[Eril-l] Renaming of PsycINFO on EBSCOhost platform

[Beth Jacoby]

I wonder if it's EBSCO getting ready for a big marketing push for their own
psychology database that includes many publishers except APA:

https://www.ebsco.com/products/research-databases/psychology-behavioral-sciences-collection


Beth Jacoby
Content Development Librarian
Schmidt Library
Library & Technology Services
York College of Pennsylvania
441 Country Club Rd.
York, PA  17403-3651



On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 8:50 AM Stephen Francoeur <
stephen.francoeur at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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>> *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
>>
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