to the World of Psychology
Linda BeebeAmerican Psychological Association
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Thank you for inviting us!
October 1998 visit extremely informative
Listened and learned: Needed prices for small institutions,
public libraries, community colleges. PsycLIT did not satisfy needs. Needed discounts for consortia. Wanted full text.
Here to learn more!
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American Psychological
Association
Since 1892, our mission has been to advance psychology as a science, as a profession, and as a means of promoting human welfare.
The information products from this diverse discipline serve many people in related fields.
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Society Perspective
Knowledge development & dissemination priority in decisions on quality and depth
Close connections with field through members
Partnerships and alliancesPublisher of both primary and
secondary materials
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As a society, two major constituencies—
APA Members>155,000 members,
affiliates, and student members
46% academicSubscribe to journals
in large numbers.Now buy access to
electronic products.
LibrariesVery supportive of
APA publicationsPartners in
delivering professional knowledge to researchers, students, and others
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Two Major Databases
PsycINFO1.7 million records1887 to presentBooks, chapters,
journals, dissertations
Extensive ThesaurusPrecision of recallLinks
PsycARTICLES42 journals from
APA and others1988 to present25,000 articlesNow SGML, adding
PDFs this summerLinks
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PsycINFO Breadth of Coverage
Psychology PsychiatryBusinessCriminal JusticeEducationHuman ResourcesLaw
LinguisticsMedicineNursingSocial WorkSociologyPsychopharmacolo
gyPhysiology
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Retrievable Sources
9%
77%
13% 1%
Books & Chapters
Journal Articles
Dissertations
Reports & OthersN=1.7 millionN=1.7 million
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Around the World
4% 1%1%
2%
17%
1%
60%
14%
Asia, India & Pakistan
Australia & New Zealand
Central & South America
Eastern Europe
Europe
Middle East & Africa
North America
United Kingdom & Ireland
N=1,528
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Global and Complete Coverage
56 countries represented in current coverage
Original publications in 26 languages
99.5% of journal records from 1967 to 2001 have abstracts
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Business Changes 2000
Introduced tiered pricing to answer concerns about small institutions.
Published prices on the Web to clarify what APA’s fees are.
Simplified licenses.Instituted gradual pricing as needed.Created one product—PsycINFO.Implemented consortia discounts.
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Mistaken Impressions
Peterson’s Wanted fair and
easy way to verify FTEs across vendors for consistency.
Knew institutions supply the numbers.
Did not understand the promotional aspects.
Communications Sent letters to all
customers in May. Put information on
the Web in May. Relied on vendors. Timing problems. Needed much
more.
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Changes Being Made
Using federal statistics or data libraries supply to funders as sources.
Redoubling efforts to meet with vendors sales forces.
Developing new communications plan.Trying to anticipate problems earlier.Gathering data on other pricing
models.
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Coverage Changes 2000
Changed internal processing — now 3-week turnaround for journal evaluations.
Actively seeking journals from outside North America.
Developed clear criteria for acceptance with feedback.
Publisher Relations Page — www.apa.org/psycinfo/publishers
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New PsycINFO Features
PsycINFO Direct (6/99)Weekly Updates (6/2000)Publisher URLsDOIs Country of PublicationClinical Trials Designation9th Edition of Thesaurus (all 11/2000)
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Stay Tuned—More to Come
Peer review designation
More linksAuthor emailEven faster
turnaroundMuch more dataBroader coverage — and more!
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Many Options for PsycINFO
SubsetsPsychological
Abstracts (in print since 1927)
ClinPSYC8 specialized
SCANs in print and online; Psychopharmacology in 2000
ComplementaryPsycVIDEO in 2001
TransactionalPsycINFO Direct
Dialog, DIMDI, OCLC, Ovid
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Licenses for PsycINFO
8 Outside Vendors: Aries, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, EBSCO, OCLC, Ovid, ProQuest, ScienceDirect (summer 2001), SilverPlatter
APA OnlineDirect Load
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And what about full text?
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PsycARTICLES Launching
Full-text article database Knowledge base, not individual journals. Now contains 25,000 articles across this
diverse field.Not diluted in aggregations—
customers don’t pay for content in different collections; titles will not come and go.
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PsycARTICLES
38 APA journals + 3 CPA + 1 H&HAPA back to 1988 overall 25,000 articlesRetrospective + new volume each
yearAll integrated in one databaseReference linking with DOIs
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Learnings from Beta Tests
Institution Needs Journal title
coverage lists for Electronic Journal postings
Links to tables of contents
More refined usage reports
User Needs Browsing as well as
searching Easy access to
historic as well as current tables of contents
PDFs
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Administration Issues
Added course packs and electronic reserves to the PsycARTICLES contract.
Added InterLibrary Loan for print copies of electronic files.
Continue to support walk-in access as we always have for PsycINFO.
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Access Options
Available through APA for data fee plus 20% technology fee or by direct load.
Signed contract with EBSCO 4/5/01 for delivery no later than 10/15.
Close to contracts with Ovid, ScienceDirect, SilverPlatter.
Have begun discussions with others.Transactional by summer.
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Learning from Customers
Breakfast forum 1/2001 during ALAFocus groups for PsycARTICLES in
1/2001Meetings with vendor sales forcesMeetings in conjunction with major
conferencesForums during MLA and ALA this springExhibits at library & psychology events
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Can You Tell Us?
Communications Best Methods? Email? Mail? Phone? New Library Web page Reaching the right person With us—call or email us (see last slide)
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What About Pricing& Vendor/Quote Process??
PricingContinuing to
review pricing.Want to hear
success stories.What works best
for you and producer?
ProcessGet info you need?Changes in vendor
questions?Experiences with
the quote process?How can we
improve?
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And more questions. . .
Perpetual Access Working on policy. What are you getting from others?
Linking Adding DOIs to both databases. Signing linking agreements. What else are you interested in? What are you doing in SFX/Open URL?
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Still More Questions. . .
PsycINFO ContentNew topics?Desired features?Different media?More historical?
Usage ReportsGetting from
vendor?From us—access to
URL OK?Special needs?
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APA—Looking to the Future
Growth and Innovation Based on Feedback from Customers and Users
Broader coverageMore services for user, library, publisherOngoing commitment to quality,
currency, and depth More links and more options.
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We enjoyed the visit.
We very much appreciate your taking the time to talk with us . . .
and we look forward to continued discussions.
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Talk to Us at APA Linda Beebe, Senior Director, PsycINFO
202-336-5636 or 1-800-374-2722 [email protected]
Sheila Brooks, Manager, Leasing & Licensing202-218-3980 or [email protected]
Carolyn Gosling, Manager, Customer Relations202-336-5644 or [email protected] TTY/TDD 336-6123
www.apa.org/psycinfo