Had a fun time working with @craftyhilary.bsky.social on this!
We wrote and published a tutorial / guide on translating APA #PsycInfo searches from the #Ovid to #EBSCOhost interface.
doi.org/10.1017/rsm....
#ExpertSearching #SystematicReview #Medlibs #Canmedlibs
We wrote and published a tutorial / guide on translating APA #PsycInfo searches from the #Ovid to #EBSCOhost interface.
doi.org/10.1017/rsm....
#ExpertSearching #SystematicReview #Medlibs #Canmedlibs
Translating systematic searches in the APA PsycInfo database from Ovid to EBSCOhost: A tutorial based on a filter translation | Research Synthesis Methods | Cambridge Core
Translating systematic searches in the APA PsycInfo database from Ovid to EBSCOhost: A tutorial based on a filter translation
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March 12, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Had a fun time working with @craftyhilary.bsky.social on this!
We wrote and published a tutorial / guide on translating APA #PsycInfo searches from the #Ovid to #EBSCOhost interface.
doi.org/10.1017/rsm....
#ExpertSearching #SystematicReview #Medlibs #Canmedlibs
We wrote and published a tutorial / guide on translating APA #PsycInfo searches from the #Ovid to #EBSCOhost interface.
doi.org/10.1017/rsm....
#ExpertSearching #SystematicReview #Medlibs #Canmedlibs
Spending the night looking up articles via PsycInfo. The only reason I maintain my APA membership is for access to that.
How many of you have reason to know what PsycInfo is?
#PsychSky
How many of you have reason to know what PsycInfo is?
#PsychSky
November 25, 2024 at 7:34 AM
Spending the night looking up articles via PsycInfo. The only reason I maintain my APA membership is for access to that.
How many of you have reason to know what PsycInfo is?
#PsychSky
How many of you have reason to know what PsycInfo is?
#PsychSky
#medlibs we added a paper by Gagen et al. on development and validation of #searchfilters for #Transgender and #GenderDiverse Populations in #Ovid #MEDLINE and Ovid APA #PsycInfo sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
July 27, 2026 at 10:11 AM
#medlibs we added a paper by Gagen et al. on development and validation of #searchfilters for #Transgender and #GenderDiverse Populations in #Ovid #MEDLINE and Ovid APA #PsycInfo sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
#medlibs was the title of APA PsycInfo at one point in time stylized differently to be partially all caps? So many automatic or errant mentions of PsycINFO (and let’s not talk about PsychINFO). Perhaps it’s just a MEDLINE effect we can blame on NLM 🙂
February 25, 2026 at 2:44 PM
#medlibs was the title of APA PsycInfo at one point in time stylized differently to be partially all caps? So many automatic or errant mentions of PsycINFO (and let’s not talk about PsychINFO). Perhaps it’s just a MEDLINE effect we can blame on NLM 🙂
Our paper "A fragmented field" has just been accepted at AMPPS. We find it's not just you, psychology is really getting more confusing (construct and measure fragmentation is rising).
We updated the preprint with the (substantial) revision, please check it out.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
We updated the preprint with the (substantial) revision, please check it out.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
June 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Our paper "A fragmented field" has just been accepted at AMPPS. We find it's not just you, psychology is really getting more confusing (construct and measure fragmentation is rising).
We updated the preprint with the (substantial) revision, please check it out.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
We updated the preprint with the (substantial) revision, please check it out.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
I wouldn’t even use Google Scholar. PsycInfo or SCOPUS would be better, but maybe that’s my psychological brain talking
January 14, 2026 at 9:02 AM
I wouldn’t even use Google Scholar. PsycInfo or SCOPUS would be better, but maybe that’s my psychological brain talking
Some of us are asking APA to change their PsycINFO subject headings. Specifically we're asking APA to change Blacks to Black People. If you agree, please sign. z.umn.edu/APAThesaurus...
January 11, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Some of us are asking APA to change their PsycINFO subject headings. Specifically we're asking APA to change Blacks to Black People. If you agree, please sign. z.umn.edu/APAThesaurus...
#medlibs we added a paper detailing a translation of #literaturesearches in #PsycInfo from Ovid to EBSCOhost sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
ISSG Search Filters Resource - Methods of Developing Search Filters
The following selected resources provide examples of methods used to develop search filters.
sites.google.com
July 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
#medlibs we added a paper detailing a translation of #literaturesearches in #PsycInfo from Ovid to EBSCOhost sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
Reproducibility of systematic searches are really challenging. Recently found out that PsycInfo with an EBSCO host is VERY different from PsycInfo with an Ovid host. Different search operators and tags... hard to reproduce searches from one to another.
December 15, 2023 at 2:26 PM
Reproducibility of systematic searches are really challenging. Recently found out that PsycInfo with an EBSCO host is VERY different from PsycInfo with an Ovid host. Different search operators and tags... hard to reproduce searches from one to another.
