Ovid Technologies Field Guide

PsycINFO (PSYC)


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Scope

PsycINFO(R) contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports, all in the field of psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law. Journal coverage, spanning 1887-present, includes international material selected from more than 1,500 periodicals written in over 35 languages. Current chapter and book coverage includes worldwide English-language material published from 1987-present. Over 60,000 references are added annually through weekly updates.


General Information

Producer
American Psychological Association
PsycINFO User Services Department
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Washington, DC 20002-4242
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(202) 336-5650
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Email: psycinfo@apa.org
Website: http://www.apa.org
Years of Coverage
1872 - present, updated weekly
Default Fields for Unqualified Searches
TI, AB, HW, TY, ID
All Display/Print Fields
AN, AU, IN, CA, TI, OT, ST, YR, SO, JN, SI, LH, LM, IB, IS, ON, LG, AB, ID, SH, CC, PO, LO, AG, FC, SF, IA, CF, CN, NT, TC, PT, UP
Default Display/Print Fields
AN, AU, IN, CA, TI, OT, ST, YR, SO, JN, SI, LH, LM, IB, IS, ON, LG, AB, ID, SH, CC, PO, LO, AG, FC, SF, IA, CF, CN, NT, TC, PT, UP
Elements of SO (Source) Field
JN, PB, BT, DP, IP, MO, OP, OS, PA, PG, PI, PL, PU, RY, ST, VO
Online Update Frequency
Weekly
Tools
Thesaurus
Permuted Index
Scope Notes
Explodes
Classification Codes

Searching the PsycINFO Fields

The following alphabetical list provides the two letter label, the relevant alias, and at least one example for all searchable PsycINFO fields.
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Label Name   Example 
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AB	Abstract [Word Indexed] 
	myers briggs.ab. 
	clinical trials.cr. 
Abstracts (AB) written or edited by APA are included for all journal articles.
APA abstracts are informative, containing information specifically targeted to 
be of use with various forms of literature. 

For example, experimental and empirical articles will always contain the 
purpose of the study, the hypothesis, the subject population, methodology,
results and significant conclusions. Names and genres of instruments used are
included wherever possible, as well as names, dosage and route of 
administration of drugs. 

The abstract index contains all searchable words from the abstract. Stopwords, 
such as "the" and "of" are not searchable in abstracts.


AF	All Searchable Fields 
	drug abuse.af. 
Use the AF label to simultaneously search in all searchable fields in the 
database. The only fields excluded from an All Fields search are fields such
as Heading Word (HW) which are created by the loading process and do not 
actually appear in the record. 


AG	Age Group [Phrase Indexed] 
	adulthood.ag. 
	infancy.ag. 
The Age Group (AG) field contains a standardized description of specific 
population age groups related to the content of the document. A record may
contain multiple Age Groups: 
	100 - Childhood (birth to 12 yrs) 
	120 - Neonatal (birth to 1 mo) 
	140 - Infancy (2 to 23 mo) 
	160 - Preschool Age (2 to 5 yrs) 
	180 - School Age (6 to 12 yrs) 
	200 - Adolescence (13 to 17 yrs) 
	300 - Adulthood (18 yrs & older) 
	320 - Young Adulthood (18 to 29 yrs) 
	340 - Thirties (30 to 39 yrs) 
	360 - Middle Age (40 to 64 yrs) 
	380 - Aged (65 yrs & older) 
	390 - Very Old (85 yrs & older) 
Both the code and the term are searchable (but not the modifying text in
parentheses), and the results are displayed as part of the Population Group 
(PO) field. The Age Groups are also available as limits. 


AN, UI	Accession Number [Phrase Indexed] 
	2000 95001 102.an. 
	2001 95002 391.an. 
The Accession Number (AN) field appears in every PsycINFO record, and uniquely 
identifies the record. You can retrieve any specific record in the database with
its accession number. It contains 12 numeric characters with or without hyphens.
If you do not use hyphens, you must use spaces. It is structured as follows. 
YYYY-NNNNN-LLL 
YYYY  = year record was processed 
NNNNN = sequence of processing within a particular year; includes leading zeros 
LLL   = sequence of record within a journal issue or book; will consist of zeros 
        for Book records 

Examples: 
2001 07060 000 (Book record) 
2001 07060 005 (Chapter record from above book) 
2001 17577 001 (Journal Article, Dissertation, or Report record) 
2001 17577 002 (Journal Article record from same journal issue as above) 

For browsing convenience, the Publication Type displays to the left of the AN,
but is searchable only in the PT field. 


