From Soup to Nuts: If It’s About Behavior, APA Has IT

1. From Soup to Nuts: If It’s About Behavior, APA Has IT Presented by Anne Breitenbach, Trainer, PsycINFO American Psychological Association 2013

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3. Today’s Presentation

4. Why is PsycINFO an essential tool for many independent researchers and special IPs?

5. APA Databases and Electronic Collections

6. Database Facts • PsycINFO®: abstract database of over 3.4 million records from the 1800s to present • PsycARTICLES®: full-text articles from 81 journals published by the APA and allied publishers • PsycBOOKS®: full-text collection of over 3,600 scholarly and classic books (53,000+ chapters) • PsycCRITIQUES®: weekly release of book and film reviews –over 40,500

7. Database Facts • PsycEXTRA®: hard-to-find gray literature – more than 291,000 records, 70% full-text • PsycTESTS®: access to information about psychological tests, measures, scales, and other assessments – nearly 14,000 • PsycTHERAPY®: videos featuring therapy demonstrations showing clinicians working with individuals, couples, and families.

8. Problem Solving With Behavioral Science Data American Psychological Association 2013

9. PsycINFO® » Complete PsycINFO Fact Sheet American Psychological Association 2013

10. Deep Indexing for Expert Searching • Index Terms • Keywords • Classification Codes • Grants & Sponsorships • Tests/Measures • Methodology

11. “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past” A man recreates himself in his desire to make the present conform to his dream of a past love. So clear and gorgeous is his vision, that its realization can’t compete with the ideal. The Great Gatsby American Psychological Association 2013

12. Search Neuroscientists are fascinated with the elusive permanence of memory. An ALS researcher is exploring how memory traces reside in specific brain cells and is looking for research with brain imaging. • Engram OR “memory trace” • Brain imaging American Psychological Association 2013

13. PsycARTICLES® » Complete PsycARTICLES Fact Sheet American Psychological Association 2013

14. New in 2013 • Archives of Scientific Psychology • The Psychologist-Manager Journal • Military Psychology • Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology • Journal of Rural Mental Health • Journal of Threat Assessment and Management

15. Coming in 2014 • Decision • American Journal of Orthopsychiatry • Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice • Qualitative Psychology • Spirituality in Clinical Practice • Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity American Psychological Association 2013

16. “You can’t handle the truth!” • The prosecution’s case hangs on expert witness opinion of a naval commander who lies on the stand to help his colleagues cover up the questionable death of a Marine. A Few Good Men

17. Search • Can the military handle the truth? This year saw the historic rollback of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. You are in the military library service and want recent full-text recent information on how harassment of LGBT personnel in the armed services. • “Military personnel” • Homosexuality OR bisexuality OR “sexual orientation” • Discrimin* OR victim* Or harass* • Past 5 years

18. By-the-Item Access

19. APA Books » Complete PsycBOOKS Fact Sheet » APA Books E-Collection Fact Sheet » Handbooks in Psychology

20. PsycBOOKS Facts • More than 3,500 scholarly books • 922 APA books • 2,677 classics • 53,715 chapters • Updated monthly • Access historical content dating back to 1597

21. APA Books® E-Collection 2013 • Scholarly and professional books published by APA 2012-2013 • No embargo • 36 titles included, released as published

22. APA Books® E-Collection 2013 • Available exclusively on APA PsycNET • One-time purchase

23. “You saying Andy's innocent? I mean *for real* innocent?” An innocent man spends many years in prison for the supposed murder of his wife before making a seemingly miraculous escape. His belief in himself and his determination to live within prison on his own terms affects those around him. Shawshank Redemption American Psychological Association 2013

24. Search Many innocent people are convicted in our legal system in part due to the legal system’s assumption that people’s recollections are accurate. A legal librarian looking for information in the 2013 E-Collection might search: • “wrongful conviction” OR innocence • “eyewitness memory” OR “eyewitness identification” American Psychological Association 2013

25. Handbooks in Psychology • Core and emerging sub-fields in psychology • Currently 9 available • Electronic and print • Electronic versions available exclusively on APA PsycNET • Let’s take a look!

