| Database Name |
Search for a Named Research Instrument |
Search for Research Instruments on a Topic |
| CINAHL Plus |
- Click on More in the top blue toolbar.
- Choose Indexes.
- Under Browse an Index:Select - click on the arrow to see the menu.
- Choose Instrumentation.
- In the Browse for: box - type name of the research instrument.
- Click Browse.
- From the results list click the box(es) of the one(s) you want.
- Click the Add button to put them in the top box.
- Click the Search button.
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- In CINAHL Headings search for a subject.
- To limit your results click the Edit link.
- Scroll down to Publication Type box, choose Questionnaire/Scale, Research Instrument, Research Instrument Utilization, Research Instrument Validation (hold the Control Key down to select all of them).
- Click the Search button.
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| Rehabilitation Reference Center |
- Click the Advanced Search link.
- In the Document Type list unclick everything except Research Instrument.
- In the Find box type the name of the research instrument.
- Click Search
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- Click the Advanced Search link.
- Click on CINAHL Headings link on the left.
- Type your subject into the box and click Browse.
- Choose one or more boxes and click Search Database.
- If there are Research Instruments on your subject a green tab with that name will appear as one of your sets of results. Click on it to access those results.
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| PubMed @ SMU |
- Click on the Advanced Search link.
- Open the drop-down menu next to All Fields and choose Title/Abstract.
- In the box opposite, type the name of the research instrument.
- Click the Show Index link.
- Choose one or more from the list (hold the Control Key down to choose more than one).
- Click Add to Search Box then click the Search button.
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- Search MeSH for your subject and get those results.
- Search MeSH separately for "scale", "test", and "questionnaire".
- Combine the searches for scale, test, and questionnaire together with OR.
- Combine your subject search with the results of the combined scale, test and questionnaire search with AND.
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| PsycINFO |
- Choose the Multi-Field Search option.
- Open the drop-down menu next to All Fields.
- Choose Tests & Measures.
- In the box opposite type the name of your research instrument.
- Click the Search button.
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- Choose the Advanced Ovid Search link.
- In the box type a subject and click the Search button.
- From the results list click the box(es) for the one(s) you want and click the Continue button.
- Click the Additional Limits button (lower left corner)
- Click the box for Tests & Measures in the first column, then click the Limit a Search button.
- If you wish to be more specific under Additional Limits, you can scroll through the Classification Codes box (codes 2220-2229) and choose the one(es) you want (holding the Control Key down if you choose more than one), then click the Limit a Search button.
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| ERIC |
- Choose the Multi-Field Search option.
- Open the drop-down menu next to the 1st All Fields and choose Title.
- Open the drop-down menu next to the 2nd All Fields and choose Abstract.
- Open the drop-down menu next to the 3rd All Fields and choose Identifiers.
- On the left side change AND to OR twice.
- In the 3 search boxes type the name of your research instrument and click the Search button.
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- Click the Advanced Ovid Search link.
- Type a subject/keyword in the box and click Search.
- Click the box(es) next to the term(s) you wish to search and click the Continue button.
- Click the Additional Limits button.
- In the Publication Types box choose Tests/Questionnaires and click the Limit a Search button.
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| ProQuest Dissertations & Theses |
- In the box opposite Citation and Abstract type the name of your research instrument.
- Click Search
- If you only want to find citations that refer to your research instrument in the title, then change Citation and Abstract to Title and click Search.
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- Click the More Search Options link.
- Search for a keyword or subject using the Lookup Subjects or Lookup Keywords links.
- If your subject/keyword isn't there, type it into the box opposite Citation and Abstract.
- In the box opposite Lookup Keywords type Research instrument OR Questionnaire.
- Click Search.
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