AU	Authors [Phrase Indexed] 
	smith catherine m.au. 
	smith-$.au. 
	smith$.au. 
The Author (AU) field contains the names of individual persons responsible for 
creation of the work represented by the record. If all authors are not included,
the last name listed is followed by "et al." The author names are entered into 
the index as they appeared in the original document, in the format of last name
followed by first and middle names or up to two initials.Thus, a person named 
"James C. Smith" may appear as "Smith James C," "Smith J. Clinton," "Smith J C"
or "Smith J." Patronymic suffixes, such as Jr., Sr., III, etc., are included for
display, but are not indexed, as are non-author roles, which include: 
	Ed - Editor
	Comp - Compiler
	Trans - Translator
	Illus - Illustrator
	Photo - Photographer
	Revwr - Reviewer. 
If no role is present, the role may be assumed to be "author". 

Data in the author field may also comprise one or more of the following special
cases: 
	"et al" - subsequent authors were not captured, although they exist 
	"No authorship indicated" - the documents lists no author 
	"Anonymous" - the document identifies the author as Anonymous 
	"Numerous contributors" - the record represents a cluster of chapters, the 
		author of which are identified in the Abstract field (rare). 


BT	Parent Book Title [Word Indexed] 
	therapy.bt. 
The Parent Book Title (BT) field appears in chapter records only, and contains
the title of the parent book in which the chapter appears. This "parent book" 
information, combined with the publisher and ISBN fields, enables users to 
obtain complete book bibliographic data from chapter records. It displays as 
part of the Source (SO) field. 


CA	Corporate/Institutional Authors [Word Indexed] 
	national research council.ca. 
The Corporate/Institutional Author (CA) field contains the corporation or
institution of the authors or editors as well as the department, sub-departments
and location.

If all corporate authors are not included, "et al" will appear after the last one.


CB	Cited Reference Date [Word Indexed] 
	1998.cb. 
The Cited Reference Date (CB) field has been created for indexing purposes in 
the Cited Reference (RF) field only. The Cited Reference Date field contains 
at least the publication year for the respective reference. This field may contain 
month, day and/or time of publication or release, and will be present only in 
journal, book and book chapter references. 


CC	Classification Codes [Phrase Indexed] 
	2223.cc. 
	"222".cc. 
	"22".cc. 
Classification Codes (CC) are numeric/alphanumeric codes representing broad
subject categories within PsycINFO, such as "Learning and Motivation" or 
"Linguistics, Language and Speech." Searching the CC codes is a convenient way
to limit an existing subject search to a particular setting (e.g., treatment, 
education, etc.) or area. The numerical/alphanumeric CC codes are stored in the
index. To view and select from the hierarchical list of codes and their scope 
notes, use the option "Tools/Classification Codes." 


CE	Cited Reference Parent Document [Phrase Indexed] 
	james a.ce. 
The Cited Reference Parent Document Author (CE) field has been created for
indexing purposes in the Cited Reference (RF) field only. The Cited Reference
Parent Document Author field contains the editors or translators of the parent
book record. This field contains the editors/translator roles (ed) or (trans),
and appears in book chapter references only. For indexing purposes the (ed)
and (trans) have been stripped off.


CF	Conference Information [Word Indexed] 
	psychoanalytic.cf. 
Many books compile material that was originally presented at conferences. 
The Conference Information (CF) field contains the name, number, date and 
location of a conference at which the content of the document was presented.

Individual words are posted in the conference information index.  Standard
abbreviations such as those used for institutions are used for the 
institutional and geographical portions of the CF field (such as Coll for
College, Co for Company, Dept for Department, Hosp(s) for Hospital(s), Inc,
Inst(s), Lab(s), etc.  See the Database Chapter for a complete list of 
standard abbreviations).  Sometimes the Conference Information will display 
in the Conference Note (CN) field.


CN	Conference Note (Display only) 
The Conference Note (CN) field contains information about additional conferences
at which the content of a document was presented, or information about a 
conference from which the content of the document was derived. Conference Note
is indexed as part of the Conference Information (CF) field. 


CQ	Correspondence Address [Word Indexed] 
	england.cq. 
The Correspondence Address (CQ) field contains the contact information for
correspondence in regards to the document. This field will also contain the
author e-mail address when available. 


