APA Resources for 20,000-24,999 FTE

For institutions with 20,000-24,999 Student FTE

Benefits

• Shared savings in excess of £4 million

• Option to switch provider annually 

• One or 3 year commitment

Important Dates

Agreement start date: 1 August 2020

Agreement end date: 31 July 2023

Invoice Date: In years subsequent to the initial invoice Institutions will be invoiced three months in advance of the anniversary date of the Agreement, on 1 May 2021 and 2022.

Single year commitments will renew automatically unless cancellation notice has been given before 1 May 2021 or 2022.

VAT

From 1 May 2020 different rates of VAT apply to APA resources:

• Zero rate applies to PsycArticles, PsycBooks, PsycExtra, and PsycInfo
• Standard rate applies to PsycTherapy, PsycTests, and Service Provision from all providers

Licence Type

Site Licence

Commitment Period

This Agreement is of 3 years duration. Institutions may join the agreement at any time during the agreement period. They will then be committed to the end of the Agreement Period unless they have taken a single year commitment AND provided appropriate cancellation notice.

Eligible Institutions

Universities, colleges and other learning, educational and research bodies in the UK and Republic of Ireland.

Other organisations aligned with Jisc’s charitable objectives of supporting education, research bodies and the public sector may ask to participate in the Agreement. Chest will liaise with the Supplier about any such requests.

Background Information

Continuation of the previous popular agreement for these essential resources.

Supplier Details

Owner: American Psychological Association (APA) 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242

Service Providers:

APA PsycNET, EBSCO, Ovid Technologies, ProQuest for PsycArticles, PsycBooks, PsycExtra, PsycInfo and PsycTests.

APA PsycNETand EBSCO for PsycTherapy.

Comparison of Service Providers Table 

Product Description

Subscriptions to PsycInfo, PsycArticles, PsycBooks and PsycTests and PsycTherapy.

APA is a leading scientific and professional organisation whose mission is to advance the creation, communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people's lives. A range of publications and collections are available covering topics ranging from Addictions, Anxiety, Children, Depression, Ethics, Race, Sexuality, Stress, Therapy, Workplace Issues and more.

PsycArticles contains the full text of some of the most highly cited publications in psychology, including all APA journals, the Canadian Psychological Association, and the Hogrefe Publishing Group. With current coverage of 110 journals and historical content, in some cases dating back to 1894, the collection provides access to a wide range of research in the field.

PsycBooks offers access to the current library of APA published scholarly books, including all the reference titles in the APA Handbooks in Psychology® Series. Along with the expansive backfile that includes classic works dating back to the 17th century it provides an important research tool for the behavioural sciences.

PsycExtra provides hard-to-find content from authoritative sources, beyond traditional peer-reviewed research materials; conference proceedings, newsletters, reports, patient-oriented factsheets and brochures, magazines, monographs, standards and guidelines, and more. PsycExtra complements PsycInfo and there is no overlap of records.

PsycInfo is a world-class resource for abstracts and citations of behavioural and social science research. Focused on the interdisciplinary aspects of the behavioural and social science research and literature, PsycInfo is a perfect resource for locating scholarly research findings in psychology and related fields across a host of academic disciplines, from the historical to the cutting edge.

PsycTests is an extensive collection of psychological measures, scales, surveys, and other instruments essential to the research needs of professionals, students, and educators across the behavioural and social sciences. It provides an essential resource for researchers looking to conduct, create, or measure research in multiple fields of study.

PsycTherapy provides academics, researchers and students the opportunity to observe candid psychotherapy videos. This proven counselling training method is an invaluable tool to remain abreast of the latest psychotherapy techniques. Therapists cover more than 100 approaches, such as integrated behavioural health care, cognitive behaviour therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy.

Access and Identity Management Solution

^*APA is prepared to implement the Shibboleth as soon as there is a sufficient number of institutions in the Shibboleth Foundation to support testing.

