The table below lists all searchable fields - with examples.
Searchable tag |
Description |
Example |
AB |
Abstract
[Word Indexed]
Searches the abstract summaries for keywords. |
AB Art Therapy |
AD |
Article ID
[Word Indexed]
Contains a fixed identifier that uniquely identifies an article-by-article published record. |
AD 13 |
AE |
Age Group (Exact)
[Phrase Indexed]
Searches for the exact match of age groups identified in a document. |
AE "Infancy (2-23 mo)" |
AF |
Author Affiliation
[Word Indexed]
Searches for keywords in the institutional affiliation of the person(s) responsible for creation of the document. |
AF Clark University |
AG |
Age Group
[Word Indexed]
Searches age groups identified in a document; values consist of the following:
100 |
Childhood (birth-12 yrs) |
120 |
Neonatal (birth-1 mo) |
|
140 |
Infancy (2-23 mo) |
|
160 |
Preschool Age (2-5 yrs) |
|
180 |
School Age (6-12 yrs) |
|
200 |
Adolescence (13-17 yrs) |
300 |
Adulthood (18 yrs & older) |
320 |
Young Adulthood (18-29 yrs) |
|
340 |
Thirties (30-39 yrs) |
|
360 |
Middle Age (40-64 yrs) |
|
380 |
Aged (65 yrs & older) |
|
390 |
Very Old (85 yrs & older) |
|
Note: When searching Age Groups via the picklist limiter, searching on a broad category automatically retrieves records containing all subcategories as well. |
AG Infancy |
AI |
Intended Audience
[Phrase Indexed]
Searches the exact Intended Audience type in book and chapter records. Values consist of the following:
- General Public
- Juvenile
- Psychology: Professional & Research
|
AI Juvenile |
AN |
Accession Number
[Phrase Indexed]
Searches the exact Accession Number. |
AN 2004-11265-001 |
AR |
Author
[Phrase Indexed]
Searches the exact author name in last/first name format. |
AR Jones, Peter |
AU |
Author
[Word Indexed]
Searches keywords in the author and institutional author fields. |
AU Ryan |
BK |
Book Type
[Phrase Indexed]
Searches for the exact description of the book genre |
BK Handbook/Manual |
CA |
Corporate Author
[Word Indexed]
Searches the name of the corporate author if the document was not authored by individuals. |
CA Quality of Life Group |
CC |
Classification
[Phrase Indexed]
Searches the exact Classification Code numbers; the first 2 or 3 digits can be exploded to retrieve all categories in common.
Note: For a complete list of Classification Codes click below: Classification Codes |
CC 2300
or
CC 23* |
CF |
Conference Information
[Word Indexed]
Searches for keywords in the Conference and Conference Note fields. |
CF Infant Studies |
DE |
Subject
[Phrase Indexed]
Searches the exact subject headings (also called index terms, or descriptors) which describe the focus of the document. |
DE Political Attitudes |
DI |
DOI
[Phrase Indexed]
Searches on the Digital Object Identifier. |
DI 10.1186/1745-0179-3-20 |
DN |
Dissertation Number
[Phrase Indexed]
Searches the exact Dissertation Order Number. |
DN AAI9521694 |
DT |
Date of Publication
[Numeric Indexed]
Searches the date of publication. |
DT 2004
or
DT 200406 |
ED |
Release Date
[Numeric Indexed]
Searches the date the record was released into the PsycINFO database in YYYYMMDD format. |
ED 200401 |
FT |
Full Text
[Phrase Indexed] |
FT N |
FR |
Reference Available
[Phrase Indexed]
Perform an exact search for the value "Y" indicating that an article contains references. |
FR Y |
GR |
Grant/Sponsorship
[Word Indexed]
Searches Grant Information. |
GR Air Force Office of Scientific Research |
HA |
Accepted Date
[Date Indexed]
Performs a search on the date an article was accepted by the journal for publication. |
HA 20080620 |
HB |
First Submitted Date
[Date Indexed]
Performs a search on the date an article was submitted to the journal for publication. |
HB 20080312 |
HF |
First Posted Date
[Date Indexed]
Performs a search on the date an article was first made publicly available. |
HF 20080627 |
HR |
Revised Date
[Date Indexed]
Performs a search on the revision date of an article that had previously been published. |
HR 20080515 |
IB |
International Standard Book Number
[Phrase Indexed]
Searches for the ISBN assigned to the document. |
IB 1-55766-228-2 |
IP |
Issue
[Word Indexed]
Searches the Issue/Part for a particular issue of a journal. |
IP 1 |
IS |
International Standard Serial Number
[Phrase Indexed]
Searches for the exact ISSN assigned to the document; can be searched with or without the dash. |
IS 02678373
or
IS 0267-8373 |
JB |
Non-Journal Publication
[Phrase Indexed]
Searches a flag indicating that the source is not a journal/periodical. |
JB Y |
JA |
Journal Publication
[Phrase Indexed]
Searches a flag indicating that the source is a journal/periodical |
JA Y |
JN |
Journal
[Phrase Indexed]
Searches the exact journal title. |
JN Academic Therapy |
KW |
Keywords
[Word Indexed]
