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PsycINFO covers the international literature in all areas of psychology and in related fields of medicine, psychiatry, of nursing care, sociology, pedagogics, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, economic and legal sciences. Sources include journals, books, dissertations, and technical reports. Bibliographic information, indexing terms, and abstracts (80 %) are searchable.
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- Database Content: Subject Coverage | Type | Language | Sources | Superbases
- Database Resources: File Size | File Data | Update Cycle
- Query: User Aids | Special Notes | Vocabulary | Searchable Data Fields | Data Fields, alphabetical | Output of Search Results | Sample Search(es) | Sample Record(s)
- Contact: Producer | Contact Person
- Appendix: Appendix
Database Content
| Subject Coverage | Psychology Relevant areas from related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, educational sciences, pharmacology, physiology, anthropology, linguistics, busyness, and law. |
|---|---|
| Type | Literature database |
| Language | English |
| Sources |
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| Superbases | There are predefined databases groups (superbase) for several subjects. The database PsycINFO is part of the following superbases: |
Database Resources
| File Size | 3,268,863 (Status 06/2012) |
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| File Data |
You will find the number of database records in the current update status. |
| Update Cycle | Weekly |
Query
User Aids
Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms (APA)
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Special Notes
PsycINFO is compatibel with the German language database PSYNDEX. Searching for RA (Referenced Author) may possibly result in less hits than the RF (References) search due to the data records supplied by the producer.
Standing orders (SDI) possible for Premium Users.
Vocabulary
Controlled Term (CT, CTG) (Subject Terms from the Thesaurus of
Psychological Index Terms)
Language of vocabulary: English, German
The following additional information is available for controlled terms (CT):
| Command | Field Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| APACC | APA Classification Code | |
| BT | Broader Term | |
| CC | Classification Code | One descriptor may have several classification codes corresponding to the different branches in the polyhierarchic thesaurus |
| CTG | Controlled Term German | German translation of the descriptor |
| HIS | History | Entry year of the descriptor |
| NT | Narrower Term | |
| RT | Related Term | |
| SCN | Scope Notes | Definitions |
| SYN | Synonym | |
| USE | Use |
Section Headings (SH, SHG) (Content Classification Categories
from the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms)
Language of vocabulary: English, German
Key Phrase (KP) (Uncontrolled short content
description;"enhanced" title)
Language of vocabulary: English
Age Group (AGE) (Controlled descriptors for the age of the
population)
Language of vocabulary: English
Population (POP) (Controlled descriptors for 6 specific
population groups related to the content of the document)
Language of vocabulary: English
Searchable Data Fields
The following document sections are considered with the free text search (FT):
Abstract (AB)
Age Group (AGE)
Book Series Title (SE)
Book Title (BTI)
Controlled Term (CT)
Controlled Term German (CTG)
Document Type (DT)
Geographical Heading (GH)
Key Phrase (KP)
Population (POP)
Section Heading (SH)
Title (TI)
Search language(s) in the basic index:
English. Original titles searchable.
Data Fields, alphabetical
Explanation:
D = DISPLAY F = FIND S = SHOW
1 : front-end-masking recommended
2 : searchable word by word with field label
3 : searchable only selectively
(F): field is searchable only via basic index
| Command | Field Name | Examples | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| (F) S | AB Abstract | F empirical/AB F AB=significant effects |
|
| S | ACD Accepted Date | Shows the Date when the article was accepted | |
| D F S | AGE Age Group | F AGE=childhood? F school age/AGE D AGE=? |
Controlled descriptors for the age of the population. End
truncation is always recommended! 12 broad categories. |
| D F | AGEC Age Group Code | F AGEC=100 D AGEC=? |
