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PsycTESTS
1899 - Present. Unlimited.

Professionally indexed, the PsycTESTS® database is an extensive collection of items associated with psychological measures, scales, surveys, and other instruments essential to the research needs of professionals, students, and educators across the behavioral and social sciences.
Focused on a collection of instrumentation tools developed for research but not made commercially available, PsycTESTS helps researchers easily find scales and measures for their own use. PsycTESTS is an indispensable resource for researchers looking to conduct, create, or measure research in multiple fields of study.

Electronic database providing descriptive summaries, full text (when available), and relevant citations on the development and assessment of tests and measures that can be used in research and teaching. Updated monthly, PsycTESTS includes unpublished tests, tests developed by psychologists for which no source document has been located, and information about published tests available from commercial publishers.

A Research Guide to Psychology: Print and Electronic Sources by Deborah Dolan
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: 2018
Definition and deep background sources. Specialized dictionaries, encyclopedias, and handbooks. Current research. Journal Articles and Annual Reviews. Tests and Measures. Bibliographies. U.S. Government Resources. Biographical Resources. Directories and Organizations. Style Guides. Diagnostic Measures. Career Path and Educational Resources. Book Reviews.

Featured Resources

Guide to Publishing in Psychology Journals by Robert J. Sternberg (Editor)
Publication Date: 2018
Psychology by Spielman
Open textbook available for checkout or online.

Oxford Handbooks Online
Coverage varies. Unlimited.
The Oxford Handbooks contain in-depth, high-level articles by scholars at the top of their field. Each Handbook offers thorough introductions to topics and a critical survey of the current state of scholarship, creating an original conception of the field and setting the agenda for new research. Handbook articles review the key issues and cutting-edge debates, as well as providing arguments for how those debates might evolve.
UT Austin currently has access to Handbooks in the following subjects areas, with dates of coverage varying by subject:
- Economics & Finance
- Foundation Political Science Collection
- Foundation Psychology Collection
- History
- Law
- Linguistics
- Literature
- Music
- Philosophy
- Political Science
- Psychology

Research Methods in Psychology, 4th ed.
By Rajiv S. Jhangiani, I-Chant A. Chiang, Carrie Cuttler, and Dana C. Leighton. Open textbook. A comprehensive textbook for research methods classes. A peer-reviewed inter-institutional project.