The Abstracts (AB) field contains the German and the English abstracts.

All Fields (AF) is an alias for all of the fields which occur in the source documents, including value-added fields such as Subject Headings (SH).

The Age Group (AG) field indicates which age group(s) are included in records with human populations. Possible age groups and corresponding age ranges are as follows. When searching using the field label, use only the name of the age group, for example adulthood.ag.

Age Group is also available as a limit.

The Author ID (AI) will help users locate publications by authors with variant name spellings and will group that author’s publications.

The Abstract Language (AL) field contains the language(s) of the abstract(s). The abstract languages available are German and English.

The Accession Number (AN) is a 7-digit unique identifier assigned to each record in the database.

The Author (AU) field contains the names of individual persons responsible for creation of the work represented by the record. Authors' and collaborators’ names appear last name first. Enter the last name, or if it is a common name, enter the last name, a space, and the first initial.

If an author or collaborator has performed a specific function in the creation of a document, this function will be noted, enclosed in parentheses. The functions are displayed but are not indexed. The following functions (only available in German) are used in the PSYNDEXplus Literature and Audiovisual Media Database:

All authors are listed.

The Parent Book Title (BT) field appears in chapter records only, and contains the title of the parent book in which the chapter appears.

The parent book information, combined with the publisher and ISBN fields, enables users to obtain complete book bibliographic data from chapter records. This field displays as part of the Source (SO) field.

The Type of Book (BY) field displays the description or type of book.

The Corporate/Institutional Author (CA) field contains the corporation or institution of the authors or editors as well as the department, sub-departments and location of a corporation named as author of a publication. Enter the most significant words from a corporate author name to search this field.

This field displays as part of the Author (AU) field.

The Classification Codes (CC) field contains numeric codes and classification categories representing broad subject areas, such as "Learning and Motivation" or "Linguistics, Language and Speech". Originated from the "Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms" (Copyr. Am. Psych. Assn., 11th ed., 2007, all rights reserved; translated and adapted by permission of the American Psychological Association).

Typing in the first two digits from codes ending with 00 will retrieve all records from a major category plus all of its subcategories; for example, "32.cg" retrieves the category Psychological & Physical Disorders plus its 20 subcategories.

To view and select from the hierarchical list of codes and their scope notes, use the option "Tools/Classification Codes."

Classification Codes/Categories are also available as a limit.

The Cited Reference DOI (CD) field contains the Digital Object Identifier of the electronic document cited in a record, which may allow full-text access. The Cited Reference DOI displays in the Cited References (RF) field.

The Conference Information (CF) field contains the name, number, date and location of a conference at which contents referred to in the document were presented.

The German Classification Codes (CG) field contains numeric codes that correspond to the Classification Categories in German translation. Originated from the "Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms" (Copyr. Am. Psych. Assn., 11th ed., 2007, all rights reserved; translated and adapted by permission of the American Psychological Association).

Typing in the first two digits from codes ending with 00 will retrieve all records from a major category plus all of its subcategories; for example, "32.cg" retrieves the category Psychological & Physical Disorders plus its 20 subcategories.

To view and select from the hierarchical list of codes and their scope notes, use the option "Tools/Classification Codes."

Classification Codes/Categories are also available as a limit.

The Copyright Field (CP) indicates who owns the copyright of a publication at the time it was first published. Captures also open content license types.

The Correspondence Address (CQ) field contains the address of the corresponding author at the time of publication.

The Cited Reference Source (CS) field contains the source of the cited publication.  For Book references, title information will be found in the Cited Reference Title (CV) field. The Cited Reference Source displays in the Cited References (RF) field.

The Cited Reference Author Word (CT) field is a word index containing the names of the authors in the cited references. Authors may be Anonymous, Individual Authors, or Institutional Authors. The Cited Reference Author Word displays in the Cited References (RF) field.

The Cited Reference Author (CU) field contains the names of the author in cited references. Authors may be Anonymous, Individual Authors, or Institutional Authors. The Cited Reference Author displays in the Cited References (RF) field.

The Cited Reference Title (CV) field contains the title of the source document. This field displays in the Cited References (RF) field.