CS	Cited Reference Source [Phrase Indexed] 
	psychiatry.cs. 
The Cited Reference Source (CS) field has been created for indexing purposes 
in the Cited Reference (RF) field only. The Cited Reference Source field contains 
the title name of the publication. The Cited Reference Source field may contain 
additional information including but not limited to the following: the edition 
number, volume number, or revision number, special issue title or designation, 
technical report number or government document number, online document designation, 
and/or pagination. For book references, title information is found in the Cited 
Reference Title (CV) field.


CU	Cited Reference Author [Phrase Indexed] 
	james j.cu. 
The Cited Reference Author (CU) field has been created for indexing purposes 
in the Cited Reference (RF) field only. The Cited Reference Author field
contains the author for the source document. Authors may be Anonymous,
Individual Authors, or Institutional Authors.


CV	Cited Reference Title [Word Indexed] 
	stress.cv. 
The Cited Reference Title (CV) field has been created for indexing purposes 
in the Cited Reference (RF) field only. The Cited Reference Title field contains 
the title of the source document. The Cited Reference Title field may contain 
additional information including but not limited to the following: the edition 
number, volume number, or revision number, special issue title or designation, 
technical report number or government document number, and/or an online document 
designation. 


CW	Classification Code Word [Word Indexed] 
	vocational.cw. 
Classification Codes Words (CW) is a word index of the Classification Codes 
field (CC). 


FC	Form/Content Type [Phrase Indexed] 
	empirical study.fc. 
	literature review-research review.fc. 
The Form/Content Type (FC) identifies the specific form or function of the 
document. This field identifies what a document is as opposed to what it is 
about, e.g., distinguishing a document that is a literature review versus one
that is about literature reviews. A record may contain multiple Form/Content 
Types. The Form/Content Types are also available as limits. 


HW	Subject Heading Word [Word Indexed] 
	counseling.hw. 
	academic achievement.hw 
Sometimes you may wish to retrieve every Subject Heading that includes a 
particular word or words; this is done by searching the desired word(s) in the
Subject Heading Word (HW) field. You can also view every Subject Heading which
contains a particular word by using the option "Tools/Permuted Index." 


IA, AT	Intended Audience [Phrase Indexed] 
 	general public.ia. 
 	psychology professional research.ia. 
Book and chapter records added since 1987 are indexed with the work's intended 
general audience, something which is often explicitly stated by authors or 
publishers. APA selects audience types from a standard list which is found in
the Intended Audience (IA) field. This list includes the following. 

	General Public 
	Juvenile 
	Psychology: Professional & Research 

Intended Audience is also available as a limit. 


IB	ISBN [Phrase Indexed] 
	0-08-042760-x.ib. 
	9057023768.ib. 
	81-7036-078-1.ib. 
The ISBN (IB) field contains the International Standard Book Number (ISBN), and
any qualifying text in parentheses. The qualifying text denotes binding type,
volume number(s), publisher and/or the publisher location for which the ISBN
was assigned. 

The ISBN appears as a number separated by hyphens. Its purpose is to identify
uniquely a book title, an edition of a book, or a monograph produced by a
specific publisher. Each ISBN number consists of ten digits separated into the
following parts: Group identifier (national, geographic, language, or other type
of group) Publisher or producer identifier Title identifier Check digit. 

However, despite this standard format, ISBNs vary enormously on the source
documents, eg: 
	972-95460-0-2 
	92-9078-023-1 
	4-13-067101-4 
	1-4020-7012-8 
	3-85630-552-1 

Consequently, they have also been put into the index without spaces or dashes, 
eg: 
	9729546002 
	9290780231 
	4130671014 
	1402070128 
	3856305521

You may search the ISBN with or without hyphens. The IB field is available in 
book and chapter records added to PsycINFO since 1987.


ID	Key Concepts [Word Indexed] 
	bipolar.id. 
	psychosis.id. 
The Key Concepts (ID) field concisely summarizes a document's subject content. 
Indexers use the Key Concepts to describe a document in ways that are not 
accounted for by Subject Headings. For experimental literature, Key Concepts 
typically contain the independent variable, the dependent variable, and the 
subject population. For non-experimental literature, the Key Concepts consists
of major concepts, time lines, populations, implications, or genre -- whatever
information the indexer thinks will supplement other indexing information.


