For PsychINFO users : PsycINFO 2005 Reload Complete at EbscoHost

For PsychInfo Users:

Ebsco announces the completion of the 2005 reload of PsycINFO from the American Psychology Association (APA),
which is now available via EBSCOhost.


In addition to a fully updated set of records, the 2005 reload includes some brand new, key features (described below),
as well as new/revised search fields, limiters and index browse values,
all designed to make researching easier and more comprehensive for PsycINFO customers.


New features:

Source Type Searching -
After conducting a search, users will see one or more of six different publication types (All Journals, Peer Reviewed Journals, Books, Encyclopedias, Dissertation Abstracts or Electronic Collections),
represented by links along the top of the Result List.
By clicking on any of these links, users can focus the Result List to include only those results that correspond with the selected publication type.


New/revised search fields:

A new Publication Type field assigns one or more of the following broad-based categories to each record:
Journal, Book, Dissertation Abstract, Electronic Collection or Encyclopedia.
More specific terms such as Abstract Collection, Bibliography, Editorial, Letter, Obituary and Review are examples of values for the newly revised Document Type field.

Another brand new field, Methodology, allows users to search for individual research study categories such as Clinical Case Study, Field Study, or Literature Review.
All of these fields appear as limiters with drop-down lists on the Advanced Search screen, as well as in Index Browsing.


Note: The APA has taken steps to ensure that all new fields and terms from the updated thesaurus are compatible
and fully interactive with older as well as new PsycINFO records.