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What’s In It for Me?

What’s In It for Me?. PsycINFO for Independent Professionals Presented by Anne Breitenbach, Trainer, PsycINFO. A Little Housekeeping. Please sign in so we have an accurate headcount . . . . . . and complete an evaluation (even if you have to leave early). What will we cover?.

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What’s In It for Me?

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  1. What’s In It for Me? PsycINFO for Independent Professionals Presented by Anne Breitenbach, Trainer, PsycINFO American Psychological Association 2014

  2. A Little Housekeeping • Please sign in so we have an accurate headcount . . . • . . . and complete an evaluation (even if you have to leave early)

  3. What will we cover? • Access: I’m an independent information professional. Can I afford to use your databases? • Okay. Why should I? Show me what you’ve got • Support

  4. Day Pass Access $11.95

  5. By-the-Item Access $11.95

  6. Public Platform

  7. My PsycNET

  8. Individual subscription $499

  9. American Psychological Association 2012

  10. Psycinfo content

  11. Technology revolution

  12. How has media changed the world? Media not only reflect change in our world but actually help create that change. What research is there on how public opinion is formed by new media? Search: Public Opinion and Media

  13. Use the Thesaurus to access the controlled language and build your search. Results page facet Individual record

  14. Thesaurus

  15. Thesaurus

  16. Facets

  17. Keyword

  18. What effect does humor have on politics? Satire and humor have a long history as tools in politics, but cable television and the Internet have supercharged the connection. Search: Humor or comedy or satire and political attitudes

  19. Date limit

  20. Author facet

  21. How have cell phones changed us? • Ever seen cell phones pop popcorn in a few seconds? New technologies affect us in all kinds of ways, socially, culturally, and physiologically, among others. Think about the ubiquitous cell phone and it’s effect on • Driving • Health monitoring • Sampling bias • Marketing • Interpersonal relationships • Instruction and teaching • Brain function

  22. Harvesting index terms

  23. Behavioral economics

  24. How do you get people to save for the future? Despite efforts to get Americans to save for retirement, those savings rates have dropped. What research is there that addresses ways to understand and approach this problem? Search: Future and money

  25. Cited by

  26. Citing articles

  27. How does executive compensation affect their risk-taking behavior? A string of disasters has been brought about in part by executives more concerned with stock prices than good management. Search: top executives and add salary and decision making

  28. Building your search from a basic search

  29. Harvesting search terms I swap “top executive” for “top level managers.” From the titles I see that maybe “CEO” would be good. And I’ll take “salaries” and break it into another category.

  30. Search within results

  31. As a last step I remove dissertations and limit my findings to the past 5 years

  32. Applied Social psychology

  33. How malleable are “normal people” in extraordinary situations? We know the images and actions from Nazi Germany; My Lai, Vietnam; the Killing Fields, Cambodia; Rwanda, the Congo, Abu Ghraib, … Extreme situations cause people to dehumanize others. Why? Let’s look at what happens in the brain. Search: Neuropsychology and torture

  34. Searching for full text

  35. Why are people less likely to act proactively when in a group? Just how malleable are “normal people” in extraordinary situations? Search: bystander effect or bystander apathy and peer victimization

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