Searches for keywords in the uncontrolled content description of the document. |
KW Paranoia |
LA |
Language
[Word Indexed]
Searches the language of publication of an article; values consist of the following:
- Afrikaans
- Arabic
- Bulgarian
- Catalan
- Chinese
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- English
- Finnish
- French
- Georgian
- German
- Greek
- Hebrew
- Hindi
- Hungarian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Lithuanian
- Malaysian
- Norwegian
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Romanian
- Russian
- Serbo-Croatian
- Slovak
- Slovene
- Spanish
- Swedish
- Turkish
- Ukrainian
|
LA French |
MJ |
Word in Major Subject Heading
[Word Indexed]
Searches for keywords in the index terms of the "Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms." |
MJ Experimentation |
MM |
Major Concepts
[Phrase Indexed]
Searches for exact matches in the index terms of the "Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms." |
MM Experimentation |
MR |
Methodology
[Phrase Indexed]
Searches Type/format of research study. |
MR Empirical Study
OR
MR 0400 |
MT |
Media Type
[Phrase Indexed]
Searches for the exact media type in the publication field. |
MT Print |
NT |
Notes
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search for words within the notes and conference notes fields. |
NT History |
PB |
Publisher
[Word Indexed]
Searches for words in the book or journal publisher name; displays in the Source field. |
PB Simon & Schuster |
PC |
Page Count
[Word Indexed]
Searches for the page length, or total number of pages for a journal article. |
PC 12 |
PG |
Number of Pages
[Word Indexed]
Searches the range of page numbers for journal articles, chapters, reports, dissertation abstracts, books, or the total pages of books or reports. |
PG 3-24 |
PL |
Population Location
[Phrase Indexed]
Searches the location related to the content of the document. |
PL France |
PO |
Population
[Phrase Indexed]
Searches the exact population related to the content of the document; values consist of the following:
- Human
- Animal
- Male
- Female
- Inpatient
- Outpatient
|
PO Human |
PT |
Publication Type
[Phrase Indexed]
Searches the exact document type; values consist of the following:
- All Journals
- Peer-Reviewed Journal
- Peer-Reviewed Status-Unknown
- All Books
- Authored Book
- Edited Book
- Encyclopedia
- Dissertation Abstract
- Electronic Collection
Note: Searching the document type 'Secondary Publication' via the picklist limiter automatically searches the document type 'Dissertation Abstract' as well. The 6000+ records searchable via 'electronic collections' represents the complete contents of the APA's PsycCRITIQUES database. |
PT Journal |
PY |
Year of Publication
[Numeric Indexed]
Searches the publication year of the source document; can be used in date range searching. |
PY 2004
or
PY 2002-2004 |
PZ |
Document Type
[Phrase Indexed]
Performs and exact search for the records document type. values consist of the following:
- Abstract Collection
- Bibliography
- Column/Opinion
- Comment/Reply
- Editorial
- Erratum/Correction
- Letter
- Obituary
- All Chapters
- Original Chapter
- Reprinted Chapter
- All Journal articles
- Original Journal Article
- Reprinted Journal Article
- Publication Information
- Review
|
PZ Journal Article |
RV |
Peer Reviewed
[Word Indexed]
Performs a search for the value "Y" indicating that the article is from a peer-reviewed publication. |
RV Y |
RW |
Reviewed Item
[Word Indexed]
Searches for words within the information in the reviewed item field. |
RW Psychology |
RY |
Reprint Year
[Numeric Indexed]
Searches the year a book was reprinted in CCYY format; displays in the Source field. |
RY 1997 |
SE |
Series Title
[Word Indexed]
Searches for words within the Series Title field. |
SE Psychology |
SL |
Supplemental Data
[Word Indexed]
Searches for words within the Supplemental data field. |
SL 3-D modeling images |
SO |
Journal Title
[Word Indexed]
Searches words in the book or serial title. |
SO Academic |
SP |
Start Page
[Phrase Indexed]
Searches the start page of an article. |
SP 271 |
ST |
Series Title[exact]
[Phrase Indexed]
Searches for the exact series title in the series title field. |
ST "Psychology of decisions and conflict" |
SU |
Subjects
[Word Indexed]
Searches words in the subject headings (also called index terms, or descriptors) which describe the focus of the document. |
SU Aesthetics |
TI |
Title
[Word Indexed]
Searches words in the document title. |
TI Therapy |
TC |
Table of Contents
[Word Indexed]
Searches words in the Table of Contents field in book records. |
TC Diagnosis |
TM |
Tests & Measures
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search for names of published tests and measures mentioned in the Tests & Measures field.
