PsycINFO Webinar Training for Students and Faculty

APA offers Introductory and Advanced webinar training for students and faculty.

All times are Eastern Time.

Introductory Student Training

Introductory Student Training is a 50-minute session designed for students, faculty, or library staff unfamiliar with APA databases or who are accessing APA databases on a platform that is new to them.

Learning Objectives

• become familiar with the APA research databases and the platform features
• manage your results
• create alerts
• set up personal accounts
• craft searches that make use of controlled vocabulary and natural language
• use database fields and limits

Advanced Student Training

Advanced Student Training is designed specifically for upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, and other experienced researchers. These 1-hour sessions are intended for those familiar with APA's research databases, comfortable with multifield searching, and looking for innovative ways to use the information available in the databases.

Learning Objectives

• find reliability and validity data for psychometric research
• learn to search for research that used specific tests and measures
• locate funding and sponsorship support in your area of research
• learn to browse the literature by using classification codes
• submit an article to the right journal
• develop effective search strategies for you own specific research questions
• get the best use out of the thesaurus

Questions?

Please e-mail any questions or comments to PsycINFO Webinars with "Student Training" in the subject line.