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PsycINFO

PsycINFO. From OhioLINK. OhioLINK PsycINFO. PRODUCED BY: The American Psychological Association. DATES COVERED: From 1967. UPDATES: Weekly. HISTORIC PSYCINFO: 1872-1966 (link to Historic PsycINFO ). PsycINFO.

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PsycINFO

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  1. PsycINFO From OhioLINK

  2. OhioLINK PsycINFO • PRODUCED BY: The American Psychological Association.DATES COVERED: From 1967.UPDATES: Weekly.HISTORIC PSYCINFO: 1872-1966 (link to Historic PsycINFO).

  3. PsycINFO • Journal coverage includes international material selected from more than 1900 periodicals written in over 24 languages. Current chapter and book coverage includes worldwide English-language material published from 1987-present. Over 60,000 references are added annually through weekly updates. PsycINFO journal list.

  4. PsycINFO This is the opening Search Screen with default to THESAURUS.

  5. PsycINFO help Notice the available HELP options.

  6. About PsycINFO…

  7. Searching for HOMELESSNESS in the thesaurus

  8. Note the options when there is no direct match

  9. Suggested Subject Headings

  10. Using the thesaurus wisely • Search - find records with this term as a subject heading.Focus - find records with this term identified as a major subject heading.Expand- find records with this term as a subject heading or with a subject heading of any narrower term from the thesaurus.Expand/Focus - find records with this term as a major subject heading or with a major subject heading of any narrower term in the thesaurus.

  11. Choosing MAJOR Headings By choosing EXPAND/FOCUS, you get the main subject as well as any minor ones as a MAJOR concept of the article.

  12. Language Publication Type Year Population Group Age Group Intended Audience Classification Codes Form/Content Human Disordered Populations Nondisordered Populations Tests & Measures Treatment & prevention Latest Update Sort Order Number of results/page Limits

  13. LIMITS – top half of screen

  14. LIMITS – bottom half of screen

  15. Searching in CURRENT RESULTS You may search within your results to further reduce your retrieval.

  16. The Results…

  17. FIND A COPY FIND A COPY shows the Case holdings and in this particular instance, has a link to the publisher’s site.

  18. Link to the Publisher’s Site Sometimes the links work and sometimes they do not!

  19. Full Text of the Article

  20. Stored Records Notice the options for working with STORED RECORDS.

  21. Stored Records If you want to save records for later importing into bibliographic management software, choose EXPORT.

  22. EXPORT RECORDS REFER works most of the time. DOWNLOAD is a safe choice.

  23. SAVE!!

  24. The SAVED File ! There are two windows.

  25. The SAVED File ! • Remember the name of the file – add something that lets you know what kind of file it is. • Remember the .txt file extension. • Remember where you store the file. • In OhioLINK, change the second drop-down window to ALL FILES. • Sometimes in OhioLINK, you can save time and frustration by saving in both formats – REFER and RIS in case one of them does not work properly.

  26. SAVE Again!

  27. PsycINFO Tips • Look for online help. • Ask a librarian.

  28. Kathleen C. Blazar, M.S.L.S. Resources Librarian Cleveland Health Sciences Library Case Western Reserve University 10900 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4914 216-368-1361 kcb2@case.edu

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