The Acronym (AC) field contains the test acronyms of the test described in the record.

The Age Group (AG) field contains a standardized description of specific population age groups related to the content of the document. The results are displayed as part of the Population Group (PO) field. A record may contain multiple Age Groups:
100 Childhood (birth-12 yrs)
120 Neonatal (birth-1 mo)
140 Infancy (1-23 mo)
160 Preschool Age (2-5 yrs)
180 School Age (6-12 yrs
200 Adolescence (13-17 yrs)
300 Adulthood (18 yrs & older)
320 Young Adulthood (18-29 yrs)
340 Thirties (30-39 yrs)
360 Middle Age (40-64 yrs)
380 Aged (65 yrs & older)
390 Very Old (85 yrs & older)

Both the code and the term are searchable, e.g., 100.ag. or childhood birth 12 yrs.ag. Age Groups are also available as limits.

The Author ID (AI) contains the type of Author such as ORCID, VIVO or OpenID together with their corresponding ID number.

The Accession Number (AN) field appears in every record, and uniquely identifies the record. You can retrieve any specific record in the database with its accession number.

It contains 12 numeric characters with hyphens, structured as follows:
9999 Static prefix for all PsycTests records
NNNNN Test Record unique identifier
000 Static postscript for all PsycTests records

The Alternate Title (AT) field includes any alternate names given for the test.

The Author (AU) field contains the names of individual persons responsible for creation of the work represented by the record.

If all authors are not included, the last name listed is followed by "et al."

The author names are entered into the index as they appeared in the original document, in the format of last name followed by first and middle names or up to two initials. Thus, a person named "James C. Smith" may appear as "Smith James C," "Smith J Charles," "Smith, JC" or "Smith J". Enter the last name, or if it is a common name, enter the last name, a space, and the first initial.

Patronymic suffixes, such as Jr., Sr., III, and so on, are included for display, but are not indexed, as are non-author roles, which include:

Anon: Anonymous

Col: Collaborator

Dir: Director

Ed: Editor

Comp: Compiler

Illus: Illustrator

Photo: Photographer

Pres: Presenter

Prod: Producer

Revwr: Reviewer

Trans: Translator

If no role is present, the role may be assumed to be "author".

Data in the author field may also comprise one or more of the following special cases:

et al: subsequent authors were not captured, although they exist

No authorship indicated: the document lists no author

Numerous contributors: the record represents a cluster of chapters, the authors of which are identified in the Abstract field.

The Institutional Author (CA) field contains the corporation or institution of the authors or editors as well as the department, sub-departments and location.

Enter the most significant words from a corporate author name to search this field.

The Source Citation Date (CB) field contains at least the publication year of the source document. The Source Citation Date displays in the Source Citation (RF) field.

The Source Citation DOI (CD) field contains the Digital Object Identifier of the electronic document cited in a record. These DOIs may contain full text access. The Source Citation DOI displays in the Source Citation (RF) field.

The Source Citation Publisher (CE) field contains the publisher of the source document. The Source Citation Publisher displays in the Source Citation (RF) field.

The Source Citation Pagination (CG) field contains the page number of a source document. This field displays as part of the Source Citation (RF) field.

The Correction Date (CH) field contains the date when the Test Record was corrected or updated in APA PsycTests. It consists of 8 digits: YYYYMMDD.

The Source Citation Issue (CI) field contains the issue and/or part for a particular volume of a journal or other publication of the source document. This field displays as part of the Source Citation (RF) field.

The Source Citation Publication Type (CJ) displays in the Source Citation (RF) field.

The Source Citation Institution (CK) field contains the corporate or institutional author of the source document. The Source Citation Institution displays in the Source Citation (RF) field.

The Source Citation Volume (CL) field contains the volume number of the source document. This field displays as part of the Source Citation (RF) field.

The Commercial (CM) field indicates whether or not the test is commercially available, if known.

