Psychological Tests & Measures: A Guide to Finding them

Note: Even if the Measure is Full Text in PsycTests, that is not the equivalent to the primary article.  The Primary Article will be a peer reviewed journal article that discusses the development and validation of the measure.

STEP ONE - Find the PsycTests RECORD for the Measure - this is just the information in PsycTests on the measure, not the full text.  You need to try this even if you found the measure you wanted to use in a different way.

• Open PsycTests

• Put the Title of the measure in the search box
• Change the search type of the box to Title​
• Search

STEP TWO ~ Locating the Citation for the Primary Article

• Click on the Title of the measure in the results list
• Look at the Complete record and find the section called "Test Child Records"

​Example: If the measure's title was "Religiosity Instrument" you can see below that the primary article title is " Ethnic identity as a predictor of microaggressions toward Blacks, Whites, and Hispanic LGBTs by Blacks, Whites, and Hispanics" and that the rest of the citation information follows that.

STEP THREE ~ Finding the Article Listed in PsycInfo

• Copy the article title onto your computer's clipboard (highlight it and click CTRL-C)
• Open another Tab
• Go back to the Library's Home Page, Click on the Databases Tab, and Choose PsycInfo this time
• Paste the article title in Psyc Info and change the Search Box type to Title
• This should bring up the article citation

STEP FOUR ~ Accessing the Article in Full Text

• Check to see if the article is attached in Full Text as a PDF or LINKED FULL TEXT 
  • If Yes - then just download, print, or email it
  • If No -  
    • Click the FIND IT Button

• Does it then link to a Full text Option?
  • Yes - then follow the link and download, print or email it
  • No 
    • You will be directed to Knox Primo.  Sign in using your Knox credentials. 
    • Click on the link "
      Request Article via Tipasa interlibrary loan service
       "
    • You should be automatically signed in.  If not use your Knox credentials. 
    • Once you log in, the form will fill out with a majority of the relevant information.  Be sure to add your course information and other relevant required info.