Carrie Fry
Finding a Research Instrument
Finding a validated instrument on your potential topic is an important step for your Scholarly Project. Some instruments are published and only available for purchase. Others may be used for educational purposes at no charge (although you should still get permission from the author of the instrument to use it for your research). Below are some starting points for finding instruments that are available either as a stand alone option (APA PsycTests) or appended to a journal article in CINAHL, MEDLINE or APA PsycInfo.
- Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI) This link opens in a new window
Contains descriptions of instruments of use in assessing health and behavior. Includes questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, coding schemes, rating scales and tests. Please click on the 'Logoff' icon when finished.
- PsycTESTS This link opens in a new windowPsycTESTS is a research database that provides access to over 7000 psychological tests, measures, scales, surveys, and other assessments as well as descriptive information about the test and its development and administration.
- Health Literacy Tool ShedOnline database of instruments to measure individuals' health literacy. Instruments are identified from the peer-reviewed literature