IN	Institution [Word Indexed] 
	harvard.in.
	tufts.in. 
The Institution (IN) field contains the author's affiliation, if indicated in
the source document. The author sequence number appears after the country of 
the institution.  This author sequence number refers to the author field and 
identifies the author with the appropriate institution.  If five authors appear
in the Author (AU) field the Institution (IN) field will use the author sequence
number to match the author to their institution following the order in which the
authors are arranged within the Author (AU) field.  For example: If there are 
five authors from various institutions the order in which they appear in the 
Author (AU) field will match the author sequence number in the Institution (IN)
field.


IP	Issue/Part 
	"93".ip. 
The Issue/Part (IP) field contains the issue and/or part for a particular volume
of a journal. The IP field usually displays as part of the Source (SO) field. 


IS	ISSN [Phrase Indexed] 
	8756-5641.is.
	0065-1400.is. 
The ISSN (IS) field contains the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) for
the journal in which an article was published. It appears as a number separated
by hyphens (use hyphens in your search).  ISSNs have been included in PsycINFO
since 1979.


JN	Journal Name [Phrase Indexed] 
	psychoanalytic review.jn. 
The Journal Name (JN) field contains the full name of the journal in which an
article was published. This field is usually displayed as part of the Source
(SO) field. Journal names are indexed as phrases. To view journal titles in 
the index, enter as many of the words or letters in a journal name as are 
needed to distinguish it from other journals, for example, "cognitive sci$" for
"Cognitive Science." Stopwords such as "of" ARE included in the journal name
index but when "The," "A," or "An," is the first word of a journal, it has been
stripped. 


JU	Journal URL [Phrase Indexed] 
	blackwell.ju. 
The Journal URL (JU) field contains the URL address for the journal home page.


JW	Journal Word 
	occupational.jw. 
	brain.jw. 
The Journal Word (JW) field contains individual words from every journal name
in the database. This field is not displayable and has no indexing function. 
Stopwords such as "the" or "of" are not included. This field is used to 
retrieve every occurrence of a journal which includes a particular word, such as
"psychological." 


LG, LA	Language [Phrase Indexed] 
 	eng.lg. 
The Language (LG) field contains the language(s) of publication of a document.
The language name is indicted both by a 3-letter (such as "fre" for French) and
the full language name (French). Before 1971, the LG field for non-English 
documents contained only the indication "NonEnglish." 


LM	Local Messages (Display only) 
The Local Messages (LM) field contains messages created by your Ovid System 
administrator to indicate holdings information about journalsheld in your 
library or institution. 


LO	Location [Word Indexed] 
	austria.lo. 
	us.lo. 
The Location (LO) field contains a standardized description of locations, 
specifically country names, related to the content of the document. It may 
contain multiple Locations. 


MO	Publication Month/Season [Word Indexed] 
	jul.mo. 
	sum.mo.
	sep-oct.mo.
The Publication Month/Season (MO) field may appear in Journal Article,
Dissertation, or Report records only, and contains the month or season that
the journal issue, Dissertation Abstracts International issue, or report
was published.

The field usually consists of a three-character alphabetic abbreviation of
the month or season.  This field displays as part of the Source (SO) field.


MP	Mapping Alias (TI, AB, HW, TY, ID) [Display Only] 
The Mapping (MP) alias is the "basic index" for PsycINFO. An 
unqualified search (ie. a search that has not been qualified with the 
dot-dot syntax) is searched in the subject bearing fields of the 
database. The MP Alias includes Title (TI), Abstract (AB), Subject 
Headings Word (HW),Table of Contents Titles/Headings (TY) and Key Phrase 
Identifiers (ID) 


MT	Media Type [Phrase Indexed] 
	print paper.mt. 
	internet.mt. 
The Media Type (MT) field identifies the broad, physical medium of the document 
or item. 


NR	Number of Cited References [Display Only] 
The Number of Cited References (NR) field contains the total number of references 
in the given article and the number of references displayed in the respective 
PsycINFO record. The CR field is found in journal article, book, and book chapter 
records only. The following details what is displayed in the Number of Cited 
References Field:
	1) 0 references present, 0 references displayed (the article does not contain 
      references, no references are included)
	2) # references present, 0 references displayed [references are not included; 
      the article contains non-standard references (e.g., non-Roman alphabet,
      "personal communication") or some type of notes or references not made
      easily available as a references list]
	3) # references present, # displayed, where # is the number of references.


NT	Notes [Word Indexed] 
	originally.nt. 
The Notes (NT) field contains various types of descriptive information, such as
the relationship of the present work to a previous work. This is a free-text 
field used most frequently to capture complex publication histories. It contains
miscellaneous information about the document, including reprint citations or 
information about forms of other previous publications of the content. 