Technical Function Specification

Please refer to  the technical responses provided by the Service Providers in the Comparison Table.

Updates

Frequency of data upload:

* There might be up to a 1-2 day lag period from receipt of the data to when the data appears on ProQuest platform, but usually content is updated as it comes in from the provider.

Alterations/Additions

All additions and new functionality will be incorporated at no additional charge.

Trials

30 day free trials are available. To arrange a trial please contact Chest Help. 

Login information

This will be provided by your chosen service provider.  

Technical Support

Support will be provided via a single contact or his/her deputy at each Institution. Contact details:

APA

• email for technical help and usage stats: psycinfo@apa.org
• web: Access Help and Technical Support 
• FAQs
• Help Request Form
•  APA Support Hours:
  • Monday – Friday: 6:30am – 11pm EST
  • Saturday & Sunday: 1pm – 11pm EST

EBSCOHost

First-line support is available in the UK for subscribing institutions.

• Peru Patel – Sales Support Manager
  ppatel@ebsco.com
  0208 447 4171
• UK office support is available between 9am-5pm Mon-Fri. 
• Outside of these hours, EBSCO technical support is made available 24/7 and can be reached via their Support Site http://support.ebscohost.com

OVID

Help desk telephone and e-mail support is available to Administrators

• support@ovid.com
• phone: 020 7981 0660
• Telephone and E-mail help is available on a 24-hour basis.

ProQuest

• Web Support Centre: http://support.proquest.com/ - click on Contact Us to use the web contact form or Live Chat
• Phone: +1 800 889 3358
• e-mail: tsupport@proquest.com
• 8:00am to 4:00am ET Sunday – Thursday
• 8:00am to midnight ET Friday – Saturday
• 365 days a year

Product Documentation

The Service Providers supply a variety of materials to support institutions so that they can maximise usage.

APA

• Search guides, topic guides, quick reference guides, database documentation, scheduled webinars, individually arranged webinars, training videos, training at conferences. See
  http://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/training/index.aspx
• Print quick reference guides are also available free of charge in quantity for distribution to users by contacting psycinfo@apa.org
• These materials can also be linked to the learning management system or organization web site without seeking APA’s permission.

EBSCOHost

• A variety of materials including posters, flyers and screen savers – Ebsco requires engagement with each requesting customer in order to determine specific requirements.
• All training material and user guides can be viewed on our Support Site: http://support.ebsco.com/training/

OVID

• User guides and Quick Reference Cards are available for downloading, as are step-by-step PowerPoint presentations which show how to use Ovid features and functionality to enhance the user’s searching experience.
• Further details here:
  http://www.ovid.com/site/help/training.jsp

ProQuest 

• Quick Start guides on the ProQuest Platform can be found here: http://proquest.libguides.com/newproquest
• APA databases :
  http://proquest.libguides.com/socialsciences

Training and Training Materials

APA

• Search guides, quick reference guides, topic guides, database documentation, scheduled webinars, individual webinars, training videos, training at conferences. We will also provide webinars for faculty and students, researchers, clinical or other staff that use the databases. See
  http://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/training/index.aspx
• Print quick reference guides are also available in quantity for distribution to users by contacting psycinfo@apa.org

EBSCOHost

• Onsite training specialists will be made available to subscribing organisations. In addition, Ebsco  provides remote Webex training sessions run throughout the academic calendar.

OVID

• User guides and Quick Reference Cards are available for downloading, as are step-by-step PowerPoint presentations which show how to use Ovid features and functionality to enhance the user’s searching experience. Further details here: http://www.ovid.com/site/help/training.jsp

ProQuest

• Training and consulting is offered in-person and on-site, remotely using webinars.
• ProQuest all offer all manner of publically available recorded webinars and video.
• Online via Web Conferencing (Webex)

Product Documentation

Comprehensive help files are included in the online service.

Copying of hardcopy and electronic documentation is permitted.

Training and Training Materials

Making copies of training materials for teaching purposes is permitted.