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Database Tutorials

This LibGuide contains step by step instructions for majority of research databases available in the Wolfgram collection.

About PsycTESTS Database

PsycTESTS serves as a repository for the full text (when available) of psychological tests and measures as well as a source of structured information about tests of relevance to the following subjects:

  • Business
  • Education
  • Neuroscience
  • Health & Medicine
  • History
  • Law
  • Management
  • Politics & Government
  • Psychology
  • Psychiatry
  • Science
  • Social Sciences & Humanities

PsycTESTS covers the years 1910 to the present. Each record includes data on the scope of the test, test implementation, a high-level overview of the test’s development, and reliability and validity data (when available).

NOTE: Additional information on commercially available tests including population, cost, reliability, validity, etc. can be found in the Mental Measurements Yearbook Database.

Wolfgram Memorial Library Homepage ► A to Z Database List ► PsycTESTS

Advanced Search

Follow these steps to search the database:

  1. Enter your search terms / keywords. (To search for a phrase, put the words into quotation marks).
  2. Limit your search results using a variety of tools such as:
    • Select Full Text to filter out articles you would need to request using InterLibrary Loan. 
    • Select Peer Reviewed.
    • Filter the Release/Update Date and/or Test Year.
    • Select or fill our any of the following filters: These include the following: Test Type, Methodology, Administration Method, Age Groups, Commercially Available, Fee, Gender, Instrument Type, Language, Permissions, Population Group, Supporting Documentation, and APA PsycTests Classification. 
  3. And finally, click Search for your results.

PsycTESTS advanced search page

The Results List

From the results page you can:

  1. Use the All Filters section to drill down further into the search results. 
    • Limit your current search results by selecting Full Text, or Peer Reviewed. You can also choose the Release/Update date to further narrow your results. 
    • Use the additional facets to filter search results by Subject, Publisher, Publication, Language, and Age. 
  2. Select the Access options drop down to learn how to access the article. You may see:
    • ILLiad Access Wolfgram
    • Access now
    • PDF
    • Online full text

PsycTESTS search results page

 

The Detailed Record

The detailed record includes the following:
  1. Direct link to the PDF viewer where the article can be downloaded. 
  2. Bibliographic information, including clickable links to the author(s) name(s) which can be used to find other work by the author(s). Also included is the clickable title of the journal the article was published in, as well as the volume, issue, and page numbers. Below you will also find the abstract and other important information.
  3. Hyperlinked Keywords. These can be used to find other searchable keyterms.
  4. It also includes the following: Other Versions, Purpose, Instrument Type, Format, Construct, Classification, Reliability, Validity, Factor Analysis, Methodology, Age Groups, and more.
  5. The DOI (Digital Object Identifier) will be displayed if available. Use this in your citation to always link to the correct article. 
  6. Some additional tools you have access to are:
    • Save the article
    • Cite: You can choose the citation style you need. NOTE: Always review them for accuracy
    • Share using the provided URL or email it to yourself.
    • Download

PsycTESTS record page