26. Handbooks in Psychology Series

27. “Faith is a house with many rooms.” An intensely spiritual young man who practices Hindu, Christianity, and Islam simultaneously is caught in a terrible storm at sea. He ends up on a life raft with several animals, where his faith helps him to survive and make sense of his ordeal. Life of Pi American Psychological Association 2013

28.  Search A pastoral counselor conducts a search of the APA Handbooks on the question, does spirituality help one cope with life’s challenges? • Spirituality • Coping behavior American Psychological Association 2013

29. APA Custom Course Books • Select content from APA Custom Course Books library • the complete APA Handbooks in Psychology Series • Add your own content • Arrange the order of your materials • Select your cover design. American Psychological Association 2013

30. PsycCRITIQUES® » Complete PsycCRITIQUES Fact Sheet American Psychological Association 2013

31. Use PsycCRITIQUES for . . . • Corporate—books on leadership, cultural change, employee retention, and the like • Researchers—find in-depth topic reviews • General public—find reviews of current films and publications • Librarians—collection development • Faculty—identify textbooks • Students—find books for an assignment

32. “Here's some advice. Stay alive. ” In a dystopian future, children are selected by lottery to compete in a televised battle to the death. Reality television with a vengeance. The Hunger Games

33. Search You are putting together a collection of resources about the effect of media violence on children adolescents. You search • media OR film OR television OR games OR video • Violence • Limit to children and adolescents • Within the past 3 years

34. PsycEXTRA® » Complete PsycEXTRA Fact Sheet American Psychological Association 2013

35. Document Types

36. PsycEXTRA Updates • Added a Tests & Measures field, including DOIs linking to PsycTESTS • Restructured Grants & Sponsorships field to match display in PsycINFO • Added DOIs for all PsycEXTRA records • Other enhancements and cleanup projects incorporated as well

37. “I just want to be perfect.” A talented dancer is picked for the lead role in a major production. Pushing her body to the limits for her art, she is ethereally slim, dieting and purging to the point of hallucination. Her image is constantly reflected in mirrors, strangers leer at her. Black Swan

38. Search A RAND analyst is working on a nutrition policy study to find information about body image and eating disorders in young girls. • Body image • Eating disorders

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40. PsycTESTS® » Complete PsycTESTS Fact Sheet

41. PsycTESTS • Access to information about over 13,000 psychological tests & assessments (72% full text) • Primarily tests culled from the scholarly literature that are not available commercially • Great for students learning about test development • Helpful for faculty & researchers exploring measures for a particular construct

42. From 2,500 in September 2011 to over 13,800 today! • developed for researchers • detailed records by expert indexers • 73% provide text with source documentation

43. Fields and Limits

44. “the prejudice surrounding AIDS exacts a social death … which precedes the physical one”  A lawyer contests his dismissal from his job. A gay man who has contracted AIDS, he believes his dismissal is the result of discrimination. During the trial, the defense repeatedly suggests that he brought the disease upon himself and is therefore not a victim. Philadelphia American Psychological Association 2013

45. Search One of the most exciting events of 2012 was the announcement of a cured AIDS patient, which has now been confirmed in a number of other cases. A health policy analyst is researching how this may affect how those infected with HIV+ and AIDS experience stigma and looking for tests. • HIV OR AIDS • Stigma American Psychological Association 2013

47. Test Development – discusses development of the test Test Review – reviews the test Test Use – reports on a novel or important use of the test

48. “I believe that there is a championship team of twenty-five people that we can afford, because everyone else in baseball undervalues them.” An underfunded general manager bucks the collective but subjective “wisdom” of baseball insiders in favor of “sabermetrics,” the rigorous statistical analysis of players’ performance. Moneyball American Psychological Association 2013

49. Search Can human resource managers replicate the insights of sabermetrics in their own industry? To do so, they would rely on hard data such as from tests and structured interviews rather than soft data. • Human Resource Management • Personnel Evaluation • Methodololgy: Meta analysis, quantitative study, treatment outcome American Psychological Association 2013

50. “This is one time where television really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather.” An arrogant and egocentric weatherman must relive the same day until he gets it “right.” After giving up on hedonism and suicide attempts, he instead focuses on gratitude, kindness, and love of learning as ways to live. Groundhog Day