ZPID - Member of Leibniz Association1 PSYNDEXplus with TestFinder Zentrum für Psychologische Information und Dokumentation (ZPID) June 8-9, 2004

ZPID - Member of Leibniz Association2 PSYNDEXplus is  A database of German and English psychological literature from authors in the German-speaking countries  A database of psychological AV media available in the German-speaking countries  A database of psychological, educational, and psychiatric tests developed or in use in the German-speaking countries

ZPID - Member of Leibniz Association3 PSYNDEXplus covers  Psychology  Psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as: –Medicine, nursing, psychiatry, rehabilitation –Social work, sport, sociology, linguistics –Law, criminology –Organizational behavior –Education

ZPID - Member of Leibniz Association4 PSYNDEXplus documents PSYNDEXplus documents  Journal articles (since 1977)  Books (since 1981)  Books chapters (since 1982)  Reports (since 1977)  Dissertations (since 1968)  AV Media (since 1932)  Tests (since 1945)

ZPID - Member of Leibniz Association5 PSYNDEXplus has  More than 190,000 records –185,000 literature records from over 500 journals and approx. 200 book publishers –1,700 AV media records from approx. 30 major media suppliers –5,000 test records from over 60 test suppliers, as well as from other published and nonpublished sources  Quarterly (Lit. & AV) ; biannual (Tests) updates

ZPID - Member of Leibniz Association6 PSYNDEXplus is  Bilingual (German, English) –Original titles/German or English title translations –Descriptors and Classification Categories from the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms (APA) in original English version and ZPID‘s German translation –Abstracts  Compatible with PsycINFO

ZPID - Member of Leibniz Association7 PSYNDEXplus features  Controlled vocabulary indexing  Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms built into PSYNDEX  Key Phrase (miniabstract)  Classification systems  Abstracts/detailed descriptions (tests) for 98% of the records

ZPID - Member of Leibniz Association8 Database Fields Lit. & AV  Accession Number  Document Type  Title  Authors  First Author’s Affiliation  First Author Address  Source Document Information  Publication Year  ISSN/ISBN  Language  Number of References  Media Type  Abstract Language  Abstract  Key Phrase  Descriptors  Descriptors in German  Classification  Classification in German  Classification Code(s)

ZPID - Member of Leibniz Association9 Database Fields Lit. & AV (cont‘d.)  Age Group  Population Location  Free Descriptors  Free Descriptors in German  Publication Type  Publication Type Code  Update Code  URLs (various)

ZPID - Member of Leibniz Association10 Database Fields Tests  Accession Number  Title  Authors  Publication Year  Source Document Information  Language  Test Translations  Document Type  Country of Test Origin  Test Availability  Author Address  Descriptors  Descriptors in German  Age Group  Classification in German  Classification Code(s)  Free Descriptors in German  Audience Type  Indexing  Abstract  Theoretical Background

ZPID - Member of Leibniz Association11 Database Fields Tests (cont‘d.)  Test Procedure  Interpretation Mode  Interpretation Aids  Interpretation Time  Items  Forms  Application Ages  Application Time  Material  Instructions  Administration Prerequisites  Test Construction  Objectivity  Reliability  Validity  Norms  Applications  Evaluation  References  Test Reviews  URLs (various )

ZPID - Member of Leibniz Association12 Searching Tips 1. Search word or phrase –find a good record and search its terms 2. Use Suggest or Thesaurus function to find appropriate descriptors –select single terms –explode terms (includes all narrower terms) 3. Search word or phrase in most important subject fields simultaneously –key in fields manually (term in ti,de,cx) –change fields searched to "In Subject" 4. Use the available limit fields

ZPID - Member of Leibniz Association13 Searching Tips (cont'd.) 5. What to do if too many records were found: –add concept(s), combine with AND –restrict to recent publication years –restrict to certain languages –restrict to certain document or publication types –restrict to titles

ZPID - Member of Leibniz Association14 Searching Tips (cont'd.) 6. What to do if too few records were found: –combine fewer terms with AND –add synonyms, combine with OR –eliminate field specifications

ZPID - Member of Leibniz Association15 Built-in WebSPIRS Aids  WebSPIRS “Database Guide” –description of all database fields with search examples (in German and English)  WebSPIRS “Help” –WebSPIRS Basics  WebSPIRS “How do I...?” –do a search –find more or fewer search terms –find an author or journal –...

ZPID - Member of Leibniz Association16 ZPID staff are available to assist you! ZPID Zentrum für Psychologische Information und Dokumentation University of Trier Trier Germany Web: Phone: +49 -(0) Fax: +49 -(0)