PsycInfo Tutorial

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PsycInfo Tutorial

• Education Psychology Library
• University of California, Berkeley
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How to Use this Tutorial

• Left click the mouse to advance to the next
  screen, when in full screen view.
• Click Escape to return to the Table of Contents
  and go back to a previous screen.

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What is PsycInfo?
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PsycInfo

• The PsycInfo database, produced by the American
  Psychological Association, is available through
  the CSA Illumina interface at the University of
  California, Berkeley, along with PsycArticles and
  Psychology Sage Full-Text.
• These three databases provide an index to
  scholarly journal articles, dissertations, books
  and other documents in the field of psychology.

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Coverage

• PsycInfo indexes over 8 million cited references
  in over 185,000 journals in 30 languages
  (including both peer-reviewed and
  non-peer-reviewed), books and chapters.
• Dates of coverage include 1806 to the present,
  with approximately 60,000 new records added
  yearly. Over 2,167,174 records had been added as
  of October 2005.

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Other Psychology Sources

• To find books on psychology, also search
  Pathfinder (the UCB catalog) or Melvyl (the
  UC-all campuses catalog).
• To find dissertations, use Digital Dissertations.

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Where to Start
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Start a Search

• Click on PsycInfo from the Education Psychology
  Library homepage or from the UCB electronic
  resource finder to connect to the CSA Illumina
  interface for social science databases, which
  includes PsycInfo, PsycArticles and Psychology
  Sage Full-Text.

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Advanced SearchCSA defaults to Advanced Search
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Psychology and Social Science Databases
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Database Information

• To view more information about any of the
  databases indexed, click the ? beside the name
  of the database listed below the search screen.

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Social Science Databases

• Multiple databases can be searched at once via
  the CSA Illumina interface.
• While PsycInfo, PsycArticles and Psychology Sage
  Full-Text are the primary databases for
  psychological literature, relevant citations may
  also be found via Sociological Abstracts,
  Communication Abstracts, ERIC and the other
  databases listed.

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Social Science Databases via CSA
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Social Science Databases

• Note that UC Berkeley subscribes to more social
  science databases than are available via CSA.
  Click Social Science Databases on the EDP
  Library website or the A-Z List of all UCB
  article databases.

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Search Techniques

• Watch a Video

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Search Fields

• CSA can search over 75 fields to find terms
  entered. Some fields are specific to certain
  databases. Click the drop-down arrow in the
  field box for a complete list.
• The initial search screen defaults to Keywords,
  Title, Anywhere. Be sure to change the defaults
  to match terms entered.

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Search Fields

• Primary fields for psychology include
• Keyword
• Title
• Author
• Descriptors (i.e., APAs indexing terms)
• Source (i.e., journal title)
• Tests and Measurements
• References
• The Tests and Measurements field can be used to
  find citations to literature that refer to a
  specific psychological test or scale.

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Tests and Measurements

• To find empirical studies based on a scale,
  questionnaire, test or other measurement tool,
  use the Tests and Measurements field to target
  the search.
• Add the name of a specific scale, or simply enter
  the words scale, test, or questionnaire to
  find a study using such an instrument.

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Begin the Search

• Enter your search terms, i.e., keywords,
  descriptors (APA subject headings), title words,
  author, publication name, or name of test or
  scale.

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Add a RowClick Add Row to add another row of
terms.
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Boolean Connectors

• Use the and, or, not Boolean connectors to
  expand or target your search.

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Boolean Connectors

• Use and to narrow your search.
• Use or to broaden your search.
• Use not to exclude terms.
• See Boolean Searching to better understand how
  connectors work.

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Find Better Terms

• Watch a Video

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APA Thesaurus

• Consult the APA Thesaurus to find additional
  search terms and APAs descriptors.
• Print editions of the Thesaurus are located in
  the reference area of the Library (Call Number
  BF43.T45).
• An online version of the Thesaurus can be found
  under the Search Tools tab on the opening CSA
  screen.
• Be sure to select the APA PsycInfo Thesaurus.

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APA Thesaurus
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APA Thesaurus

• The Thesaurus will display broader, narrower
  and/or related terms if you click the Hierarchy
  button.

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APA Thesaurus
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Examine Results

• Watch a Video

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Display Search Results

• After clicking Search, results will display.

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Display Search Results

• Search results display in Most Recent First
  order. You can also sort by Relevance.

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Display Search Results

• Select sub-tabs to limit results to peer-reviewed
  journals, books, or click More for other
  categories.

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Find Full-Text

• Watch a Video

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Find Full-text

• To find the full-text of an article, click on the
  UC-eLinks button.
• UC-eLinks will direct you to the online full-text
  article, if it is available.

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Find Full-Text

• If no online version of the article is available,
  click on the Melvyl link.
• Melvyl will take you to the UC all-campuses
  catalog.

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Find Full-text

• Check the Library field to see if UCB has the
  title you need.
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Find Full Text

• Click Details/Locations to find the title at UCB.
• Note you will find both links to online full-text
  and the Call Numbers for print editions in any of
  the UCB libraries that collects the title.

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Request via ILL

• If not available at UC, you may need to send an
  Interlibrary Loan Request. Click Request.

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Interlibrary Loan

• More information about Interlibrary Loans is
  available at the UC Berkeley Library.
• Click Interlibrary Loan on the Education
  Psychology Library homepage.

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Pathfinder

• Titles of journals can also be searched in
  Pathfinder, the UCB catalog.
• Double-check the Pathfinder catalog to see if UCB
  subscribes to an online or print journal.
• Link to Pathfinder from the Education Psychology
  Library webpage.

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Save, Print, Email

• Watch a Video

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Save, Print, Email

• Citations can be saved to disk, printed or
  emailed.
• On the search results page, select citations by
  clicking the boxes next to their record numbers.

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Save, Print, Email

• Then click on the Save, Print, Email link at the
  top of the search results screen.

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Save, Print, Email

• Be sure the number of records is correct.
• Select the desired format, i.e.,
• short format
• full format
• full format-no references
• custom

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Save, Print, Email

• Select Email, Save (to disk) or Print Preview.

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Create a Bibliography
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Create a Bibliography

• To create a quick bibliography, select the
  Create button after chosing APA Style.

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Create a Bibliography

• Quick Bibliography allows you to print, save or
  email your reference list.

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Organize and Save Citations

• Watch a Video

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Refworks

• CSA seamlessly links to Refworks, a citation
  management software program.
• Refworks allows you to quickly format citations
  in APA style both in a Bibliography and within a
  Manuscript.

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Refworks

• Refworks is available free via all UCB terminals
  and via off-campus proxy access.
• Other citation management software programs, such
  as Endnote, may also be used to organize
  citations.

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Refworks

• Open Refworks from the Web at www.refworks.com/Ref
  works.

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Refworks

• Or, open Refworks from CSA.
• Click on the Export to Refworks button on the
  bottom of the Save, Print, Email screen, or
• Click on Refworks directly from the search
  results page.

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Refworks

• You will be asked to set up a free account the
  first time you use Refworks.
• You can then create folders of citations within
  your own Refworks citation database.
• Export citations from CSA, from other UCB
  databases, and from the Web.

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Refworks

• For more help with Refworks see
• Refworks Tutorial
• Refworks Movie
• Endnote users can also export citations from CSA.
  See a librarian for help. Also, view
• Endnote Support

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Help is Available
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More Help Needed?

• The Library welcomes your questions and is here
  to help you with your research.
• See a reference librarian or make an appointment
  to address your individual questions.
• Call the EDP Reference Desk at 642-2475.

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