Benefits

• Shared savings of almost £2 million 
• Year on year increase below inflation 
• One or three year commitment
  

Eligible Institutions

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

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

Background Information

Newly launched product is being offered at substantional discounts from direct subscriptions.

Supplier Details

Owner: American Psychological Association (APA) 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242
Service Providers: APA, EBSCO and OVID

Product Description

PsycTESTS, updated monthly, offers summaries of scholarly, published accounts of test development or assessment plus downloadable copies of instruments when available to APA (more than 80% of records include actual instruments) from 1918 – present day. By the end of 2011 it will hold approximately 5000 records.

The content includes a diverse array of subject areas and types of tests. The following are just some examples of the types of measures, scales, inventories, questionnaires, and tests included:

• Aptitude and achievement measures
• Neuropsychological assessment 
• Educational measures
• Intelligence tests
• Developmental measures
• Competency measures
• Scales for beliefs, relationships, or expectancies
• Personality assessment
• Aggression, coping, or functional status questionnaires
• Occupational measures
• Racial/Ethnic identity scales
• Resilience, anger response, or substance abuse inventories
• Military testing
• Tests from the Archives of the History of American Psychology (AHAP)
  

Access and Identity Management Solution

Key: Available, Not available

Technical Function Specification

Key: Available, Not available, £ additional cost, N/A – Not applicable

Updates

New content is added monthly.

Alterations/Additions

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

Pricing

PsycTESTS
Pricing details are restricted to bone fide users in academic institutions in the UK and Ireland - if you are having trouble accessing the pricing information then please contact Eduserv Help.

Pricing comprises two elements, the Data Fee and the Service Provision Fee. Prices exclude VAT.

There are different fees for HE and FE;

1. The Data Fee
The data fee is given in US Dollars. Institutions will be invoiced by Eduserv in either pounds (£ UK) with the amount converted at the time when the invoice is raised or by arrangement in US $. Prices exclude VAT.

If you are adding PsycTESTS to your current PsycINFO subscription then you will receive a further 15% discount on PsycTESTS and/or PsycTHERAPY in the first year of the subscription.

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Higher Education Institutions

Further Education Institutions

You can also download a spreadsheet showing the prices for all APA PsycPRODUCTS (XLSX, 29 Kb)  .

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Payment Terms

On receipt of a completed Licence, Sites will be invoiced for the Agreement year in which the Licence is signed.

Unless written notice of cancellation of a single year licence is received by Eduserv BEFORE 1 May annually the licence will be deemed to have rolled into the following licence year and sites will be charged for that subsequent year. Sites will be invoiced three months in advance of the anniversary date of the Agreement (invoice date: 1 May 2012 and 2013).

All payments must be made to the Eduserv within 30 calendar days of the date of invoice.

You are advised that because of the requirement for Eduserv to collect monies due before the anniversary date two charges may fall initially into one academic accounting year.

There is monthly pro-rata charging for Sites which become licensed part-way through a year and sites have the option to take out a multi-year licence as long as two full years of the agreement remain.

All prices exclude VAT.

Eduserv's invoices must be paid within 30 calendar days of the date of the invoice.

Agreement Period

Start date: 01 Aug 2011 End date: 31 July 2014 

Institution Commitment Period

This Agreement is of 2 years 10 months duration. Institutions may join the agreement at any time during the agreement period. They may take a single year licence (expiry at 31 July 2012, 2013 or 2014) or licence up to three years (this option expires after 1 August 2012) 

How to Order

Renewing and New subscribers: One copy of the  Commitment Form (PDF, 630 Kb)   is required. Please note that you can use one Commitment Form to order all APA products. 

New subscribers: Complete two original copies of the APA Licence Form (PDF, 1.1 Mb)  . You should complete page 1 of the Licence Form and initial all subsequent pages on both copies as a sign that you have read and accept the terms and conditions and return all pages of the licence to Eduserv. 

When completed the forms should be returned to:

1. As a PDF by email: finance@eduserv.org.uk
   
2. By Fax: 01225 474301
   
3. By post to:
   
   Eduserv
   Royal Mead
   Railway Place
   Bath
   BA1 1SR

along with an Institution Purchase Order for the full amount due plus VAT, made out to ‘Eduserv’.

Please note that this Overview is designed to provide a general summary of the Agreement. Before committing to buy a Licence, potential subscribers must always read the licence terms, paying particular attention to any special licence conditions.

Licence Type

Site licence with APA Licence Terms and Conditions - see  licence (PDF, 1.1 Mb)   for details. 

What institutions and library services are allowed to do?

Note: APA adhere to the Fair Use Policy as stated in the APA licence (PDF, 617 Kb)  . If a client wishes to use additional APA content for any other purpose they will need to contact the APA's Permission's office.

Who can use the resource?

What can authorised users do?

The resources can be used for Educational Purposes – see Licence Term 1.1(b):

• education
• teaching
• distance learning
• private study
• academic research
• administration and management of the Licensee’s educational or research operations

Exclusions

• See Licence Term 4 for exclusions and restrictions
• The resources may not be used for anything other than Educational Purposes 
• Downloading of large amounts of material by authorised users that might be considered ‘systematic’.
  

Termination Clauses

Material downloaded under the agreement before its expiry may continue to be used under the same licence conditions as pertain while the agreement exists.

Once the agreement has terminated then no further access to the service will be possible unless the Agreement is renewed or extended. If the Agreement is renewed or extended then the new conditions will apply. If the Chest Agreement is not renewed then continued licensing will be a matter between licensee and APA.

In the event that the Licensee does not renew the license, the Licensee may obtain access to the content published during the time they paid for annual site licenses as described in the  APA Archiving and Access Policy For Electronic Databases (PDF, 11 Kb)   document.

Personal Licences

Personal licences are not available.

Trials

30 day free trials are available. To arrange a trial please contact help@eduserv.org.uk. 

Login Information

APA PsycNET - http://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/psycnet/index.aspx  

OvidSP - http://ovidsp.ovid.com/autologin.cgi

Technical Support

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

APA

• email: technicalhelp@apa.org
• phone: 800-374-2721 or 202-336-5596

OVID 

• email: support@ovid.com 
• phone: 020 7981 0660
  

Product Documentation

Licensed Materials may include, but are not limited to, user guides, quick-start guides, handbooks, manuals and publicity materials. Such Licensed Materials available to Licensed Institutions will vary depending on the Service Provider selected.

Copying of hardcopy and electronic documentation is permitted.

Training and Training Materials

APA offer a series of Quick Reference and Application Guides.