Hi, Rosena, cuts to NHS libraries funding have meant that every NHS trust (including the one you work for) is about to lose access to PsycINFO, the only academic database they have that specialises in mental health. As an NHS employee yourself, you are well placed to raise this. Will you?
Today marks the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Week, with this year's theme being "community".
Being part of a safe and understanding community is vital for good mental health - this week, check in on those around you and ask how they're doing.
Being part of a safe and understanding community is vital for good mental health - this week, check in on those around you and ask how they're doing.
May 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Hi, Rosena, cuts to NHS libraries funding have meant that every NHS trust (including the one you work for) is about to lose access to PsycINFO, the only academic database they have that specialises in mental health. As an NHS employee yourself, you are well placed to raise this. Will you?
NHS staff are going to lose access to the British Nursing Index and PsycINFO.
NHS libraries nationally purchase a collection of content for all staff to access, called the "core content". They were just instructed to cut the budget for this by £1.7 million. Which means losing vital databases.
NHS libraries nationally purchase a collection of content for all staff to access, called the "core content". They were just instructed to cut the budget for this by £1.7 million. Which means losing vital databases.
March 27, 2025 at 6:49 AM
NHS staff are going to lose access to the British Nursing Index and PsycINFO.
NHS libraries nationally purchase a collection of content for all staff to access, called the "core content". They were just instructed to cut the budget for this by £1.7 million. Which means losing vital databases.
NHS libraries nationally purchase a collection of content for all staff to access, called the "core content". They were just instructed to cut the budget for this by £1.7 million. Which means losing vital databases.
Tip #60: Controlled vocabulary field codes and their discontents in EBSCOhost APA PsycInfo
#MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2025/11/tip-...
#MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2025/11/tip-...
Tip #60: Controlled vocabulary field codes and their discontents in EBSCOhost APA PsycInfo
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November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Tip #60: Controlled vocabulary field codes and their discontents in EBSCOhost APA PsycInfo
#MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2025/11/tip-...
#MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2025/11/tip-...
Are we just going to start saying, "sorry, I am not going to be able to search CINAHL or PsycINFO on the EBSCO platform for your evidence synthesis project because it's impossible" #medlibs?
October 18, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Are we just going to start saying, "sorry, I am not going to be able to search CINAHL or PsycINFO on the EBSCO platform for your evidence synthesis project because it's impossible" #medlibs?
love their AI summary of my work "His primary areas of investigation include Clinical psychology, Behavioral economics, PsycINFO, Injury prevention and Intervention." I have been on the cutting edge of incorporating PsycINFO into models of addiction and appreciate the recognition there :)
January 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
love their AI summary of my work "His primary areas of investigation include Clinical psychology, Behavioral economics, PsycINFO, Injury prevention and Intervention." I have been on the cutting edge of incorporating PsycINFO into models of addiction and appreciate the recognition there :)
Ok, well this doesn't compound the problem of losing acces to PsycINFO 🤦🏻♀️
ERIC is scheduled to run out of money on April 23. After that date, no new documents can be added.
www.governing.com/policy/major...
www.governing.com/policy/major...
Major Education Resource Set to Shut Down This Week
The federal Department of Education maintains an open access database of more than 2 million documents dating back to the 1960s. It will cease operating Wednesday due to DOGE cuts.
www.governing.com
April 22, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Ok, well this doesn't compound the problem of losing acces to PsycINFO 🤦🏻♀️
Tip #60: Controlled vocabulary field codes and their discontents in EBSCOhost APA PsycInfo
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uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2025/11/tip-...
Tip #60: Controlled vocabulary field codes and their discontents in EBSCOhost APA PsycInfo
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November 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Tip #60: Controlled vocabulary field codes and their discontents in EBSCOhost APA PsycInfo
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Tip #61: Mismatched MeSH in EBSCOhost APA PsycInfo
#MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2025/11/tip-...
#MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2025/11/tip-...
Tip #61: Mismatched MeSH in EBSCOhost APA PsycInfo
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November 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Tip #61: Mismatched MeSH in EBSCOhost APA PsycInfo
#MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2025/11/tip-...
#MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2025/11/tip-...
Zahra Premji, Hilary Kraus. Translating systematic searches in the APA PsycInfo database from Ovid to EBSCOhost: A tutorial based on a filter translation.
doi.org/10.1017/rsm....
doi.org/10.1017/rsm....
Translating systematic searches in the APA PsycInfo database from Ovid to EBSCOhost: A tutorial based on a filter translation | Research Synthesis Methods | Cambridge Core
Translating systematic searches in the APA PsycInfo database from Ovid to EBSCOhost: A tutorial based on a filter translation - Volume 16 Issue 2
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February 8, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Zahra Premji, Hilary Kraus. Translating systematic searches in the APA PsycInfo database from Ovid to EBSCOhost: A tutorial based on a filter translation.
doi.org/10.1017/rsm....
doi.org/10.1017/rsm....
