APA DatabasesGlobal Links to the World of

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences UK Roadshow

Peter GaviornoNeil Lader

April 16-April 24, 2012

Discussion Topics• APA Background & Mission

• Family of Electronic Products

• APA’s Newest Family Members

• Librarian’s Resource Center

• Questions & Answers

American Psychological Association• Founded in 1892

• Its mission is to advance the creation, communication, and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people’s lives

• The largest psychological organization worldwide

Society Perspective

• Knowledge development and dissemination priorities of the publishing program

• Close connections with field through members

• Partnerships and alliances

• Publisher of both primary and secondary information products and services

For APA as a Society, Two Major Constituencies

APA Members• 137,000 members,

affiliates, and student members

• 46% academic• Subscribe to journals

in large numbers• Now buy access to

electronic products

Libraries• Very supportive of

APA publications• Partners in delivering

professional knowledge to researchers, students, and others

History of APA’s Publishing Program

• Long-established book and journal publishing program

• First print volume of Psychological Abstracts in 1927

• PsycINFO launched in 1967

APA’s Family of Databases• PsycINFO ®, the discovery and finding tool of more than 3

million records from the 1800s to present

• PsycARTICLES ®, full text of essential journals published by APA and allied publishers

• PsycBOOKS ®, full-text scholarly and classic titles from APA and other publishers

• APA Books® E-Collections, full-text scholarly titles from APA only—ownership model

• PsycCRITIQUES ®, weekly releases of book and film reviews

• PsycEXTRA ®, APA’s gray literature solution

PsycINFO®

What Is PsycINFO?• The largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed

literature in behavioral sciences and mental health published worldwide

• Over 3 million abstracts and more than 51 million cited references

• Updated weekly

• Data from 1800’s to present

• Virtually 100% of records from 1967 to present have abstracts

PsycINFO CoverageJournals• 80% of database • Nearly 2,500 titles

covered– 99% are peer-reviewed– Cover to cover indexing

of 1,500+ journals– Articles from remaining

journals selected for psychological relevance

• 40 titles added since 2011

Books• 8% of database• 3%: authored/edited books• 5%: edited book chapters• Psychological relevance

Dissertations & Other• 12% of database• From Dissertations

Abstracts Intl.(A and B)

Breadth of Coverage• Psychology

• Psychiatry

• Business

• Criminal Justice

• Education

• Human Resources

• Law

• Linguistics

• Medicine

• Nursing

• Social Work

• Sociology

• Psychopharmacology

• Physiology

Global Sources

Classification System• Classification system of 22 major categories

and 135 subcategories

• Each record assigned to one or two classifications

• To find out more about the PsycINFO classification scheme, go to: www.apa.org/pubs/databases/training/class-codes.aspx

Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms

• Foundation of all APA databases

• Ensures precise retrieval

• Annual update with new terms

• Indexers & subject experts identify new terms

• 8,400 + controlled terms and cross-references

• Hierarchical, alphabetical, & subject arrangements

• Emerging trends, new areas of research

PsycINFO Quality Standards• Careful evaluation

– Relevance– Standards of presentation– Regularity of publication, etc.

• Nearly 50% of journals submitted for inclusion in PsycINFO are rejected

PsycINFO Abstract Quality• Professional information analysts

– PsycINFO staff write or edit abstracts to accurately reflect content

– Indexers use of controlled thesaurus vocabulary that ensures precise retrieval

– Rigorous quality-control checks

PsycINFO Reload-4/23/12• Grant/Sponsorship Fielding-will now allow display,

search and limits for individual sponsors, grant numbers, grant recipients and principal investigators.

• Other fields include sponsor country, grant date, funding amount and recipient country.

• Fielding the more than 300K records that contain grant and sponsorship data.

• Test records included in PsycTESTS have a DOI. Tests in PI Tests & Measurements field will link to the test record in PsycTESTS.

• A field has been added for Pub Med IDs.

