Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms

• ISBN13: 9781557987754
• ISBN10: 1557987750
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn

Summary

Reference tool for use with the PsycINFO and ClinPSYC databases or Psychological Abstracts. Provides current access to psychological data, including history of the Thesaurus, user guide, subject searching in PsycINFO, several useful appendices, relationship (hierarchical) section, rotated alphabetical terms section, and term clusters section.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
History of the Thesaurus	vii
Development of the Ninth Edition	ix
Table 1: New Postable Terms	xi
Table 2: New Nonpostable Terms	xii
Table 3: Change in Status Terms	xiii
Table 4: Changes to Spelling or Text of Terms	xiv
Table 5: Term Deletions	xv
Table 6: Terms Receiving ``Mapping and Stripping''	xviii
User Guide	xxii
General Information	xxii
Relationship Section	xxii
Rotated Alphabetical Terms Section	xxiv
Alphabetical Term Clusters Section	xxiv
Table 7: Term Cluster/Subcluster Areas	xxv
Subject Searching in PsycINFO	xxvi
Introduction	xxvi
Searching in Psychological Abstracts (PA)	xxvi
Searching on Electronic Systems	xxvii
Electronic Thesaurus	xxvii
Explode Feature	xxvii
Major Terms	xxvii
Saved Searches	xxvii
Adjusting Your Search Retrieval	xxviii
Searching Using Content Classification Codes	xxviii
Searching Using Age Groups	xxviii
How to Contact Us	xxx
Appendix A-Sample Journal Record	xxxi
Appendix B-Sample Book/Chapter Record	xxxii
Appendix C-PsycINFO Content Classification System	xxxiv
Appendix D-Master Quick Reference Guide for Searching	xxxv
Relationship (Hierarchical) Section	1	(282)
Rotated Alphabetical Terms Section	283	(94)
Term Clusters Section	377