Sometimes, you may wish to retrieve every Classification Category that includes a particular word or words. This is done by searching the desired word(s) in the Classification Word (CW) field. This field contains the words of both the English and the German Classification Codes - CC and CG fields.

Classification Codes/Categories are also available as a limit.

The Country (CY) field lists the country of the first author's institution or address (at the time of publication).

The Data Set Access (DC) field contains the access points for a data set the publication is based on. There can be any number of DOIs or links for a data set.

The Non-Thesaurus Subject Headings (DE) field contains entries from the subject heading that are no longer actual terms in the Thesaurus. This field is indexed via the Subject Headings (SH).

The Date of Doctoral Thesis (DJ) field contains the date of promotion for a Doctoral Thesis. This field displays in the Source (SO) field.

The Document Location (DL) field contains the location of theses, reports, and audiovisual media. The Document Location displays within the Source (SO) field.

The Domain (DM) field indicates that a record belongs to one or more of the following categories:

Domain is also available as a limit.

The Dissertation Details (DN) field contains the additional publisher information such as UMI Order Number, OpenURL, Advisor(s), degree and institution and department for dissertation records.

The Digital Object Identifier (DO) field contains the registered DOI for electronic documents. These DOIs may allow full text access.

The Publication Date (DP) field contains combinations of day, month, and year; month and year; season and year; or only a year.

The Doctoral Supervisor (DS) field features the name(s) of the faculty advisors of doctoral candidates. Initials are always used for first names. It is not necessary to type in hyphens.

The field Document Type (DT) identifies the specific type of document, not its content.

The English Abstract (EA) field contains the English abstract. English abstract term appears in the Abstract (AB) field

English Abstract is also available as a limit.

The Evidence Phase (EP) contains the classification of empirical methods according to the extended 4-phase test model for clinical trials.
The field contains also the evidence phase codes (0 to 5).

Evidence Phases include:

Evidence Phase is also available as a limit.

The Free Descriptors (FD) field contains additional controlled vocabulary terms in English that are not covered in the Thesaurus. Free Descriptors often include theories and concepts that are unique to the psychological field of the Germany-speaking countries.

The German Free Descriptors (FG) field contains additional controlled vocabulary terms in German that are not covered in the Thesaurus. Free Descriptors often include theories and concepts that are unique to the psychological field of the German-speaking countries.

The Format Covered (FO) field contains information on the media type of a record:

Ebook
Film
Film Video
Magnetic Tape
Microfiche
Online Medium
Optical Disc
Optical Disk
Photographic Slides
Print

The Free Descriptors Word (FW) is a word index containing the values of Free Descriptors (FD) and German Free Descriptors (FG).

The German Abstract (GA) field contains the German abstract.

German Abstract is also available as a limit.

The Grant/Scholarship (GS) field identifies the sponsor name(s) and grant/contract/award number of the research covered by the record.

Sometimes you may wish to retrieve every Subject Heading that includes a particular word or words. This is done by searching the desired word(s) in the Heading Word (HW) field. This field contains the words of both the English and the German Subject Headings - SH and SG fields.

You can also view every Subject Heading which contains a particular word by using the option "Tools/Permuted Index."

The Intended Audience (IA) field indicates the intended audience for the publication, audiovisual medium, or intervention program. The categories of the intended audience are:

Intended Audience is also available as a limit.

The ISBN (IB) field contains the International Standard Book Number, a 13- or 10-digit unique identifier for monograph publications.

You may search the ISBN with or without hyphens.

The Key Concepts (ID) field (available in English only) contains a brief description of the contents of a document. For empirical and experimental studies, it includes independent variable(s), dependent variable(s), abbreviations of all tests and measures used in a study, and number and type of subjects. You can search the Key Phrase field for tests (using test abbreviations); for example, "mmpi.kp."

The Institution (IN) field contains the institutional affiliation (at the time of publication) of every author listed in the Author (AU) field.

For an effective search, enter the single most descriptive word in the institution name, e.g., "heidelberg", not "universitaet".

The Issue/Part (IP) field contains the issue or part for a particular volume of a journal. This field displays as part of the Source (SO) field.

