[Eril-l] Renaming of PsycINFO on EBSCOhost platform

[Stephen Francoeur]

On the APA website, they're still listing the databases using the familiar
syntax of "PsycALL_CAPS_SPECIFIC_PRODUCT":

- PsycINFO
- PsycARTICLES
- PsycTESTS
- PsyTHERAPY
 etc.

https://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/

Stephen Francoeur
UX Librarian
Baruch College
New York, NY

On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 8:40 AM Beth M. Johns <bmjohns at svsu.edu> wrote:

> It has not been re-branded as such with ProQuest as of 8:39 a.m. today.
>
>
> Beth
>
>
> Beth M. Johns, MLIS
>
> E-Resources Librarian
>
> Saginaw Valley State University
>
> Melvin J. Zahnow Library
>
> pronouns: she/her/hers
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Eril-l <eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org> on behalf of Dominic
> Benson (Staff) <Dominic.Benson at brunel.ac.uk>
> *Sent:* Sunday, February 2, 2020 4:45 PM
> *To:* Stephen Francoeur <stephen.francoeur at gmail.com>;
> eril-l at lists.eril-l.org <eril-l at lists.eril-l.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Eril-l] Renaming of PsycINFO on EBSCOhost platform
>
> I guess it's a mixture of reminding users that the APA produces the
> databases, strengthening the APA brand and highlighting that the databases
> are related to the APA output style for referencing.
>
> *Dom Benson*
>
> Analytics & Discovery Officer
>
> Library, Information Services, Brunel University London | T +44(0)1895
> 266143
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Eril-l <eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org> on behalf of Stephen
> Francoeur <stephen.francoeur at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* 02 February 2020 12:51
> *To:* eril-l at lists.eril-l.org <eril-l at lists.eril-l.org>
> *Subject:* [Eril-l] Renaming of PsycINFO on EBSCOhost platform
>
> I was wondering if anyone knows who or what was behind the recent change
> in the EBSCOhost platform with the name used for PsycINFO. Until this past
> week, EBSCOhost presented it as "PsycINFO." Now, it's labeled "APA
> PscyInfo." A similar change was made to PsycARTICLES (APA PsycArticles) and
> presumably other APA databases that one can get on the EBSCOhost platform.
>
> Was this change requested by APA? Is the change also present on other
> platforms where you can get PsycINFO (such as ProQuest)?
>
> Stephen Francoeur
> UX Librarian
> Newman Library
> Baruch College
> New York, NY
>
> --
> http://stephenfrancoeur.com
> <https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fstephenfrancoeur.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cbmjohns%40svsu.edu%7C2490e34e0070496f931a08d7a8295127%7C550f45ff3e8342a197d970ad8935b0c5%7C0%7C1%7C637162767721547591&sdata=E1Rg4rsJp1J%2FOvd64eJz%2BoZgzZtKbutrMKLqBPbB29Y%3D&reserved=0>
>
> --
> http://stephenfrancoeur.com
> <https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fstephenfrancoeur.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cbmjohns%40svsu.edu%7C2490e34e0070496f931a08d7a8295127%7C550f45ff3e8342a197d970ad8935b0c5%7C0%7C1%7C637162767721557584&sdata=wB%2FIAvWqxW1LT8t2CWNHy41M8rlg%2BHVbqK2TM0SIR0I%3D&reserved=0>
>


-- 
http://stephenfrancoeur.com
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.eril-l.org/pipermail/eril-l-eril-l.org/attachments/20200203/d135370d/attachment.html>