ON	UMI Dissertation Order Number [Phrase Indexed]
	aai0802081.on. 
	aainq61981.on. 
UMI Dissertation Order Number (ON) contains the number assigned by University 
Microfilms International for ordering full-text dissertations represented in 
Dissertation Abstracts International. The UMI Dissertation Order Number usually
consists of a 10-character alphanumeric sequence. 


OP	Translated Parent Book Title [Word Indexed] 
	ensenanza.op. 
The Translated Parent Book Title (OP) appears for chapter records only and 
contains the English-language translation of the non-English title of the parent
book in which the chapter appears. This field displays as part of the Source 
(SO) field. 


OS	Translated Book Series Title [Word Indexed] 
	cultura.os. 
The Translated Book Series Title (OS) appears in Book or Chapter records only.
It contains the English-language translation of the series title of a document
written in a non-English language. This field displays as part of the Source 
(SO) field.


OT, TT 	Original Title [Word Indexed] 
 	bambini.ot. 
The Original Title (OT) field contains non-English titles in the original 
document language. If the original title was in a non-Roman alphabet, the OT is
transliterated or is not present. 


PA	Parent Book Author [Word Indexed] 
	wright.pa. 
	blanchard$.pa. 
The Parent Book Author (PA) appears in chapter records only. It contains up to
the first two authors of the "parent" book in which the chapter appears, 
included and displayed as part of the Source (SO) field. If a third or 
subsequent author exists for the parent book, "et al" appears.

Patronymic suffixes, such as Jr., Sr., III, etc., are included for display, but
are not indexed, as are non-author roles, which include: 
	Ed - Editor
	Comp - Compiler
	Trans - Translator
	Illus - Illustrator 
	Photo - Photographer
	Revwr - Reviewer. 
If no role is present, the role may be assumed to be "author." This field 
displays as part of the Source (SO) field. 

Data in the Parent Book Author field may also comprise one or more of the
following special cases:
	"et al" - subsequent authors were not captured, although they exist
	"No authorship indicated" - the document lists no author
	"Anonymous" - the document identifies the author as Anonymous


PG	Page [Word Indexed] 
	402.pg. 
The Page (PG) field consists of the inclusive pagination of a document. This 
field is usually displayed as part of the Source (SO) field. 


PI	Parent Book Institutional/Corporate Author [Word Indexed] 
	womens.pi. 
The Parent Book Institutional/Corporate Author (PI) appears in Chapter records
only, and contains up to the first two institutional authors of the "parent" 
book in which the chapter appears. If a third or subsequent institutional 
author exists for the parent book, "et al" appears. Only the first component of
the institution name is included in the field (other name components and 
geographic information do not appear). This field displays as part of the Source
(SO) field. 


PL	Publisher Location 
	scotland.pl. 
	australia.pl. 
The Publisher Location (PL) field appears in Book and Chapter records only. 
It contains the location (city, state, country) of up to two publishers of the
book, or of the chapter's parent book. This field usually displays as part of 
the Source (SO) field. 


PO	Population Group [Phrase Indexed] 
	human.po. 
The Population Group (PO) field contains terms describing the subject population
of the document. Population codes include: 
	10 Human 
	20 Animal 
	30 Male 
	40 Female 
	50 Inpatient 
	60 Outpatient 
Both the code and the term are searchable. Population groups are also available
as limits. For records added to the database prior to 1997, a document which 
includes both animal and human subjects are specified as "animal." From 1997 on,
both "animal" and "human" is specified when both subjects are included. Age 
group terms also display in this field and are searchable in the Age Groups 
(AG) index. 


PR	Publisher URL [Word Indexed] 
	springer.pr. 
The Publisher URL (PR) field contains the URL address for the publisher.


PT, DT Publication Type [Phrase Indexed] 
	edited book.pt. 
	secondary publication.pt. 
The Publication Type (PT) field identifies the general type of document. 
Publication Types (PT) include: 

	Book 100 
	Authored Book 120 
	Edited Book 140 
	Chapter 160 
	Journal Article 250 
	Secondary Publication 300 
	Dissertation Abstract 350 
	Report 400 

Publication Types are also available as limits. 


PU	Publisher [Word Indexed] 
	harpercollins.pu. 
The Publisher (PU) field contains publisher information for books and chapters 
added since 1987. The Publisher (PU) field, originally for non-serial records 
such as book and book chapter records only, has been expanded to include journal
article records.Also, a new subfield for Publisher URLs has been included. It 
usually displays as part of the Source (SO) field. 


