Research Collection Borrowing

The Research Collection is comprised of equipment funded by the School of Psychology and from the clinic income and has been set aside for the purpose of research. Borrowing is limited to School of Psychology academic staff, Honours and Postgraduate students. Undergraduate Psychology students are permitted to view equipment in the Research Collection. The loan period for the Research Collection is up to two (2) weeks, renewable in person and dependent upon other requests for the materials. Please note that the Research Collection only supports occasional and short-term loans. If you require long-term access to tests, you may wish to consider purchasing the test yourself. The Test Librarian can help with information on the ordering and costing of tests.

The Test Library cannot provide funding for copyrighted consumable materials for research purposes. That is, any copyrighted forms that may be included with material borrowed from the Research Collection MUST be returned to the library un-used - they are provided as examples only. Some tests are 'public domain' - test materials/forms can be copied freely, requiring only a reference to a manual or journal article. The use of other tests is copyrighted, such that you cannot reproduce (eg. photocopy) consumable materials such as test forms - they MUST be purchased. If you decide you want to use a test with copyrighted forms, talk to your supervisor about possible sources of funding. If you wish to use copyrighted forms in your research, the Test Librarian can provide information on the ordering and costing of forms.

The Test Library houses two notebook computers (one Mac and one PC) for use by clinic staff and students for research purposes. Requests for borrowing of these computers should be made to the Clinical Psychology Unit (Caroline Hunt ), not the Test Librarian. Borrowing allowances will be decided by the Unit and allocated on a 6 month basis.

For further information on borrowing restrictions and privileges, please view the Test Library Policy.

For further information on professional qualification levels in psychological testing, please view the Australian Council for Educational Research's Test Purchaser Qualifications.