The PsycINFO database has been reloaded. The Reload includes 51,283 older records from the Harvard Book List, Psychological Index and older chapters; it also covers publication years spanning as far back as 1872 to 1981.

The PsycINFO Thesaurus has been modified for the 2002 Reload. The thesaurus includes the [NT] symbols next to Narrower Terms or Related Terms to alert users that the term has additional Narrower Terms. Changes with this reload include: 9 new fields, 5 changed fields, and a new limit to PsycARTICLES Journals.

9 New Fields

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.

CE Cited Reference Parent Document Author [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.

CQ Correspondence Address [Word Indexed]
england.cq.
The Correspondence Address (CQ) field contains the contact information for correspondence in regards to the document.

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.

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

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.

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.

5 Changed Fields

ID Key Concepts
Key Phrase Identifiers has been changed to Key Concepts (ID).

IN Institution
The Institution (IN) field now occurs multiple times and displays institution information for all authors, not just the first author, which was the past functionality. Each author institution has an author sequence number so the author can be matched to the correct institution.

IS ISSN
The ISSN (IS) field now displays ISSNs for both print and electronic journals.

PU Publisher URL
The Publisher URL (PU) field now displays in a separate field. The Publisher URL previously appeared at the end of the Source field.

UR Access URL
URL has been changed to the Access URL (UR).

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Updated: 25 October 2002