RF	Cited References [Display Only]
The Cited References (RF) field contains a complete or partial reference list 
to the source document. Partial reference lists are found when references are 
in non-Roman alphabets, do not refer to a published document, or exceed the 
number of occurrences allowed in a PsycINFO record. The Cited References field 
may appear in journal, book, and book chapter records if present, and may repeat 
up to 999 occurrences. 


RY	Reprint Year [Phrase Indexed] 
	1990.ry. 
	1998.ry. 
The Reprint Year (RY) field contains the year in which a book or chapter was
reprinted. The Reprint Year (RY) field must be searched as four digits, for
example, "1994." Years must be searched individually; do not enter a range of
years. The Reprint Year is available for book and chapter records added since
1987, and normally displays as part of the Source (SO) field. 


SD	Source Description [Word Indexed] 
	10579.sd. 
The Source Description (SD) field contains bibliographic information about the
source document, including year & month of publication, volume and issue 
numbers, and pagination. Source description appears for journal articles only. 
The Source Description is made up of the Date of Publication (DP), Issue/Part 
(IP), Publication Month/Season (MO), Pagination (PG), and Volume (VO) fields. 
This field displays as part of the Source (SO) field. 


SF	Special Feature [Phrase Indexed] 
	computer software.sf. 
	transparencies.sf. 
The Special Feature (SF) field identifies the presence of specific features in,
or items accompanying, the document. 
	Index 100 
	Non-English Abstracts 200 
	References 300 
	Assessment Instrument 400 
	Auxiliary Materials 500 
	Audiocassette 510 
	Computer Software 520 
	Instructors Manual 530 
	Study Guide 540 
	Test Bank 550 
	Transparencies 560 
	Videocassette 570 
	Workbook 580 
	Manual 590 
	Peer Reviewed 600 
	Special Features are also available as limits. 


SH, DE, CT, SW	Subject Headings [Phrase Indexed] 
	imagery/ 
	myths.sh. 
	childhood development.de. 
	*reasoning/ 
The Subject Headings (SH) field contains the Subject Headings (also known as 
"descriptors" or "index terms") used by indexers at the American Psychological
Association (APA) to describe the content of a document. You can look up any 
of these terms by using the pull-down menu option "Tools/Thesaurus." Subject
Headings are entered into the index as phrases and should be searched exactly
as they appear in the Thesaurus. Subject headings which describe the major 
point (focus) of a document will be preceded with an asterisk (*). 


SI	Special Issue Title [Word Indexed] 
	alcohol.si. 
The Special Issue Title (SI) field may appear in Journal Article records only,
and contains the special issue title of the journal in which the article appears. 


SO	Source 
	american psychologist.so. 
The Source (SO) field includes a display of all the basic information needed to
locate a citation, including the Journal Name or Monograph Publisher, the 
vol/issue, pagination and year of publication. The fields which make up the
Source field are Journal Name (JN), Parent Book Title (BT), Date of Publication
(DP), Issue Part (IP), Publication Month/Season (MO), Translated Parent Book 
Title (OP), Translated Book Series Title (OS), Parent Book Author (PA), 
Pagination (PG), Parent Book Institutional/Corporate Author (PI), Publisher
Location (PL), Publisher (PU), Book Reprint Year (RY), Book Series Title (ST),
and Volume (VO). 


ST	Book Series Title [Word Indexed] 
	adoption.st. 
If present, the Series Title (ST) field appears in Book records only.  It 
contains the series title (and volume or number, if applicable) of the book or
of the chapter's "parent" book.

The ST field is not present all book records.


TC	Table of Contents [Word Indexed] 
	glossary.tc. 
The Table of Contents (TC) field exists in book records added since 1987, and
includes "front matter" such as prefaces, forewords and introductions, section
headings and subheadings, chapter titles, substantive headings and subheadings
of sections within chapters, and "back matter" such as appendices, conclusions,
afterwards, glossaries, indexes, and so on. If the Table of Contents is 
abbreviated, it contains the indication "abbreviated". Author names follow the
chapter titles. 


TI	Title [Word Indexed] 
	cognition.ti. 
The Title (TI) field contains the English language version of a title. If the 
language of the document is not English, you will see the language of the 
document in square brackets after the title. For documents which were not 
written in English, the original or transliterated title usually appears in a 
separate field, Original Title (OT). 


