APA PsycTests 2017

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 2017

Agreement end date: 31 July 2020

VAT

From 1 May 2020 different rates of VAT apply to some eresources:

• Standard rate applies to PsycTests
• Standard rate applies to Service Provision from all providers

Licence type

Site licence with Eduserv APA Licence Terms and Conditions

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 Provider: APA, EBSCO, Ovid Technologies, ProQuest 

Product Description

International in scope, PsycTESTS® is a repository for full text of psychological tests and measures, as well as a rich source of structured information about the tests. A wide variety of test types are included in the database, including achievement and aptitude tests, intelligence tests, tests of cognitive functioning, occupational tests, personality tests, and so on. In-depth indexing of the tests and related information allows your users to quickly identify the availability of tests in a certain area and to find helpful information for their research and studies.

Descriptive summaries of the test and its development and administration, mostly drawn from articles in peer-reviewed journals or books, with downloadable tests.

The Master Test Profile summarizes the test and provides purpose and construct; records for development, review, or use provide additional details.

Some tests have multiple records. There may be a development and a review article for a single test, for example.

• Test Development: 42,287
• Test Review: 1,799
• Test Use: 1,558
• Test Primary Data (commercial and Archives): 1,170

A diverse array of subject areas and types of tests. Examples:

• Developmental Measures
• Scales for Beliefs, Relationships, or Expectancies
• Aggression, Coping, or Functional Status Questionnaires
• Racial and Ethnic Identity Scales
• Resilience, Anger Response, or Substance Abuse Inventories
• Physical Health Related Assessments
• Personality Assessments
• Educational Measures
• Neuropsychological Assessments
• Aptitude and Achievement Measures
• Competency Measures
• Occupational Measures
• Intelligence Tests
• Military Tests

Access and Identity Management Solution

^*APA is prepared to move to 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:

• APA PsycNET - twice weekly
• EBSCOHost - daily
• OVID - Data is loaded on to the Ovid servers according to the frequency of its supply by the APA
• ProQuest - Data updates are performed upon receipt of metadata from APA.
  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:technicalhelp@apa.org
• web: Access Help and Technical Support 
• phone: +800-374-2721 or + 202-336-5596
• 6:30 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. EST or EDT

EBSCO

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.

EBSCO

• 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

EBSCO 

• 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.