PsycARTICLES®

PsycARTICLESPsycARTICLES is a database of full-text articlesfrom peer-reviewed journals published by the APA,Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe

& Huber– Covers 85 journals and contains more than

158,000 articles– Updated weekly as issues are released to the

database– Average currency is about 3 days after print

issue is mailed

APA Journals Program:ISI Impact Factor®

• 100% of all APA journals (peer reviewed) have Impact Factors

– Psychology-Multidisciplinary: 5 journals in the top 10 of 111 journals

– Psychology-Clinical: 3 journals in the top 10 of 93 journals

– Psychology-Applied: 2 journals in the top 10 of 63 journals

– Psychology-Educational: 2 journals in the top 10 of 44 journals

PsycARTICLES• New Titles added in 2011: -Law & Human Behavior -Peace & Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology -International Perspectives in Psychology: Research

Practive & Consultation -Psychology of Popular Media Culture -Sport, Exercise & Performance Psychology -Psychomusicology: Music, Mind and Brain

• Now covers 85 journals and contains more than 158,000 articles

Examples of Topics Covered• Basic Psychology & Experimental Psychology

• Health Psychology & Medicine

• Social/Personality Psychology & Social Processes

• Developmental & Educational Psychology

• Public Policy

• Clinical Psychology

• I/O Psychology & Management

PsycARTICLES • APA implemented its archiving policy in 2002

in response to libraries’ desire to retain access to digital repositories of journal articles

• Customers retain the right to access only those articles added to the database during the years they licensed PsycARTICLES (but not access to any other content in the database)

• In addition, the 1894-1984 archive collection that was added to PsycARTICLES in 2005 is not covered by the archiving policy

Portico Perpetual Access

• APA has designated Portico as an official delivery platform to provide perpetual access to APA journals to participating libraries

• APA journals available through PsycARTICLES are covered

PsycBOOKS® or

APA Books®

E-CollectionsYou Now Have a Choice!

PsycBOOKS or E-Collections

• Single access point to a complete collection of authoritative titles in a subject area

• A response to the growing demand for electronic book content, especially in library sector

• Electronic access to content expands its research value

PsycBOOKS or E-Collections

• All the content and functionality of each book as published—tables of contents, front matter, back matter, illustrations, look and feel of the printed page

PLUS 

• All of the added value of a database classified and indexed by PsycINFO

PsycBOOKS or E-Collections• Indexed by PsycINFO information analysts using the

Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms

• Classified with the same subject classification scheme used for other APA electronic products

• Abstracts for all chapters are informative– Complete summary of major points

• Licensees retain right to access new titles from the previous copyright year entered into PsycBOOKS during each year that the license was active, but not the backfile of releases from prior to active license period

APA Books E-Collections

PsycBOOKS

Content • APA-published scholarly and professional books

• 872 APA-published scholarly and professional books

• 2,119 classic resources in psychology

• Exclusive electronic release of Encyclopedia of Psychology

Full-Text PDF

Yes Yes

AnnualRequirement

One-time purchase with renewable access fee

Annual subscription

APA Books E-Collections

PsycBOOKS

Search Platform(s)

• APA PsycNET

• APA PsycNET• EBSCO• Ovid Technologies• ProQuest

License Type Own Lease

Time Period Covered

Copyright years 2001through 2012

From 1620 through 2011 copyright year*

*12-month embargo on content. Copyright year runs July 1 through June 30 of each year. Monthly

updates to PsycBOOKS will include content from 2011 copyright year on a rolling month-to-month

basis following the embargo period.

APA Books E-Collections

PsycBOOKS

12-Month Embargo on Newly Published Books

No Yes

Updates Annual (full copyright year) Monthly

MARC Records Yes Yes

Pricing ModelSingle fee, site-basedpricing

Tiered by institutiontype and FTE level

Consortia Discounts Yes Yes

Total # of Chapters Over 7,000 44,364

PsycCRITIQUES®

PsycCRITIQUES• Searchable database of full text reviews of current

books and popular films, videos, and software, written by subject experts

• Approx. 9-12 reviews released weekly, and more than 500 reviews published annually

• Includes 39,000+ reviews from 1956 to present

• Includes Contemporary Psychology backfile from 1956 to 2004

• Licensees retain right to access books entered into database during the period license was active, but not the backfile of releases from previous years

PsycCRITIQUESApplications• Use for collection development by librarians

and course work by faculty

• Introduce students to the literature

• Track the impact of important books on the evolution of psychological topics

PsycEXTRA®

PsycEXTRAGray literature is incredibly valuable to the research process• Access to the increasing amount of scientific

information now published outside of traditional peer-reviewed scholarly journals or books