Using PsycINFO keyword searches, we found that trans- and nonbinary-related research is published very infrequently in social psychology's "top" journals—much less than traditionally binary gender research—and has seemingly never been funded by the NSF's social psychology program. (2/n)
December 1, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Using PsycINFO keyword searches, we found that trans- and nonbinary-related research is published very infrequently in social psychology's "top" journals—much less than traditionally binary gender research—and has seemingly never been funded by the NSF's social psychology program. (2/n)
“The construct of psychopathy is understood generically as a type of personality disorder characterized…by the presence of behaviors that conflict with the social, moral, or legal norms of society, giving rise in many cases to clearly criminal behaviors…”
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Prevalence of Psychopathy in the General Adult Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
The main objective of this study was to systematically and meta-analytically review the scientific literature on the prevalence of psychopathy in the general adult population. A search in PsycInfo, ME...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
“The construct of psychopathy is understood generically as a type of personality disorder characterized…by the presence of behaviors that conflict with the social, moral, or legal norms of society, giving rise in many cases to clearly criminal behaviors…”
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
NLM have got back to me and said there's a planned change to the offensive term MESH for abused women coming in the 2025 update, to be released "late Fall 2024"! Hopefully it will trickle through to the CINAHL and PsycInfo subject headings too.
August 21, 2024 at 9:07 AM
NLM have got back to me and said there's a planned change to the offensive term MESH for abused women coming in the 2025 update, to be released "late Fall 2024"! Hopefully it will trickle through to the CINAHL and PsycInfo subject headings too.
Once I saw a paper on condom use among bear-bear* couples that was indexed under the Animal Studies heading in PSYCinfo. Always test your filters, #MedLibs friends
*It was for a review on a gender & sexuality topic, so yeah. That kind of bear.
*It was for a review on a gender & sexuality topic, so yeah. That kind of bear.
Just sent an e-mail to Embase Support Centre about a very strangely indexed paper... I'm used to funny 'mistakes', but this definitely gets the cake. Any other #medlibs ever seen something like this before?
October 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Once I saw a paper on condom use among bear-bear* couples that was indexed under the Animal Studies heading in PSYCinfo. Always test your filters, #MedLibs friends
*It was for a review on a gender & sexuality topic, so yeah. That kind of bear.
*It was for a review on a gender & sexuality topic, so yeah. That kind of bear.
Update on this: APA changed Blacks -> Black People. Blacks still appears in the APA PsycINFO thesaurus (for now) but with 0 assignments. More info on this change and other recent changes to the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms: blog.apapubs.org/2024/06/10/n...
September 27, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Update on this: APA changed Blacks -> Black People. Blacks still appears in the APA PsycINFO thesaurus (for now) but with 0 assignments. More info on this change and other recent changes to the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms: blog.apapubs.org/2024/06/10/n...
Bueno, os cuento más bien mi visión del asunto.
Para los detalles tenéis los artículos como este: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38436659/
Veréis, cuando una persona cree en teorías de la conspiración tipo "las vacunas llevan microchis" o "el Perro Sanche nos fumiga" es muy complicado sacarla de ahí.
Para los detalles tenéis los artículos como este: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38436659/
Veréis, cuando una persona cree en teorías de la conspiración tipo "las vacunas llevan microchis" o "el Perro Sanche nos fumiga" es muy complicado sacarla de ahí.
The empathetic refutational interview to tackle vaccine misconceptions: Four randomized experiments - PubMed
The ERI can potentially be leveraged and tested further as a tailored communication tool for HCPs to refute antivaccination misconceptions while maintaining trust and rapport with patients. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
September 19, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Bueno, os cuento más bien mi visión del asunto.
Para los detalles tenéis los artículos como este: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38436659/
Veréis, cuando una persona cree en teorías de la conspiración tipo "las vacunas llevan microchis" o "el Perro Sanche nos fumiga" es muy complicado sacarla de ahí.
Para los detalles tenéis los artículos como este: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38436659/
Veréis, cuando una persona cree en teorías de la conspiración tipo "las vacunas llevan microchis" o "el Perro Sanche nos fumiga" es muy complicado sacarla de ahí.
With alt text.
Lots of us were sounding the alarm that this "brain doesn't stop developing until 25" canard was going to show up in fascist efforts to restrict care - and it won't stop with trans people.
Lots of us were sounding the alarm that this "brain doesn't stop developing until 25" canard was going to show up in fascist efforts to restrict care - and it won't stop with trans people.
May 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
With alt text.
Lots of us were sounding the alarm that this "brain doesn't stop developing until 25" canard was going to show up in fascist efforts to restrict care - and it won't stop with trans people.
Lots of us were sounding the alarm that this "brain doesn't stop developing until 25" canard was going to show up in fascist efforts to restrict care - and it won't stop with trans people.