Note: "2005, this field may now contain the indicator "Appended" when the named instrument is appended to the original journal article, which may be searched" |
TM PTSD CHECKLIST
or
TM Appended |
TX |
All Text
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search of all the
database's searchable fields. Using
the TX field code will cause the search to look for the keyword in the full text as well as the citation record. |
TX Therapy |
VI |
Volume
[Word Indexed]
Searches for a particular volume of a journal. |
VI 21 |
Field name |
Description |
Title |
Title of the document |
Translated Title |
The English-language translation of the title of a document written in a non-English language. |
Series Title |
The series title of a book or book chapter's "parent" book. May consist of a non-English title. If present, appears in Book or Chapter records only./td> |
Author(s) |
The names of all individual persons responsible for creation of the document. Appears as last name followed by a first name or initial, middle name or initial, author role. If no role is present, the role may be assumed to be "author". |
Institutional Author(s) |
The names of all institutions responsible for creation of the document. |
Address |
The institutional affiliation of the first-listed person responsible for creation of the document. |
Source |
The source in which the article was published and other publication information. |
Page Count |
This field contains the page length, or total number of pages for a journal article. This is a separate and distinct field from the Pagination field. |
Publisher |
Contains publisher URL when available |
Reviewed Item |
Specifies the information on a book review in the PsycINFO record. |
ISSN |
The International Standard Serial Number assigned to the document. |
ISBN |
The International Standard Book Number assigned to the document. |
Order Number |
UMI Dissertation Order Number; if present will appear in Dissertation records only. |
Document Link URL |
The Uniform Resource Locator where an online version of the document, a full-text version of the document, or additional information, is available. |
Digital Object Identifier |
A permanent identification system for intellectual property found on the Internet. The identifier contains the naming convention registered to a DOI registration agency (currently, the International DOI Foundation). |
Language |
The language of the document. |
Keywords |
A concise, uncontrolled content description of the document currently formatted as keywords. May be thought of as an 'enhanced title'. |
Abstract |
A summary or abstract of the document; appears in all Journal Article, Report, Book and Chapter records, and Dissertation records from 1995 to present. |
Subjects |
Index terms from the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms which describe the primary and secondary focus of the document. Major descriptors are preceded by an asterisk (*). |
Classification |
Four-digit codes and their corresponding PsycINFO classifications that describe broad areas of the field of psychology. |
Population |
A standardized description of specific populations related to the content of the document. |
Location |
A standardized description of continents, regions, and country names related to the content of the document. |
Age Group |
A standardized description of specific population age groups related to the content of the document. |
Tests & Measures |
Contains the names of published tests and measures mentioned in the source document and whether it is appended to the source document. |
Intended Audience |
Identifies the intended audience of the document; appears in Book and Chapter records. |
Conference |
Contains the name and other information about a conference at which the content of the document was presented. |
Conference Notes |
Information about additional conferences at which the content of the document was presented, or information about a conference from which the content of the document was derived. |
Notes |
Miscellaneous information about the document, including reprint citations or information about forms of other previous publications of the content. |
Methodology |
Contains the Type/format of research study |
Supplemental Data |
Contains supplemental data or other information not found in the print source. This field is present in journal article records only. |
Publication Type |
Identifies the general type of the document such as Authored Book, Edited Book, Journal Article, etc. The first entry in this field consists of 'Media Type' which identifies the broad, physical medium of the document or item such as "Print (Paper)". |
Document Type |
The content type of the item being indexed |
Book Type |
Description of the book genre |
Release Date |
Date the record was released into the PsycINFO database in YYYYMMDD format. |
Accession Number |
A unique number used to identify each PsycINFO record. |
Number of Citations in Source |
The number of times this document was cited by other documents. |