• Provides access to content for professional or lay audiences that might otherwise be missed

• Materials include conference papers, research reports, policy statements, standards, newsletters, magazines, newspapers, brochures, fact sheets, annual reports, and more

PsycEXTRA• Scope

– Covers psychology, behavioral science & health– Includes digitized content from the Archives of the

History of American Psychology (AHAP) collection

• Hybrid database– Includes abstracts, citations, and indexing, plus full text

for a portion of the records (over 70%)

• Selection standards– Providers and content evaluated for credibility and

subject expertise

PsycEXTRA

• Size of PsycEXTRA database– More than 234,000 records

– 30,000 + records added yearly

– Updated biweekly

• Licensees retain right to access books entered into PsycEXTRA during the period license was active, but not the backfile of releases from previous years

New and Now Available• PsycTESTS™, a research database that provides access to

psychological tests, measures, scales, and other assessments as well as descriptive and administrative information for each instrument

• PsycTHERAPY™, a database of more than 300 therapy demonstration videos featuring master clinicians working with individuals, couples, and families

• APA Handbooks in Psychology™, a new reference series covering emerging subdisciplines

Find updated facts and details on APA databases & e-products by visiting

http://www.apa.org/pubs/databases

PsycTESTS™

PsycTESTSComprehensive Test Coverage

• Primary focus is on unpublished tests—those developed by researchers but not made commercially available

• Covers not only tests in psychology, but those in related disciplines such as education, social work, human resources, marketing/advertising, and others

• About 76% of the content contains full text of tests

• Commercially available tests indexed by APA are also included, with links to purchase the instrument from the publisher

PsycTESTSComprehensive Test Coverage

• Updated with new tests monthly, with a goal of nearly 5,000 tests by early 2012

• Most records link to a variety of materials describing the test in peer-reviewed literature, technical reports, or dissertations as well as links to related peer-reviewed literature describing test development, review, or use

• All records include a summary that describes the test, with its purpose and some history of its development

PsycTESTSHigh-Quality Records and Search Features

• Each record includes data on the scope of the test, test implementation, a high-level overview of the test's development, and reliability and validity data (when available)

• Browse tests using the test name or acronym, author, construct, or year and get directly to the test record

• Or, create detailed searches across a variety of customized fields such as construct, index terms, author, format, population, and so on

• Search results integrate with other APA databases, offering a unified display for improved discoverability

PsycTESTS Authoritative Sources• Tests include those compiled from:

A systematic review of peer-reviewed journals published by APA, Hogrefe Publishing Group, and other large publishers;

Technical reports from PsycEXTRA®; Contributions from individual test authors; Collections from the Archives of the History of American Psychology;

• Records are created by skilled indexers with deep knowledge of the psychology literature

• Links provided for each instrument to source documentation containing a full citation, DOI for the full text, and a link to the PsycINFO® or PsycEXTRA® record

PsycTESTS Content Coverage

Some examples of the diverse array of subject areas and the types of measures, scales, inventories, questionnaires, and tests included:

•Aptitude and Achievement Measures

•Neuropsychological Assessment

•Educational Measures

•Intelligence Tests

•Developmental Measures

•Competency Measures

•Scales for Beliefs, Relationships, or Expectancies

• Personality Assessment• Aggression, Coping, or

Functional Status Questionnaires• Occupational Measures• Racial/Ethnic Identity Scales• Resilience, Anger Response, or

Substance Abuse Inventories• Military Testing• Tests from the Archives of the

History of American Psychology (AHAP)

Archiving & Access Policies• No archival and access rights are available to

customers who cancel their site licenses to PsycTESTS

PsycTHERAPY™

PsycTHERAPYAuthoritative Content for Learning Excellence

• Spontaneous therapy demonstrations videos

• Designed for students, faculty, and professionals in psychotherapy and counseling

• Specifically developed to show how master therapists use different approaches and techniques with individuals, couples, and families

• Includes both most frequently practiced approaches currently and lesser-known therapeutic models

• At launch, more than 300 videos—200+ topics / 65 therapeutic approaches / 95 expert therapists

PsycTHERAPYAuthoritative Publications

• APA has produced highly regarded educational therapy demonstration videos since the mid-1990s

• All videos in PsycTHERAPY were originally taped in conjunction with the APA Psychotherapy Video Series and will only be available in PsycTHERAPY

• Allow viewers to observe unique qualities each therapist brings to applying a given therapeutic approach in a clinical setting, including his/her successes and near-misses in doing so

Each video has a synchronized transcript that scrolls along as the session progresses, highlighting the

content being spoken. Viewers can skip to desired sections by clicking on the corresponding text.

