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PsycBOOKS

Revised 8/16/2006

Database name: PsycBOOKS
Short database name:  PBKS
Available on: FirstSearch Test Server and Production Server

Note:  This database contains records from 1806 to 2004.

Why select this database?

  • PsycBOOKS® includes full text from approximately 600 books on all aspects of psychology with more than 10,000 individual chapters drawn from more than 500 APA books, 100 out-of-print books and 75 archival resources in psychology.
  • Includes more than 1,500 entries from the APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology.
  • Most records have an abstract.
  • PsycBOOKS is produced and copyrighted by the American Psychological Association.
Subjects included
Psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as:
medicine psychiatry nursing sociology
education pharmacology physiology linguistics
anthropology business law  

Note: The full PsycBOOKS database is available on FirstSearch by subscription only.

Coverage/update frequency

  • Covers 1806 to 2004.
  • Monthly.

Record display information

List of FirstSearch fields for PsycBOOKS and the MARC fields to which they correspond:

Field Name MARC field
Date 008/<date>
ISBN 020/a
Unique Identifier 035/a
Author 100/a,e
Author Affiliation 100/u
Translated Title 242/a
Title 245/a
Book Publisher 260/a,b,c
Total Pagination 300/a
Book Series Title 490/a
Series ISSN Qualifier 490/q
Series ISSN 490/x
General Note 500/a
Table of Contents 505/a,c,r,t,w,z
Location of Full Text PDF 505/9
Abstract 520/a
Target Audience 521/a
Funding Information 536/a
Language 546/a
Conference Notes 590/a
Content Type 598/b
Major Descriptors 650/a
Identifier 653/a
Minor Descriptors 695/a
Location 695/g
Classifications 698/b,c
Subsequent Author 700/a,e
Subsequent Author Affiliation 700/u
Institutional Author 710/a,b,g
Conference Information 711/a,c,d,n
First ISSN Qualifier 773/q
Second ISSN Qualifier 798/q
Second ISSN 798/x
Parent Book Information 799/a,b,c,e,h,i,t
Parent Book Publisher Information 799/d
Chapter Pagination 799/g
Parent Book Series Title 799/k
Parent Book ISSN 799/x
Parent Book ISBN 799/z
Reprint Year 906/c
Format Availability 906/d
Format Covered 906/g
Methodology 906/k
Tests and Measures 906/l, m
Auxiliary Material 906/n,p
Date Revised 906/r
Book type 906/t
Population Group 912/b
Age Group 913/b
"Non-English" 917/j
Document Type 949/i
Publication Type Text, Code 949/l, 9
OCLC Record Display Type 949/x
Total Number of cited References 951/m
Total Number of cited References displayed 951/n
Correspondence Author Name 951/o
Correspondence Institution and Address
 951/p
Cited Reference Text 951/r
Reference PsycINFO Record Number 951/z
Cited Document DOI 951/0
Release Date 953/b

Indexes

What follows is a list of FirstSearch indexes and the combination of USE and STRUCTURE attributes that can be used to access them.

  1. For any FirstSearch label where multiple USE attributes are listed all the attributes will provide the exact same search result sets.
  2. Any USE attribute that is not marked as a restrictor is available via the SCAN service.
  3. Restrictors are specially implemented indexes and are not available for scanning. Terms for these must be ANDed with other terms to limit the size of the result set. See the table provided for each restrictor to determine valid terms and their associated meaning.

FirstSearch Indexes and USE and STRUCTURE attributes used to access them:

Index Description Use Attribute Structure Attribute Indexed Fields and Subfields
Keyword (kw) Any 5110 2 242/a
245/a
505/t
520/a
650/a
653/a
695/a,g
799/t
Keyword All (ka) Any

