Introducing New Features in PsycINFO®: Starting Your Research on Ovid

November 2016

Introducing New Features in PsycINFO: Starting Your Research on Ovid

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Introducing New Features in PsycINFO: Starting Your Research on Ovid

In August, PsycINFO® added new fields and features to help researchers like you search with greater precision and to include more information right in the record.

Four of the new fields are particularly useful as you begin a research project or assignment. They can help you quickly narrow down search results and spot more information about the topic and why it is important.

Introducing New Features in PsycINFO

• Impact Statement - A summary like an abstract, but instead of describing the technical process, it explains the relevance of the research to the general public. This can help to justify a research project, especially if you are applying for a grant.

• Open Access – The open access icon indicates that the full-text is available through open access. This provides access to resources beyond PsycINFO.

Four New Fields in PsycINFO

• Data Sets - A description of the data set is provided, as well as links for access or download when available. Looking at the data yourself enables you to better understand the research conducted in the published study, and to identify your own project that builds on this previous work.

Four New Fields in PsycINFO

• Dissertation Details - Advisor(s), Degree, Institution and Department are included in the PsycINFO record. This helps you to find leaders in evolving areas of research, or note other disciplines that are working on similar topics.

Setting Up Your Search• To find the limits

for Open Ac-cess and Im-pact Statement the user must first click on Edit Limits

Setting Up Your Search• Selecting the

limits for Open Access and Impact Statement and clicking Cus-tomize Limits adds the limits to the advanced search page

Setting Up Your Search• Back on the search

page, the two limits must be selected to be included in the search

• Map Term to Sub-ject Heading is se-lected by default, and this must be unchecked or it will return an error

Examining the Record• From the search

results, click to view a Complete Record.

• The Impact Statement appears right under the scientific abstract

Examining the Record• Further down in the

record, Dissertation Details include ordering and publication information

• Data Set Access links to a repository website or prompts a .zip file download

Search Fields• Data Set Ac-

cess, Data Set De-scription, and Dissertation Details are available in the Search Fields tab

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