Exploring PsycTESTS®

Marta Soto

May 2017

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Intro

http://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/psyctests

• PsycTESTS is a research database that provides information on

tests that originated in the scholarly literature.

• Resource for students learning how to construct measures

• An ideal starting point for researchers initiating new research

projects & developing their own instruments

What is PsycTESTS®?

• Tests from articles, book chapters, dissertations, technical reports.

Some author submissions, others were “lost”

• PsycTESTS now includes 45,000 records; full or partial version

available for just over 50%

• 1896 to present. 77% are from 2000 and later

• Updated monthly

What’s In PsycTESTS®?

• Professionally indexed, detailed records

• Most tools are not commercially available; they can be used

for non-commercial research, which includes general clinical

use

• Helps researchers avoid "reinventing the wheel" & students

find tests for assignments

• Multiple measures, research instruments, and test types in a

variety of subject areas

Why Use PsycTESTS®?

• Descriptive summaries of the test and its development and

administration

• Citations and links to articles that discuss the development of

the test and how it can be used

• Full text and multimedia. (77% of test records contain the

actual test or test items.)

• Supporting Documentation

The PsycTESTS® Record

Master & Child Records

Types of PsycTESTS® Records• Test Master Record provides basic information & links to other

records:

- Development Record from an article or chapter describing the

development of the instrument

- Use Record from a document that describes a new use of the test

- Review Record from an article or chapter evaluating the use of the

instrument

• Primary Data Record is provided for commercial tests or historic tests

with no source document

PsycTESTS® Fields

affiliationage group

classification code*

correction datecorrespondance addressdoi

index terms

keywordsLanguage

population

publication datepublisher

release date

reported in/source

summary/abstract

UID

http://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/trainin

g/psyctests-class-codes.pdf

PsycTESTS® Fieldsaccommodationsacronymadministration methodadministration timeaffiliationage groupalternate nameclassification code*commercialconstructcorrection datecorrespondance addressdoifactor analysis

feeformatindex termsinstrument typekeywordsLanguagenamenumber of itemsother versionspermissionspopulationpopulation detailspublication datepublisher

purposerelease datereliabilityreported in/sourcesettingsummary/abstractsupporting documentationsupporting documentation link

test locationtest record type UIDvalidityweb site

http://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/psyctests/field-guide.aspx

Live Search Demo

Training Materials & Support InfoWebinars, handouts, database documentation, and more

• Getting Started with PsycTESTS® handouts:APA PsycNET: http://bit.ly/GSG-PsycTESTSPsycNETEBSCOhost: http://bit.ly/GSG-PsycTESTSEBSCOProQuest: http://bit.ly/GSG-PsycTESTSProQuestOvid: http://bit.ly/GSG-PsycTESTSOvid

• Field Guide: http://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/psyctests/field-guide.aspx

• Classification Codes: http://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/training/psyctests-class-codes.pdf

• APA homepage: http://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/psyctests

Training Materials & Support Info

• Webinar Schedule: http://bit.ly/APAwebinars

• Video Tutorials: http://www.youtube.com/psycinfo

• Librarian’s Resource Center: http://www.apa.org/librarians

• Travel Awards: http://bit.ly/APALibTravel

• APA Databases & Electronic Resources Blog: http://blog.apapubs.org/

• PsycINFO® Listserv (announcements): http://bit.ly/PsycINFOListServ

• Training Materials: http://bit.ly/APAtraining

Training Materials & Support Info

Marta Soto, MSLIS – msoto@apa.org

Questions?

APA Databases & Electronic Resources Customer Relations

800-374-2722 | psycinfo@apa.org

750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002

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Exploring PsycTESTS®