SPORTDiscus is a database covering the literature of "sports and sports medicine journals." (SPORTDiscus, n.d.)
Examples of the kinds of Instrument references you can expect to find here include (but are not limited to) the following:
Depression Inventories
Exercise Habit Survey(s)
Fatigue Impact Scales
Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire(s)
Frailty Scales
Incontinence Quality of Life Questionnaire(s)
Health and Work Questionnaire(s)
Health Assessment Questionnaire(s)
Pain Scales
Sleep Quality Indices
SPORTDiscus does not contain specific index fields for behavioral instruments.
However, it can be productively searched for instrument references using a nested "OR" search of its subject headings, abstracts, or all text fields.
Nested "OR" Subject field searching is the narrow angle lens, focused option for instrument searching SPORTDiscus.
It will retrieve the smallest result set of the three options but, search retrieval is generally more relevant to topic focus.
To nested "OR" Subject-search SPORTDiscus for instruments,
1) Enter your topic search terms in the first search box
2) In the next search box, enter the following search strategy:
Survey* OR Questionnaire* OR Scale* OR Inventor* OR "Interview Schedule*"
3) In the adjacent drop-down menu (to the strategy you just entered) scroll down and select (click to highlight) SU Subject Terms.
4) Click the Search button to initiate the search.
The field defaults for keyword searching SPORTDiscus consist of the following index fields:
• TI Title
• AU Author
• CA Corporate Author
• Conference
• SO Source
• PB Publisher
• AB Abstract
• KW "Keywords" - Author supplied terms describing the article" (SPORTDiscus, n.d.)
• SU Subjects
• Handicapped Codes
To nested "OR" Abstract-search SPORTDiscus for instruments,
1) Enter your topic search terms in the first search box
2) In the next search box, enter the following search strategy: "Survey* OR Questionnaire* OR Scale* OR Inventor*"
3) In the adjacent drop-down menu (to the strategy you just entered) scroll down and select (click to highlight) AB Abstract.
4) Click the Search button to initiate the search.
To nested "OR" All Text-search SPORTDiscus for instruments,
1) Enter your topic search terms in the first search box
2) In the next search box, enter the following search strategy: "Survey* OR Questionnaire* OR Scale* OR Inventor*"
3) In the adjacent drop-down menu (to the strategy you just entered) scroll down and select (click to highlight) TX All Text.
4) Click the Search button to initiate the search.