Wednesday, January 24, 2018

New: PsycTESTS Database

PsycTESTS, produced by the American Psychological Association, accesses an extensive collection of psychological measures, scales, surveys, and other instruments helpful across the behavioral and social sciences. 


Hewes Library is pleased to add this to our PsycINFO and PsycARTICLES suite via the EBSCO platform


PsycTESTS at a Glance
  • Updated monthly 
  • Available research instruments are easily downloaded as PDFs or as multi-media files depending on the format 
  • Approximately half of the instruments are available for download, and extensive indexing, description and source information is available for all records
  • International in scope, select measurements are available in more than 40 languages 
  • Each test instrument includes a master test record accompanied by at least one additional record highlighting development, reliability and validity, or use 
  • Coverage spans more than 100 years, with a strong emphasis on current research instruments 
  • Records are indexed by experts at the American Psychological Association, the world’s largest association for psychologists
  • Tests cited in PsycINFO are linked, via DOI, to PsycTESTS when available (see example below)
tests field in PsycInfo

(information provided by EBSCO and APA)



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