Search for categories matching with regard to content |
| D F S | AI Abstract Indicator | F ... AND AI=? D AI=? F AI=abstract online |
Documents with abstract are selected. |
| D F S | AU Author | F AU=melzer w? D AU=melzer ? |
All authors (up to 99) |
| D F S | AUD Audience | F AUD=general public D AUD=? |
Appears in book and chapter records only. |
| S | AUL Author Long | AUL: Kotin Joel | Not searchable, only output with the SHOW command. |
| D F S | BSISSN Book series | F BSISSN=0077-8923 | |
| (F) S | BTI Book Title | F motivation/bti F BTI=baby boomer |
Appears in the field SO |
| D 2 F 2 S | CA Corporate Author | F CA=aids research | |
| D F | CC Controlled Term Code | F CC=0002.002 D CC=? |
|
| F CC DOWN 0002.002 | Narrower descriptors are included. | ||
| D 2 F 2 S | CF Conference | F CF=marriage ? therapy | also information to document relevant conferences |
| D F S | CN Call Number | F CN=aai0800734 | UMI order number for dissertations. Appears as a part of SO. |
| D F S | COL Number of Pages | F COL=3 D COL=? |
|
| D F S | CNOTE Copyright Notice | F CNOTE=American Medical Association? D CNOTE=? |
Information on copyright (statement, holder and year) |
| D 2 F 2 S | CS Corporate Source | F CS=dresden ? | |
| D F S | CT Controlled Term | F CT=violence F violence/CT |
Subject Terms from the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms |
| D CT=violence;ALL |
Requesting additional information. | ||
| F CT DOWN violence |
Narrower terms are included. | ||
| F | /W=1 | F CT=violence/W=1 F CT D violence/W=1 |
Weighting of Controlled Terms (available since1985). |
| D F S | CTG Controlled Term German | F CTG=gewalt F gewalt/CTG |
Additional information, Narrower Terms, Weighting see under CT. |
| D F S | CY Country of Publication | F CY=germany D CY=? |
|
| D F S | DOI Digital Object Identifier | D DOI=? F DOI="10.1007/S001150050235" |
In DT=journal article only. Must be set in quotation marks. A DOI is a unique and persistent identification code for digital objects. |
| D F S | DT Document Type | F DT=empirical study F review/DT D DT=? |
More than 50 categories includes Form/Content Type - and Document Type - Categories). |
| D F | DTC Document Type Code | F DTC=08? | Searching on a broad category retrieves records containing all subcategories as well. |
| D DTC=? | The 7 general categories of DTP are shown at the beginning of the list. | ||
| D F S | EDR Editor | F EDR=tulving e? D EDR=tulving? |
Several names possible. |
| D F | FCO Format Covered | F FCO=electronic | Indicates the single format type for the source document covered in the PsycInfo Database. |
| S | FPD First Posting Date | Article is available before it is published as a hardcopy | |
| S | FSD First submitted Date | ||
| D F S | GH Geographical Heading | F australia/GH F ... AND GH=russia D GH=? |
|
| D F S | ISBN International Standard Book Number | F ISBN=0-268-01316-0 | |
| S | ISS Issue (Journal) | ISS: 6 | Searchable only with the Stringsearch (see field SO). Appears in the field SO |
| D F S | ISSN International Standard Serial Number | F ISSN=0002-953x | |
| D 1 F 1 S | JT Journal Title | F JT=praxis der kinderpsychologie? D JT=? kinderpsychologie? |
Journal titles are written out; appears as a part of SO without a field label. |
| (F) S | KP Key Phrase | F KP=trauma F college students/KP |
Uncontrolled short content description;"enhanced" title. |
| D F S | LA Language | F ... AND LA=(germ;engl) D LA=? |
To limit the search to one or several language/s. |
| D F S | MED Media Type | F MED=print D MED=? |
Specify the format types available for the source document. |
| D F S | METH Method | F METH=child? | |
| D F S | ND Number of Document | F ND=pi2000-08101-002 | |
| S | NOTE Notes | NOTE: Reprinted in modified form from "Journal ... | Not searchable, only output with the SHOW command. |
| D F S | OJT Other Journal Title | F OJT=Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology | Also searchable with the field JT. |
| D F S | OPU Other Publisher | F OPU=Information Age Publishing | Also searchable with the field PU. |
| D F S | POP Population | F POP=outpatient F female/POP D POP=? |
Controlled descriptors for 6 specific population groups related to the content of the document. |
| D F | PPS PreProcessed Searches | D PPS=? | Shows all subjects for whose precasted search profiles are available (see appendix). |