1016

 2 100/a,e
242/a
245/a
505/t
520/a
650/a
653/a
695/a,g
700/a,e
710/a
711/a,c,d,n
799/a,b,t
Abstract (ab) Abstract 62 2 520/a
Accession Number (no) Control number-local 12 2 035/a
Age Group (ag) OCLC Defined 5045 2 913/b
Age Group Phrase (ag=) OCLC Defined 5045 1 913/a,b
Author (au, au=) Author-name 1003 1, 2, 101 100/a,e
700/a,e
710/a
711/a,c,d,n
799/a,b
Author Affiliation (aa) OCLC Defined 5100 2 100/u
700/u
Book Type Phrase OCLC Defined 5270 1 906/t
Cited Reference (cr, cr=) Indexed by 1023 1,2 951/r
Classification Descriptor Phrase (cd=) OCLC Defined 5699 1 698/c
Conference Name (cn) Author-name-conference 1006 2 590/a
711/a,c,d,n
Conference Name Phrase (cn=) Author-name-conference 1006 1 711/a,c,d,n
Corporate Author Phrase (co=) Author-name-corporate 1005 1 710/a,b
Content Type (ct) Content-type 1034 2 598/b
Content Type Phrase (ct=) Content-type 1034 1 598/b
Date of entry (da) OCLC Defined 5040 2 953/b
Date revised (dv) OCLC Defined 5987 2 906/r
Descriptor (de, de=) OCLC Defined 5650 1,2 650/a
695/a
Document Type Phrase (dt=) Code-record-type 1001 1 949/i
Geographic Name Phrase (gc=) Name-geographic 58 1 695/g
Identifier (id) Subject-local 29 2 653/a
Intended Audience Phrase (ia=) OCLC Defined 5046 1 521/a
Major Descriptor Phrase (mj=) OCLC Defined 5065 1 650/a
Methodology (mg, mg=) OCLC Defined 5272 1, 2 906/k
Minor Descriptor Phrase (mn=) OCLC Defined 5069 1 695/a
Number of Cited References (nr) OCLC Defined 5931 2 951/mn
Personal Author Phrase (pn=) Author-name-personal 1004 1 100/a,e
700/a,e
799/a,b
Publication Date (pd) Date 30 2 008 <date>
906/c
Publication Type Phrase (pt=) OCLC Defined 5273 1 949/l
Publisher (pb) Name-publisher 1018 2 260/a,b
799/d
Population Group (po) OCLC Defined 5047 2 912/b
Population Group Phrase (po=) OCLC Defined 5047 1 912/a,b
Series Title (se) Title-series 5 2 490/a
799/k
Standard Number (sn, sn=) Identifier-standard 1007 1, 2 020/a
490/x
798/x
799/x,z
Subject (su) Subject 21 2 650/a
653/a
695/a,g
Subject Phrase (su=) Subject 21 1 650/a
695/a,g
Table of Contents (tc) OCLC Defined 5677 2 505/t
Tests and Measures (tm) OCLC Defined 5274 2 906/m
Title (ti, ti=) Title 4 1, 2 242/a
245/a
Year (yr) Date-publication 31 4, 5 <008>

Restrictors

The following restrictors can be used only in conjunction with an index search.  They must be added to an index search with the Boolean AND in order to receive results.

Restrictor Type Input Use Attribute Structure Attribute
Document Type* No Limit
Authored Book
Book
Chapter
Edited Book
Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia Entry		 ---
Authored Book
Book
Chapter
Edited Book
Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia Entry		 1001 1
Year* All years
Single year
Range of years		 --
19xx, 20xx
19xx - 20xx		 31 5

*Year and Document Type are both indexes and restrictors.

Sorting

Search results in the PsycBOOKS database can be sorted by Author (1003), Title (4), and Year (31).

General punctuation rules

(exceptions are made, but these are generally correct):

Punctuation Rule Punctuation Rule
" Delete and collapse $ Delete and collapse
' (apostrophe) Delete and collapse % Delete and collapse
. Delete and collapse * Delete and collapse
, (comma) Delete and collapse + Delete and collapse
; Delete and collapse > Delete and collapse
: Delete and collapse < Delete and collapse
() Delete and collapse @ Delete and collapse
<> Delete and collapse ? Delete and collapse
{} Delete and collapse -- Delete and collapse
[] Delete and collapse / Substitute a space
= Delete and collapse - Retain and index
! Delete and collapse & Retain and index
# Delete and collapse

Searching tips

Keyword All searches (1016): The Keyword All search finds information in these fields: Abstract (520/a), Author (100/a,e,, 700/a,e, 710/a, 711/a,c,d,n, 799/a,b), Major Descriptors (650/a), Minor Descriptors (695/a), Identifier (653/a), Geographic Coverage (695/g), Subject (650/a, 653/a, 695/a,g), Table of Contents (505/t), Title (242/a, 245/a), and additional field 799/t.

Using limiters: You can limit searches by Year (31). OCLC also uses the Document Type index (1001) as a limiter.

Copyright

Copyright American Psychological Association. The American Psychological Association takes care to provide accurate representation of the behavioral literature, but assumes no liability for errors or omissions and makes no warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose and assumes no responsibility for Customer's use of the information.