The ISSN Print (IS) field contains the International Standard Serial Number (an 8-13 digits code) for the print journal in which an article was published. It appears as a number separated by a hyphen. To search the index, include the hyphens, e.g. 0001-4966.

The ISSN Electronic (IT) field contains the International Standard Serial Number (an 8-digit code) for the electronic journal in which an article was published. It appears as a number separated by a hyphen. To search the index, include the hyphens, e.g. 0001-4966.

The Journal Name (JN) field contains the full name of the journal in which an article was published.

Journal names are indexed as phrases. To view journal titles in the index, enter as many of the words or letters in a journal name as are needed to distinguish it from other journals: "cognitive sci" for "Cognitive Science."

To search by a journal word, use the Journal Word (JX) field.

This field displays as part of the Source (SO) field.

The Journal URL (JU) field contains the URL address of the journal home page.

The Journal Word (JX) field contains individual words from every journal name. This field is used to retrieve all journals which include a particular word, such as "psychological." The field is searchable also with the search syntax .jw.

The Language (LG) field contains the language(s) of publication of a document.

Language is also available as a limit.

The Population Location (LO) field indicates the country in which the group that is the subject of the document is located.

Population Location is also available as a limit.

The E-Mail Address (MA) field contains the e-mail address of the corresponding author.

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The Methodology (MD) field indicates the specific kind of publication or audiovisual media. Use the MD field or the corresponding Methodology Code to limit your search to records of a particular type of publication or audiovisual media such as "empirical study" "literature review" or "theoretical discussion".

The Methodology (MD) field also contains the 5-digit methodology codes. The content of the field is available in English.

Methodology terms include:

Typing the Methodology 5-digit code will retrieve all records from Methodology; for example, 10100.md retrieves the Empirical Study.

Methodology is also available as a limit.

The Number of Edition (NE) field contains edition number information of a publication. This field displays in the Source (SO) field.

The Number of Cited References (NR) field contains the number of publications cited in the bibliography.

The Notes (NT) field contains notes about a publication. This field displays in the Source (SO) field.

The Parent Book Author (PA) field appears in chapter records only. This field displays as part of the Source (SO) field.

The Parent Book Author ID (PD) uniquely identifiers authors of the parent book in which rhe record was published. The Parent Book Author ID (PD) displays in the Source (SO) field following its associated Book Author.

The Page Count (PE) field contains the total number of pages for a publication. It is a separate and a distinct field from the Pagination (PG) field. It is an optional, nonrepeating field containing a number string.

The Pagination (PG) field consists of the initial page of a document. This field displays in the Source (SO) field.

The Publication History (PH) field contains multiple dates for the publishing history of a journal article.

The Parent Book Institutional Author (PI) identifies, for chapter records, the institutional author of the book in which the chapter appears.

This field displays in the Source (SO) field.

The Journal Publisher (PJ) field contains the name of the publisher of a journal.

The Publisher Location (PL) field contains the city where the document was published. This field displays in the Source (SO) field.

The Price (PR) field contains price information for publications and other resources.

The Publication Status (PS) field is used to indicate whether an article is a first posting before being fully published.

The Publication Type (PT) field contains the following publication types (only available in English) and their corresponding numeric codes:

You can search for publication types by name (English names) or by 2-digit numeric code.

Publication Type is also available as a limit.

The Publisher Information (PU) field contains the name of the publisher of a book, book chapter or dissertation. This field displays in the Source (SO) field.

The Replication Details field indicates, whether the publication is an experimental replication study; provides the source and a link (URL or DOI) to the replicated original study.

The Cited References (RF) field contains the reference list of a document. The Cited References field may appear in journal, book, and book chapter records.

The Preregistration Details field (RG) indicates, whether the publication is a preregistered study; provides a link (URL) to the preregistration document.

The Reprint Year (RY) field contains the year in which a book or chapter was reprinted.

The German Subject Headings (SG) field contains the German translation provided by ZPID of the subject terms from the "Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms" (Copyr. Am. Psych. Assn., 11th ed., 2007, all rights reserved; translated and adapted by permission of the American Psychological Association), a list of controlled vocabulary terms used to ensure consistent indexing of records.