The Correspondence Address (CQ) field contains the contact information of the author of the test. The field will also contain the author's e-mail address when available.

The Source Citation Journal (CS) field contains the full name of the journal of the source document. The Source Citation Journal displays in the Source Citation (RF) field.

The Source Citation Author ID (CT) contains the Author ID type and the number.

The Source Citation Author (CU) field contains the author for the source document. The Source Citation Author displays in the Source Citation (RF) field.

The Source Citation Title (CV) field contains the title of the source document. The Source Citation Title displays in the Source Citation (RF) field.

The Source Citation UID (CZ) field contains a unique number that can be from APA PsycInfo®, APA PsycArticles®, APA PsycBooks®, or APA PsycExtra®.

The Supporting Documentation Link (DL) field includes a link to the landing page that provides a list of all supporting documentation uploaded for the test.

The DOI (DO) field contains the registered DOI with CrossRef for a APA PsycTests Test Record.

The Supporting Documentation (DS) field is derived from a controlled list of values such as answer sheet, instructor/test manual/guide, student/study guide, test materials, directions/instructions, check lists, class record sheets, norms/analyses, lessons with tests, sample profile report, or other(supporting documentation) that support the administration of the test.

The Factor Analysis (FA) field describes the statistical measure of variance applied to the test.

The Factors/Subscales (FC) describes any factors or subscales related to the test. It is possible to have both factors and subscales in this field.

The Fee (FE) field indicates whether there is a fee associated with the test's use.

There are three available values denoting if there is a fee: no, yes and unknown.

The Format (FM) field describes the format of the test.

Example: 5-point Likert Scale; Agree/Disagree with Survey Statements; Multiple Choice.

The Heading Word (HW) index allows you to retrieve every subject heading that includes a particular word by searching a single word in the Subject Heading (SH) field.

These terms may also be searched by using the Permuted Index in the Tools menu.

The Key Concepts (ID) field concisely summarizes a document's subject content. Indexers use the Keywords to supplement Subject Headings (SH).

For experimental literature, Keywords typically contain the independent variable, the dependent variable, and the subject population.

For non-experimental literature, Keywords consist of major concepts, time lines, populations, implications, or genre -- whatever information the indexer thinks will supplement other indexing information.

Individual words from the Keywords may be searched in this field.

The Affiliation (IN) field contains the author's name along with his/her affiliation, if indicated in the source document.

Enter the single most descriptive word in the institution name, e.g., "harvard," not "university."

Standard abbreviations, listed in the User Manual, are used in the institution field; the most critical ones include Co (Company), Coll (College), Dept (Department), Hosp(s) (Hospital(s)), Inc (Incorporated) and Lab(s) (Laboratory(ies)). Institutions which are commonly known by initials (IBM, NIMH, WHO, INSERM) may be listed in initialed form for some records and are spelled out for others.

State and Province names must be searched by both spelled-out name and postal abbreviation. Country names (except USA and USSR) are spelled out.

The Instrument Type (IT) describes the primary type of assessment tool used in the source document and represented by the Test Name in the Test Master Record.

The Language Present (LG) field indicates the language(s) of the test present in the source document.

The Test Type (LP) field describes its relation to other tests in the database. It has four controlled choices: Original, Revision, Translation, and Subtest. One test may have multiple test types.

The Language Available (LZ) field contains the language(s) in which the test is available.

The E-Mail Address (MA) field contains the email addresses of the persons responsible for the work represented by the record.

The Methodology (ML) describes the methodological concepts associated with the research in the test development process or usage of the test in the source citation. It includes both a four-digit code and an associated description that are applied from an index.

Methodology four-digit code and description includes :

The Number of Test Items (NI) field describes the number of items in a test.

The Population Details (OP) field includes descriptive details about the population characteristics, such as information about the study samples race and ethnicity, location, patient status, educational level, etc. This information supplements the data in the Population Group field.