TW	Textword (TI, AB, ID, TY) 
	defense mechanism$.tw. 
The Textword (TW) field is an alias for all of the fields in the database 
which contain text words and which are appropriate for a free-text subject
search. The Text word fields in PsycINFO include Title (TI), Abstract (AB), Key
Phrase Identifiers (ID), and Table of Contents Titles/Headings (TY). 


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<1>
Accession Number
	Journal Article: 2002-14024-003.
Author
	Gunz, Hugh P; Bird, Allan; Arthur, Michael B.
Institution
	U Toronto, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, Toronto, ON, Canada, 1
	U Missouri, Coll of Business Administration, St Louis, MO, US, 2
	Suffolk U, Sawyer School of Management, Boston, MA, US, 3.
Title
	Response to Baruch: We weren't seeking canonization, just a hearing. 
Source
	M@N@Gement. Vol 5(1) 2002, 23-29. 
	Management, France
Publisher URL
	http://www.dmsp.dauphine.fr/MANAGEMENT/
Journal URL
	http://www.dmsp.dauphine.fr/management/
Special Issue Title
	Careers and new science.
ISSN
	1286-4892 (Print)
Language
	English
Abstract
	Responds to comments by Y. Baruch (see record 2002-14024-002) on the article
	by A. Bird et al (see record 2002-14024-001) addressing the potential 
	contributions to careers scholarship that might emerge from applying 
	concepts and models from the so-called 'new sciences,' a term widely used to
	denote a large area of enquiry in the physical and complexity sciences. The 
	authors address 5 criticisms by Baruch: (1) introducing ideas from 
	non-social sciences is premature given the state of theoretical development
	of the careers field; (2) the physical sciences are just too different from
	the social sciences to be useful; (3) the world of careers is changing so 
	rapidly at the moment that it is inappropriate to attempt theoretical 
	synthesis; (4) it would have been better to introduce the ideas into the
	behavioral sciences generally before descending to the careers particularly;
	and (5) the project dialogue does not involve physical scientists whose 
	intellectual property the ideas are. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2002 APA,
	all rights reserved)
Key Concepts
	new sciences; physical science; social science; career scholarship;
	management theory
Subject Headings
	*Career Development
	*Management
	*Sciences
	*Theories
Classification Code
	Management & Management Training [3640]
Form/Content Type
	Comment.
Special Feature
	References; Peer Reviewed.
Publication Type
	Journal Article
Publication Year
	2002
Update Code
	20020626
Media Type
	Print (Paper)
Access URL
	http://www.dmsp.dauphine.fr/management/PapersMgmt/51Gunz.pdf
Number of Cited References
	Number Of Citations: 9, Number of Citations Displayed: 9
Cited References
	(1) Arthur, M. B. (Ed.), & Rousseau, D. M. (Ed.). (1996).The Boundaryless
	Career: A New Employment Principle for a New Organizational Era. New York,
	NY: Oxford University Press.
	(2) Arthur, M. B., and D. M. Rousseau, (Eds.) 1996 The Boundaryless Career:
	A New Employment Principle for a New Organizational Era, New York, NY: 
	Oxford University Press. (1989). Careers, Identities, and Institutions:
	The Legacy of the Chicago School of Sociology. Handbook of Career Theory
	(41-65). In M. B. Arthur, D. T. Hall, & B. S. Lawrence (Eds.) Cambridge,
	MA: Cambridge University Press.
	(3) Barley, S. R. (1958). Cosmopolitans and Locals: Toward an Analysis of
	Latent Social Roles II. Administrative Science Quarterly, 2(4), 444-480.
	(4) Barley, S. R. 1989 Careers, Identities, and Institutions: The Legacy of
	the Chicago School of Sociology, in M. B. Arthur, D. T. Hall, and B. S. 
	Lawrence (Eds.), Handbook of Career Theory, Cambridge, MA: Cambridge 
	University Press, 41-65. (1999). Writing for Scholarly Publication. Thousand
	Oaks, CA: Sage.
	(5) Gouldner, A. W. (1958). Men and Their Work. Glencoe, IL: Free Press.
	(6) Gouldner, A. W. 1958 Cosmopolitans and Locals: Toward an Analysis of
	Latent Social Roles II, Administrative Science Quarterly, 2 (4): 444-480.
	(1996). Career Systems in Crisis: Change and Opportunity in the Information
	Age. Academy of Management Executive, 10(4), 40-51.
	(7) Huff, A. S. (1996). The Bounded Career and the Demise of the Civil 
	Society. The Boundaryless Career: A New Employment Principle for a New 
	Organizational Era (297-313). In M. B. Arthur, & D. M. Rousseau (Eds.) New
	York, NY: Oxford University Press.
	(8) Huff, A. S. 1999 Writing for Scholarly Publication, Thousand Oaks, CA:
	Sage. (1995). Fear and Loathing in Organization Studies. Organization 
	Science, 6(6), 687-92.
	(9) Hughes, E. C. (1984). Occupational Communities: Culture and Control in
	Organizations. Research in Organizational Behavior (6, 287-365). In B. M. 
	Staw, & L. L. Cummings (Eds.) Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
	(10) Hughes, E. C. 1958 Men and Their Work, Glencoe, IL: Free Press.
	(11) Nicholson, N.
	(12) Nicholson, N. 1996 Career Systems in Crisis: Change and Opportunity in
	the Information Age, Academy of Management Executive, 10 (4): 40-51.
	(13) Perrow, C.
	(14) Perrow, C. 1996 The Bounded Career and the Demise of the Civil Society,
	in M. B. Arthur, and D. M. Rousseau (Eds.), The Boundaryless Career: A New 
	Employment Principle for a New Organizational Era, New York, NY: Oxford 
	University Press, 297-313.
	(15) Van Maanen, J.
	(16) Van Maanen, J. 1995 Fear and Loathing in Organization Studies, 
	Organization Science, 6 (6): 687-92.
	(17) Van Maanen, J., & Barley, S. R.
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	and Control in Organizations, in B. M. Staw and L. L. Cummings (Eds.), 
	Research in Organizational Behavior, Vol. 6, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 
	287-365.

