Support : Publications : Chronolog Archives : Nov/Dec 2002

PsycINFO® Reloaded with New Features

PsycINFO (File 11/PSYC) has been reloaded. The database provides access to the international literature in psychology and related behavioral and social sciences, including psychiatry, sociology, anthropology, education, pharmacology, and linguistics. Records for virtually all journal articles are accompanied by abstracts, and all records from 1967 to the present are indexed using the controlled vocabulary from the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms. An online thesaurus is available in PsycINFO and in ONTAP® PsycINFO® (File 212) to assist in locating items from the Thesaurus.

Reload Changes. The following new fields were added in this reload on Dialog:

• AD - Correspondence Address: contains the contact information for the correspondence address field in regards to the document.
• RF - Number of References: found in journal article, book and book chapter records only. Indicates the total number of references in the given article.
• CR - Cited References: may appear in journal, book, and book chapter records if present. The CR field contains a complete or partial references list to the source document.

Some fields were revised or updated:

• JN - Journal Name - Home Page URL: this information displayable only.
• CS - Author Affiliation: contains the institutional affiliation of the person(s) responsible for creating the document. The information is now available for all authors.
• SN - ISSN: contains the International Standard Serial Number assigned to the document. SN may be Print or Electronic as an ISSN qualifier.

Search features. PsycINFO is designed to be compatible with other Dialog files. Use /DE (.DE. on DataStar) to search for Descriptors, e.g., S COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR/DE. Use AG= (.AG.) to focus a search on specific age groups, e.g., SELECT AG=ADULTHOOD?. Use CS= (.CS.) to see which companies or universities are conducting work in an area of interest, e.g., S CS=ST THOMAS U? Use SH= (.SH.) to search for Subject Codes and Headings, e.g., S SH=GROUP & INTERPERSONAL PROCESSES.

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