The University has a one month trial to PsycTESTS which is a database that allows you to search directly for psychological tests.
Rather than going through databases searching for articles, THEN looking into
the abstract or article to establish the methodology used, and THEN looking for
the test itself and whether you can access it!!
It has quite a lot of the tests within the database for you to download and so
will hopefully bolster the tests already available to you: through the exisiting
library of tests in the Psychology
department.
THE TRIAL IS ONLY
FOR ONE MONTH – FINISHING END OF MARCH!
This database is particularly useful for you if you are doing
a dissertation and looking for tests to use and also for those of you doing
research methods work.
BUT for us to try
and purchase the database for longer we need you to play around and use it as
much as possible during the trial. So PLEASE
utilise this during March.
HOW TO ACCESS:
As it’s not a permanent resource it doesn’t have it’s own
link under databases in MyUnihub yet so:
Log into MyUnihub > My study
> scroll down to 'My Library' > click on ‘P’ > Click ‘PsycInfo’ > once
on the OVID screen you can then select ‘PsycTESTS’
from the list INSTEAD of ‘PsycInfo’.
Search as normal, basic or advanced, and when you get results
click on Ovid Database PDFs
on the right hand
side of the record to download the full test. If you want to search only for
tests which are available to you in the database please limit your search by
ticking PsycTESTS PDF below the
search box.
Please
note DO NOT try and search PsycTESTS and PsycINFO at the same time – this is
counterproductive!
If at any point you need help or
support please email or phone the Psychology Librarian Viv:
Vivienne Eades
Phone: 0208 411 3643
Email: v.eades@mdx.ac.uk
Website: Psychology
library guide
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