| F ... AND PPS=human | Search for all documents relating (also) to humans. | ||
| D 2 F 2 S | PU Publishing Data | F PU= hogrefe | |
| (F) | /PQ Preferred Qualifier | F violence/PQ F PQ=criminal behavior |
Comprises the following fields of the Basic Index: TI, CT, KP. |
| D F S | PY Publication Year | F ... AND PY>=2000 F PY=1989 |
Appears as a part of SO without a field label. |
| D 1 F 1 S | RA Referenced Author | F RA=?juntunen c. l.? | Front masking necessary. Leave a blank in between the initials of the first name. |
| D F S | REV Reviewed Item | F REV=bloomington | Further information for the article. Appears only with journal articles. |
| S | REVD Revised Date | ||
| D F S | RF References | F RF=?juntunen c. l.? | Includes authors, title of the reference and information about the publisher in book references. |
| D F S | RJ Referenced Journal | F RJ=bio psychiatry | |
| D 2 F 2 S | RPADDR Correspondance Address | F RPADDR=mccutcheon | |
| D F S | RY Referenced Year | F RY=2003 | |
| D F | SC Section Code | F SC=033.4 | |
| F SC DOWN 033 | Narrower Terms are included. | ||
| D SC=? |
Shows broader and narrower terms. | ||
| D F S | SA Supporting Agency | F SA=National Institute on Drug Abuse |
|
| (F) S | SE Book Series Title | F SE=marriage F family/SE |
|
| D 2 F 2 S | SH Section Headings | F SH=?antisocial behavior F speech perception/SH |
Content Classification Categories from the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms. |
| F SH DOWN ? treatment | Narrower terms are included. | ||
| D SH=?therapy? | |||
| D 2 F 2 S | SHG Section Headings German | F SHG=kriminelles verhalten F SHG DOWN ? psychotherapie? |
|
| S | SO Source | F ... AND ST=50/SO | Includes JT, ISS, PY and SUP. Source is not searchable as SO; however parts of the SO such as JT, PY and SUP (see appropriate fields) can be searched. ISS, volume and pages are searchable with the stringsearch. |
| D F | SUP Supplement | F SUP=appendixes | Auxiliary or supplemental information and available on the internet. Appears as a part of SO without a field label. |
| D 2 F 2 S | TC Table of Contents | F TC=leadership | |
| (F) S | TI Title | F violence/TI F TI=autism? |
Non-English titles are followed by a translated English version. |
Output of Search Results
By means of the commands: SHOW (S) / MAIL / SDI.
Corresponding to the copyright rules use the parameter USE=DLOAD if necessary. You may ask for all data fields, single data fields, or sets of data fields. If the output fields are not specified explicitly, the standard field set (F=STD) is used in all output commands.
Output field sets:
| Command | Field Set | Associated Datafields |
|---|---|---|
| F=STD | Standard | Same as F=ALL without LR, REV,SHG, METH, RF |
| F=ALL | all data fields | ND, LR, AU, CA, TI, CF, EDR, SO, OJT, DOI, PU, OPU, SE, REV, LA, CY, ISSN, ISBN, CS, RPADDR, DT, SA, MED, AUD, CN, RN, SC, SH, SHG, CT, CTG, AGE, POP, GH, NOTE, KP, AB, TC, RF |
| F=BIB | bibliographic fields | ND, AU, CA, TI, CF, EDR, SO, OJT, DOI, PU, OPU, SE, REV, LA, CY, ISSN, ISBN, CS, RPADDR, DT, SA, MED, CN, RN |
| F=DES | descriptors | SC, SH, SHG, CT, CTG, AGE, POP, GH, METH, KP |
Sample Search(es)
Database selection in DIMDI ClassicSearch: SBAS PI67
Subject: The influence of television advertising on eating habits of children.
| Concept | Search |
|---|---|
| Concept "television advertising": | Corresponding CT (S=2). |
| Concept "eating habits": | Freetext search limited to the datafields TI, CT, KP (/PQ) (S=3). |
| Concept "children": | Corresponding descriptors from the AGE field ( S=5) |
| in addition freetext search limited to the datafields TI, CT, KP (S=6), if the search profile is to be used also in PSYNDEX, because the datafield AGE is not available in PSYNDEX. |
Profile table:
| Parameter | Counter | Number of Hits | Query |
|---|---|---|---|
| C= | 1 | 2865063 | PI67 |
| S= | 2 | 1431 | CT=TELEVISION ADVERTISING |
| 3 | 41559 | (FOOD;EATING;NUTRITION;SNACK?;DIET?)/PQ | |
| 4 | 80 | 2 AND 3 | |
| 5 | 344129 | AGEC=100 | |
| 6 | 293218 | CHILD?/PQ | |
| 7 | 53 | 4 AND (5 or 6) |
Subject: Searching via references
Which articles cite papers from A. Miller published in the
journal "Pain"? Note:
Use front and end masking (?miller, a.?) in order to consider
the references where the author is ranked second or afterwards.
