American Psychological Association Free PsycINFO Searching Training Webinars

APA PsycINFO: Beginner Search

This 45 minute session is for anyone who is new to searching the behavioral sciences literature.

APA trainers demonstrate simple yet powerful techniques including how to quickly identify the best search terms, apply filters to narrow the range of results, and pinpoint empirical studies.

Highlights include: using APA Thesaurus terms and other database fields to target your search, Boolean operators to accurately include or exclude concepts, and cited references to find related research.

• Friday, April 7th, 12:00 pm

APA PsycINFO: Advanced Search

This 45-minute session highlights some of APA PsycInfo’s advanced functionality, designed to increase your efficiency by retrieving better search results faster.

We provide an overview of the three main vocabularies [keywords, APA Thesaurus subjects, and Classifications] that you can use to search APA PsycInfo, and show easy yet effective ways to quickly expand or narrow your list of search results.

You’ll also learn how to find important information about tests and measures and how to uncover details about grants and sponsorships that can reveal potential funding opportunities.

• Friday, April 14th, 12:00 pm

Semester Special: APA PsycINFO Research Services

Join us for the first ever “Semester Special,” a deeper dive into one area of APA’s research tools and databases. The topic for Spring 2023 is APA PsycInfo research services.

Leveraging AI and machine learning, these services ease access to full text, analytics tools, and discovery of the latest scientific literature—all within the most trusted index of psychological science in the world. This service was designed to keep you current in your field of study without wasting your time or cluttering your email.

Come for a demo of our newest research tool, and stay for a refresher on APA’s other research alerts – the Email Preferences Center and APA PsycAlerts.  

• Monday, March 27th, 3:00 pm