The Other Version Type (OY) is a field linking tests that are translations, versions, short forms and long forms. It has Test Name and Test Type which has three controlled choices: Original, Revision, and Translation. The Other Version Type (OY) also have Unique ID associated with a test master record.

The APA PsycTests Classification Code (PC) field describes what general area of psychology the test is designed to assess. It includes 4-digits numbers and an associated description such as "Addiction, Gambling, and Substance Abuse/Use" or "Legal and Forensic Evaluation”.
The numerical Classifications are stored in the index. To view and select from the hierarchical list of codes, use the option "Search Tools" then choose the “Classification Codes” tool type.

The Permissions (PM) field indicates the level of permissions for use of the test, how the test may be used and, if applicable, whether or not the publisher or author needs to be contacted before the test can be used.

The Population Group (PO) field contains terms describing the subject population of the document.

Population Group codes and terms include:
10 Human
20 Animal
30 Male
40 Female
50 Inpatient
60 Outpatient
70 Transgende

Both the code and the term are searchable. Population Groups are also available as limits.

The Purpose (PR) field describes the purpose of the test, or what the test is intended to measure.

The Publisher (PU) field contains the name of the publisher of a commercially available test.

If you want to retrieve every APA PsycTests Classification Code (PC) that includes a particular word or words, search for the desired word(s) in the APA PsycTests Classification Word (PW) field.

The Construct (RC) field describes what the test is intended to measure.

The Source Citation (RF) contains the complete citation for each Test Child Record—Test Development, Test Review, and Test Use—associated with the Test Master Record. A Test Primary Data record will never have a Source Citation. The citation data can be from APA PsycInfo®, APA PsycArticles®, APA PsycBooks®, or APA PsycExtra®.

A Test Child Record will have only one Source Citation; however, not every Test Child Record will have a Source Citation. A Test Master Record may have multiple Source Citations associated with it. In the case of Test Primary Data records, no Source Citation will be provided. There may be different styles of Source Citations (e.g., reports, monographs, etc.), particularly if source data are imported from APA PsycExtra®.

The Reliability (RL) field captures reliability data, when present. Reliability is the consistency, dependability and reproducibility of tests.

The Subject Headings (SH) field contains the Subject Headings (also known as "descriptors" or "index terms") used by indexers at the American Psychological Association (APA) to describe the content of a document.

The Subject Headings are taken from APA's Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms. You can look up any of these terms by using the option "Tools/Thesaurus."

Subject Headings are entered into the index as phrases and should be searched exactly as they appear in the Thesaurus.

Subject headings which describe the major point (focus) of a document will be preceded with an asterisk (*).

The Test Description (TD) field provides a descriptive summary of the test being profiled in the Test Master Record.

The Test Review (TG) field allows information about test reviews related to the Test Record to be displayed.

The Test Name (TI) field contains the name of the test described in the Test Master Record, or “Created by APA PsycInfo®” if a test name is not provided.

Test Location (TL) describes the location of the test or test items within the source document. The element contains a Source Citation UID, Descriptors (Appendix, Figure, Supplemental, Material, Table, Text), Pagination and Location when available.

The Update Code (UP) field appears in all records and contains the date the record was released into the database.

The field consists of 8 digits, in YYYYMMDD format where YYYY is the release year, MM is the release month, and DD is the release day.

The URL (UR) field contains the URL (Uniform Resource Locator), where an online version of the document, a full-text version of the document, or additional information can be found.

The Validity (VL) field captures validity data, when present. Validity is the extent to which a test measures what it was designed to measure.

The Year of Publication (YR) field contains the year in which a document was published. The year may be searched using four digits, e.g., "1994."

Only individual years may be searched. Use the Limit to Publication Year to restrict sets to a range of years.

The Year of Publication is displayed as part of the Source Citation (RF) field.

The Data Source (ZA) field displays as part of the Source Citation (RF) field.

Source Used (ZO) field contains which source citation the bulk of metadata content for the Test Record comes from.