<2>                                                                   
Accession Number
	Journal Article: 2002-12356-006.
Author
	Kaminsky, Laura; Dewey, Deborah.
Institution
	Calgary U, Calgary, AB, Canada, 1
	Alberta Children's Hosp, Behavioural Research Unit, Calgary, AB, Canada, 2.
Correspondence Address
	Dewey, Deborah. Alberta Children's Hosp, Behavioural Research Unit, 1820
	Richmond Road S.W., Calgary, AB Canada T2T 5C7, dmdewey@ucalary.ca.
Title
	Psychosocial adjustment in siblings of children with autism. 
Source
	Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry & Allied Disciplines. Vol 43(2)
	Feb 2002, 225-232. 
	Blackwell Publishers, United Kingdom
Publisher URL
	http://www.blackwellpublishing.com
Journal URL
	http://uk.cambridge.org/journals/cpp/
ISSN
	0021-9630 (Print)
Language
	English
Abstract
	Investigated psychosocial adjustment in siblings of children with autism 
	compared to siblings of children with Down syndrome and siblings of normally
	developing children. In addition, the relationships between feelings of 
	loneliness, social support and psychosocial adjustment, and the influence of
	gender and family size on psychological adjustment were examined. Ninety 
	siblings (30 per group; 45 males and 45 females, aged 8-18 yrs) and one 
	parent of each child participated in this study. Results indicated that 
	siblings of children with autism, as well as comparison siblings, were well
	adjusted and reported low levels of loneliness. Siblings of children with 
	autism also reported that they received high levels of social support in 
	their lives. Large family size appears to facilitate healthy adjustment in
	siblings of children with autism. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2002 APA, 
	all rights reserved)
Key Concepts
	psychosocial adjustment; siblings; autism; children; Down syndrome; 
	loneliness; social support; gender; family size
Subject Headings
	*Autism
	*Childhood Development
	*Emotional Adjustment
	*Psychosocial Factors
	*Siblings
	Downs Syndrome
	Family Size
	Human Sex Differences
	Loneliness
	Social Support Networks
Classification Code
	Psychosocial & Personality Development [2840]
Population Group
	Human; Male; Female. Childhood (birth-12 yrs); School Age (6-12 yrs); 
	Adolescence (13-17 yrs); Adulthood (18 yrs & older); Young Adulthood 
	(18-29 yrs).
Location
	Canada
Form/Content Type
	Empirical Study.
Special Feature
	References; Peer Reviewed.
Publication Type
	Journal Article
Publication Year
	2002
Update Code
	20020327
Media Type
	Print (Paper)
Number of Cited References
	Number Of Citations: 31, Number of Citations Displayed: 31
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