Synchronized Video Transcripts

PsycTHERAPYOther Flexible Tools for Functional Content

• Users can tag and customize content to create short clips

• Playlists can be shared within a class or smaller group or the user’s immediate institution

Access•Available only to institutions via APA PsycNET•Access available only to authorized, authenticated users•No access/archiving rights with license cancellation

PsycTHERAPYCompletely Searchable

• Each video is coded with index terms and metadata about participants, session content, and therapeutic approaches demonstrated

• Ability to search video transcripts as well

• Cross-searchable with other APA databases

Growing Collection• Content to be added biannually

APA Handbooksin Psychology™

Series

APA Handbooks in Psychology Series• Industrial & Organizational Psychology—

currently available• Ethics—currently available• Educational Psychology—currently available• Research Methods in Psychology—

March 2012• Addiction Syndromes—May 2012• Counseling Psychology—June 2012• Behavior & Analysis—2012

APA Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology

• Studying and affecting behavior within and between individuals and organizations

• International group of contributors, thereby offering a global view of organizational development and work life

• Theoretical and applied perspective • Relevant information in both core and emerging

literature • One-time purchase of 3-volume set

•

APA Handbook of Ethics in Psychology

• Investigates the complexities of ethical behavior in clinical, educational, forensic, health, and “tele-” psychology

• Reflects important recent advances in research and technology that present new opportunities and challenges for practice and scholarship

• Takes a serious look into some burgeoning new areas such as life coaching and providing services over the Internet.

• One-time purchase of 2-volume set

APA Educational Psychology Handbook

• Includes state-of-the-science reviews of diverse critical theories driving education research and practice

• Investigates in-depth the range of individual differences and cultural/contextual factors that affect student achievement, motivation, and beliefs

• Closely examines research driving current assessment, decision making, teaching skills, teacher prep, and promotion of learning across life span and with special populations

• One-time purchase of 3-volume set

APA Handbook of Research Methods in Psychology

• Opens with the broadest questions related to research design, including which designs are most appropriate for which question, and how to think about research design ethicality and feasibility

• Describes types of data most often collected and how to determine the best measurement techniques for the research purpose

• Also covers issues of research design and design options, as well as techniques for data analysis

• One-time purchase of 3-volume set

APA Addiction Syndrome Handbook

• Background and History of Addiction

• Distal and Proximal Influences on Addiction

• Characteristics and Consequences of Addiction

• Recovering from Addiction

• Prevention of Addiction

• One-time purchase of 2-volume set

APA Handbook of Counseling Psychology

• Reviews traditional areas of counseling psychology including human strengths, well being and prevention.

• Insight into new & emerging areas of counseling

• Emerging areas include cultural context, dimensions of diversity and the role of work in people’s lives

• Also covers expanded roles for counseling psychologists in new settings, contexts and with new populations

APA Handbook of Behavior Analysis

• Reviews most important areas of contemporary laboratory research in behavior analysis

• Comprehensive coverage of the logic, clinical utility and methods of single-case research designs

• Guides the reader through design, data collection and data analysis phases

• Also includes chapters devoted to particular behavioral/development disorders with reviews of what works and where additional research is needed

• Appropriate for students, researchers and clinicians concerned with best practice

APA Librarian’sResourceCenterwww.apa.org/pubs/librarians.index.aspx

APA Librarian’s Resource Center• Product descriptions, updates, & coverage lists

• Licenses & policies (archiving, appropriate use, course packs, and ILL)

• Pricing & vendors

• Training & user support (tutorials, etc.)

• Application guides provide database search hints & sample searches by topic—available in English and several other languages

Thank you!Peter Gaviorno

Neil Lader