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PsycINFO: What’s In It for Me?

Discover how PsycINFO can benefit you with live searching, complex searches, transactional access, and more. Explore interdisciplinary content and new additions in PsycARTICLES and PsycTESTS.

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PsycINFO: What’s In It for Me?

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  1. PsycINFO: What’s In It for Me? Anne Breitenbach, Trainer

  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 you’ve asked for • live searching • more complex searches for expert searchers • basic searches for people not familiar with the platforms • more about transactional access • to be able to see the searches more clearly

  4. Why is PsycINFO an essential tool for many special librarians?

  5. Interdisciplinary Content Etc., etc., etc.

  6. Resources for special libraries

  7. PsycARTICLES

  8. New Additions

  9. PsycTESTS • Grown 900% since launch in 2011 • 50% of tests developed in the past 10 years • 75% have full or partial test available

  10. Psycinfo content

  11. Technology revolution

  12. How has media changed the world? From broadcasts of the Vietnam War to our living rooms to Syrian rebels tweeting today, media not only reflect change in our world but actually help create that change.

  13. Search: How has Twitter been used to test public opinion and media views? • Search media and public opinion using the Thesaurus • Search for twitter or tweet in the tests and measures field

  14. PsycINFO has Twitter research. #PsycINFO #SLA2014

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. Applied Social psychology

  18. How malleable are 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, … What research has their been on the role of psychologists in sanctioned abusive interrogation? Search: torture or prisoner abuse and professional ethics

  19. Index terms (or subject terms) vs. keywords Keywords include index terms and additional fields (though those fields vary by platform) Keywords will include first posting results and index terms do not (though that may change soon) because of the timing of indexing

  20. Searching for full text

  21. Why are people less likely to act proactively when in a group? Search: bystander and bullying

  22. Proximity Searching • Find words that appear near each other • Know the syntax! Links to help docs: • APA PsycNET • EBSCOhost • ProQuest (scroll to Operators) • OvidSP (scroll to Boolean Operators)

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