The PsycINFO (PSYC) database has been reloaded. The reload includes a newly updated thesaurus with new terms, updated scope notes and mapping of new terms to previously released records.
In addition, Ovid has made the following changes to the database:
5 Changed Fields |
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| Label | Field Name | What's New | ||
| RV | Reviewed Item | This field's data has been separated out into six new fields: Reviewed Item Author (RU), Reviewed Item Title (RT), Reviewed Item Translated Title (RL), Reviewed Item Year (RR), Reviewed Item ISBN (RI), and Reviewed Item Other Info (RO). | ||
| MD | Methodology | One new value, Systematic Review (0830), has been added to this field. | ||
| DT | Document Type | Five values (Original Chapter, Original Journal article, Reprinted Chapter, Reprinted Journal Article, and Review) have been deleted, and six values (Chapter, Journal Article, Reprint, Review-Book, Review-Media, and Review-Software & Other) have been added to this field. All of the codes in the field have changed. |
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| AU | Author | Four new roles have been added to this field: Anonymous, Producer, Director, and Presenter. |
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| PA | Parent Book Author |
Four new roles have been added to this field: Anonymous, Producer, Director, and Presenter. |
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8 New Fields |
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| Label | Field Name | What's New | ||
| OC | Other Publisher | The new Other Publishers (OC) field contains variations of the publisher name, resulting from publisher or publisher name changes. | ||
| OL | Other Serial Title |
The new Other Serial Titles (OL) field contains variations of the serial title name, resulting from serial title changes. | ||
| RI | Reviewed Item ISBN | This new field contains data from the Reviewed Item (RV) field. | ||
| RL | Reviewed Item Translated Title | This new field contains data from the Reviewed Item (RV) field. | ||
| RO | Reviewed Item Other Info |
This new field contains data from the Reviewed Item (RV) field. | ||
| RR | Reviewed Item Year |
This new field contains data from the Reviewed Item (RV) field. | ||
| RT | Reviewed Item Title |
This new field contains data from the Reviewed Item (RV) field. | ||
| RU | Reviewed Item Author | This new field contains data from the Reviewed Item (RV) field. | ||
Complete details on new and changed fields are available in the database guide. If you have any questions contact your Ovid Support Representative at support@ovid.com.