The German Subject Headings field contains the German terms; the Subject Headings (SH) field contains the English terms. German Subject Headings which describe the major point (focus) of a document are followed by the word (focus).

The Subject Headings (SH) field contains subject terms from the "Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms" (Copyr. Am. Psych. Assn., 11th ed., 2011, all rights reserved; translated and adapted by permission of the American Psychological Association), a list of controlled vocabulary terms used to ensure consistent indexing of records.

The Subject Headings field contains the English terms; the German Subject Headings (SG) field contains the German translation of the terms, provided by ZPID. Subject Headings which describe the major point (focus) of a document are preceded by an asterisk (*).

You can look up any of these terms by using the Thesaurus tool. Subject Headings are entered into the index as phrases and should be searched exactly as they appear in the thesaurus.

Subject Headings that are no longer actual terms in the Thesaurus will display in Non-Thesaurus Subject Headings (DE) field

The Source (SO) field includes a display of all the basic information needed to locate a citation, including the journal name or monograph publisher, the vol/issue, pagination and year of publication.

The fields which comprise the Source field are Parent Book Title (BT), Parent Book Author (PA), Parent Book Institutional Author (PI), Issue/Part (IP), Journal Name (JN), Publisher Location (PL), Number of Edition (NE), Notes (NT), Pagination (PG), Date of Doctoral Thesis (PD), Publisher Information (PU), Series Title (ST), University Name (UN), University Location (UO), Volume (VO), and Year of Publication (YR).

The Series Title (ST) field contains the title of a publication series. This field displays as part of the Source (SO) field.

The Subject (SU) field is used for simultaneous word searching in Key Concepts (ID), Subject Headings (SH), German Subject Headings (SG), Free Descriptors (FD), and German Free Descriptors (FG).

The Supplemental Material (SV) field (only available in German) indicates any items accompanying the document, such as study guide, an assessment instrument, references, and more. Use this field to limit your search to only records of documents containing a specific feature, such as "assessment instrument."

The Title (TI) field contains the complete title of the original document. All titles display in the original language (the first title displayed in the Title field); most documents are in German, with an English title translation supplied. English publications have a German title translation. If the document is neither in German nor English, English and German title translations are supplied in addition to the original titles.

The Tests and Measures (TM) field identifies the names of tests and measures mentioned in the source document. The Tests and Measures (TM) field contains both the short name and the long name of a test used in a study mentioned in the document. A 9 digit code consisting of prefix "PT"and the 7-digit Accession number of Psyndex Tests may be enclosed. In addition, the following terms may be listed: "appended" (the entire test or its items are printed in the document), "central" (the test procedure is the central content of the publication), "German version" (the German version or translation of a test procedure in a different language was used), and DOI ("Digital Object Identifier": the DOI named in the publication and/or the DOI documented in the PSYNDEX Tests database for this test). These terms can also be searched for in the TM field: for example, entering "happiness and appended" in the TM search field, finds all publications in which the complete test (or at least its items) that was used to assess "happiness" are printed. In the "full record" of the document these terms can also be found in the TM field.

The Author URL (UA) field contains the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the first author's website.

The Publisher URL (UB) field contains the URL address of the publisher's home page.

The Corporate URL (UC) field contains the URL address of the corresponding author's institution.

The URL Material (UM) field contains the web address (URL) if additional information about the document is available, for example research data or the detailed description of an intervention program.

The University Name (UN) field contains the name of the University where a document was published. This field displays as part of the Source (SO) field.

The University Location (UO) field contains the geographical location of the university where a document was published. This field displays as part of the Source (SO) field.

The Update Code (UP) field indicates the date of the entry or of the last update of a record in the PSYNDEXplus Literature and Audiovisual Media Database, in YYYYMM form.

The URL (UR) field contains the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) where an online version of the document, a full-text version of the document, or additional information is available.

The Volume (VO) field contains the volume of a serial publication. This field displays as part of the Source (SO) field.

The Year of Publication (YR) field contains the year in which a document was published. The year may be searched using four digits, such as "2004."

Only individual years may be searched. Use the Limit to Publication Year to restrict sets to a range of years.

The Year of Publication is displayed in its own field and also as part of the Source (SO) field.