Profile table:
| Parameter | Counter | Number of Hits | Query |
|---|---|---|---|
| C= | 1 | 2865063 | PI67 |
| S= | 2 | 15 | RA=?MILLER A.?/RJ=PAIN |
| 3 | REFS WHERE 2 | ||
| 4 | ...16 | REFS in 15 Hits |
FIND RA=?miller a.?/RJ=pain can be substituted by FIND RF=?miller a.?/RJ=pain.
The result of step one is all the documents that include at least one citation with the chosen parameters. SHOW will display documents with a complete set of references (SHOW F=ALL). In order to get just the references sought-after (author/journal) you have to add step 2 (Selective SHOW). Then SHOW F=REFS only displays the references which correspond to the search query.
Another component can be added by using another "/": FIND RF= ?miller a.?/RJ=pain/RY=1994.
Sample Record(s)
2/1 of 53 DIMDI: PsycINFO (PI67) © AM. PSYCH. ASSN. 2009
| ND: | PI2009-20771-008 |
| AU: | Bell RA; Cassady D; Culp J; Alcalay R |
| AUCOPY: | Bell RA; Cassady D; Culp J; Alcalay R |
| TI: | Frequency and types of foods advertised on Saturday morning and weekday afternoon English- and Spanish-language American television programs. |
| SO: | Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior; VOL: 41 (6); p. 406-413 /2009 Nov-Dec/ |
| OJT: | Journal of Nutrition Education |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jneb.2008.05.008 |
| PU: | Elsevier Science, Netherlands |
| OPU: | BC Decker, Canada |
| LA: | English |
| CY: | Canada |
| ISSN: | 1499-4046 |
| CS: | Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California--Davis, Davis, CA, US Department of Communication, University of California--Davis, Davis, CA, US |
| RPADDR: | Bell Robert A., Department of Communication, University of California-Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA, US, 95616, rabell@ucdavis.edu |
| DT: | Journal; Peer Reviewed Journal; Journal Article; Empirical Study; Quantitative Study |
| MED: | Electronic; Print |
| CPR: | Holder: Society for Nutrition Education Year: 2009 |
| SC: | 28 |
| SH: | Developmental Psychology |
| AGE: | Lernen und Gedächtnis |
| CT: | Classification (Cognitive Process)/*; Human Information Storage/*; Personality Traits/*; Recall (Learning)/* |
| CTG: | Informationsspeicherprozesse beim Menschen; Persönlichkeitsmerkmale |
| AGE: | Childhood (birth-12 yrs) |
| POP: | Human |
| GH: | US |
| KP: | food advertisements; frequency; English; Spanish; American television programs; television viewing |
| AB: | Objective: To describe food advertised on networks serving children and youth, and to compare ads on English-language networks with ads on Spanish networks. Design: Analysis of television food advertisements appearing on Saturday morning and weekday afternoons in 2005-2006. A random sample of 1,130 advertisements appearing on 12 networks catering to Spanish- language, children, youth, Black youth, and general audiences were analyzed. Main Outcome Measures: Each advertisement was coded for the nature of the item promoted, the selling propositions used, and any nutritional claims made. Analysis: Cross-tabulations using Fisher's exact test (P < .05 criterion). Results: One-fifth of commercials were for food. Food ads were especially prevalent on Saturday programs and children's networks. Seventy percent of food ads were for items high in sugar or fat. More than one fourth of food advertisements were for fast-food restaurants, which were especially common on MTV and Spanish-language networks. Ads for fruits and vegetables were rare (1.7%). One nutrition-related public service announcement was found for every 63 food ads. Conclusions and Implications: Food advertisements continue to promote less-healthful items. Until marketing of high calorie, low-nutrient food to children is restricted, education and media literacy remain the best strategies for mitigating advertising effects. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract) |
| References : | |
| RF: | 48:138-145. |
| RF: | 81:150-161. |
| RF: | 108:673-678. |
| RF: | 106:367-373. |
| RF: | 37:27-32. |
| ..... | |
The sample record is reduced in its length.
Output format: SHOW F=ALL
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Appendix
Appendix
List of the PreProcessed Searches
For the following subjects preprocessed searches are available:
AIDS
ANIMAL
CANCER
HUMAN
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