LIBNEWS-L: New Resources and Services at
Old Dominion University Libraries

November 29, 2005

* Enhancements to PsycINFO
* New Project Muse Journals: "Journal of the Royal Musical Association" and
"Film History: An International Journal"

==>  ENHANCEMENTS TO PSYCINFO
PsycINFO, from the American Psychological Association (APA), contains more
than 2 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book
chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related
disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s. The database also includes
information about the psychological aspects of related fields such as
medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology,
physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law and others. Journal
coverage, which spans 1887 to present, includes international material
selected from nearly 2,000 periodicals in more than 25 languages. Available
to us through EbscoHOST, PsycINFO has recently added several enhancements.

* New or revised limiters:
    -- Publication Type.  You may limit your search to Journal, Book,
Encyclopedia, Dissertation Abstract or Electronic Collection. Journals can
be further limited to "peer-reviewed" or "non-peer-reviewed," while books
can be limited to "authored" or "edited."
    -- Document Type.  A drop down list allows you to limit your search to
Abstract Collection, Bibliography, Column/Opinion, Comment/Reply,
Editorial, Encyclopedia Entry, Erratum/Correction, Letter, Obituary,
Original Chapter, Original Journal Article, Publication Information,
Reprinted Chapter, Reprinted Journal Article, Review.
    -- Book Type.  This new limiter allows you to search for books only and
to narrow that search to include only Classic Books, Conference
Proceedings, Handbooks/Manuals, or Reference Books, or Textbooks/Study
Guides.
    -- Methodology Type.  Search for a specific category of research study,
including Clinical Case Study, Empirical Study, Experimental Replication,
Followup Study, Longitudinal Study, Prospective Study, Retrospective Study,
Field Study, Literature Review, Mathematical Modeling, Meta Analysis,
Nonclinical Case Study, Qualitative Study, Quantitative Study, Treatment
Outcome/Clinical Trial
    -- Classification Codes.  This limiter allows you to search using a
full drop down list of all 157 APA number codes and descriptions for areas
of psychological study.

* If you use the "Index Browse" option, you'll notice some additional
indexes:  Book Type, Document Type, Methodology, Publication Type, Tests
and Measures.

Try out these new features by accessing PsycINFO through the library's
"Databases" page. Because PsycINFO is available through the Virtual Library
of Virginia (VIVA), IP address restrictions apply:  from off campus, you'll
need to enter your Campus UIN at the Easy Proxy page.

==>  NEW PROJECT MUSE TITLES:  "Journal of the Royal Musical Association"
and "Film History: An International Journal"

     * The "Journal of the Royal Musical Association" was established in
1986 (replacing the Association's Proceedings and is now one of the major
international refereed journals in its field. Its editorial policy is to
publish outstanding articles in fields ranging from historical and critical
musicology to theory and analysis, ethnomusicology, and popular music
studies. The journal works to disseminate knowledge across the discipline
and communicate specialist perspectives to a broad readership, while
maintaining the highest scholarly standards.

     * "Film History" focuses on the historical development of the motion
picture and the social, technological, and economic context in which this
has occurred.  Its areas of interest range from the technical and
entrepreneurial innovations of the early and pre-cinema experiments,
through all aspects of the production, distribution, exhibition, and
reception of commercial and non-commercial motion pictures.

To access these and other Project Muse journals, click "Project Muse" on
the library's "Journals, Magazines, Newspapers" page or search by
individual journal title. Because Project Muse is available through the
Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA), IP address restrictions apply: from off
campus, you'll need to enter your Campus UIN at the Easy Proxy page.

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