The latest print and electronic resources at convention

Gary R. VandenBos, PhD
Executive Director, Publications & Communications

Convention month is an ideal time to update members on the array of APA products and electronic resources available to them--the latest APA books, journal special issues, training videotapes and electronic research options for enhancing the psychological enterprise.

Convention Store, Publications and PsycINFO Booths

The APA Convention Store will be near the lobby, Plaza level of the Hynes Convention Center. Store hours will be Friday (Aug. 20) 7:30 a.m
-6 p.m.; Saturday through Monday (Aug. 21-23), 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m.; and Tuesday (Aug. 24), 8:30 a.m.-noon. The Convention Store will carry some 70 new titles from APA Books, along with more than 500 other titles, special journal issues, the APA Psychotherapy Videotape Series I & II, pamphlets and signature accessories.

The APA Publications Booth (# 316) and the PsycINFO Booth (#416) will be in the Exhibit area, Halls C and D (second level) of the Hynes Convention Center. Exhibit hours will be Friday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Monday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. APA Books and the APA Journals Office will showcase the latest releases. Key new titles to look for include "How Clients Make Therapy Work: The Process of Active Self-Healing"; "Integrating Spirituality into Treatment"; "Working It Out: Using Exercise in Therapy"; and "How Expectancies Shape Experience." Browse through our extensive collection of journals including Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, History of Psychology, and Health Psychology, and pick up free periodicals and other literature.

Publishing-related sessions

Get information and insights into the publication process at four publishing-related sessions. Scheduled for Friday (Aug. 20) are: "How to Publish Your Manuscript," 9-10:50 a.m. (Meeting Room 309, Hynes Convention Center); "Workshop on Journal Peer Reviewing," 1-2:50 p.m. (Marriott Grand Salon B&C); and "Looking the Electronic Future in the Eyes: Opportunities for Research, Education, and Practice," noon-12:50 p.m. (Meeting Room 201, Hynes Convention Center) with Susan Knapp, APA Senior Director, Publications, discussing electronic publishing. On Saturday (Aug. 21), "How to Publish With APA Books" will be held from 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m. (Meeting Room 309, Hynes Convention Center).

Authors and editors will discuss some of their latest ideas published in new APA books at several sessions. On Aug. 20, Robin Kowalski, PhD and Mark Leary, PhD ("The Social Psychology of Emotional and Behavioral Problems") will discuss this topic at 2-3:50 p.m. (Room 103, Hynes Convention Center); Edward Blanchard, PhD and Edward Hickling, PsyD ("After the Crash") will discuss assessment and treatment of motor vehicle accident survivors at 2-5:30 p.m. (Dartmouth/Exeter Room, Boston Park Plaza Hotel); Lisa Firestone, PhD, and Joyce Catlett, MA ("Fear of Intimacy") will present a workshop, "The Fear of Intimacy--Application of Voice Therapy to Couple Relationships," Aug. 20, 1-2:50 p.m. (Room 300, Hynes Convention Center). Norine Johnson, PhD ("Beyond Appearance: A New Look at Adolescent Girls") will discuss this topic at the session, "Adolescent Girls' Strengths and Stresses: Therapeutic and Future Implications," Aug. 22, 4-4:50 p.m. (Grand Salon I/J Boston Marriott Hotel Copley Place). Marvin Zuckerman, PhD, ("Vulnerability to Psychopathology: A Biosocial Model") will be chair and discussant at the symposium, "Vulnerability to Psychopathology," Aug. 23, 2-3:50 p.m. (Room 202, Hynes Convention Center). Donald Bersoff, JD, PhD ("Ethical Conflicts in Psychology," 2nd edition) will address ethical knowledge in competent forensic practice, Aug. 22, 3-4:50 p.m. (Essex Ballroom South, Westin Hotel Copley Place).

Electronic demonstrations

PsycINFO's Online and the APA Full-Text Journals Database will be available for demonstration. The program has been greatly enhanced so that you can search for articles by broad topics, human or animal populations or age group. You can find rare and elusive concepts, or see how many times your own articles have been cited. Two successive presentations on Aug. 20 will provide guidance on PsycINFO search strategies: Eva Winer on web research (Meeting Room 203, Hynes Convention Center, 3-3:50 p.m.) and Carolyn Gosling on full-text journal searching (same room, 4-4:50 p.m.).

Another electronic tool to help you write scientific papers will be demonstrated at the Publications Booth (#316). APA-Style Helper (version 2.0) lets you select the type of paper you want to write and guides you through the process of writing it. It formats your citations in APA style and helps you find more information in the APA Publications Manual. This version works with any word processor (files are in RTF, or Rich Text Format) and on both Windows and Macintosh computers.



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