Assessment Report | LEAP

Assessment Information
eResource Title	Vendor	Overall Grade
PsychiatryOnline	American Psychiatric Publishing	B

Images

Positioning of Images

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find?	Always	Most images are easy to find and well placed on pages in database. There is a sleek clean look.

Functional images embedded in the background

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are there functional images embedded in the background?	Never	All images remain aligned when the window of the browser is moved. Images are not misaligned when zoomed in and the browser window is resized, but the text does become misaligned.

Presence of Icons

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are there icons where appropriate, such as icons to indicate PDF Full Text, Download, Folder, Citation, etc?	Always	Yes the icons are easily accessible and visible.

Alt Text

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?	Always	There are only a few informational images. But all of them have alt text that pertains to the image.
Do functional images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?	Sometimes	Most of the images are links or adjacent to links. Some of the code for the images do not contain the alt text directly within the specific sequence (ex. <img class="img-left-favicons" src="/pb-assets/images/backgrounds/_podcast-finding-our-voice/finding-our-voice-logo-1609344798.jpg">) but has it included in the following code sequence (<img class="img-left-favicons" src="/pb-assets/images/backgrounds/_podcast-finding-our-voice/finding-our-voice-logo-1609344798.jpg">). Many images have the alt text for the adjacent link (usually found to the side or below the image).
Do images used as text contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?	Sometimes	Logo image does contain the alt text. There are some images in the carousel for academic journals that do not contain any alt text. However, they could be considered decorative images as they are placed beside a link to a featured article within the journal.

Content Scaling

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
When zoomed in at 200%, is text intact, readable, and not cut off?	Always	The text remains readable when zoomed in 200%. The font remains at 14px.
Are images clear and unpixelated at 200%?	Always	Images remain clear and unpixlated zoomed in at 200%.
Is horizontal scrolling minimized at 200%?	Never	There is no horizontal scrolling when zoomed in at 200%. However, at 200% the screen goes from two columns to one, and the content in the right column moves to the bottom of the single column on all pages. Sometimes when the content from the right column is moved to the single column zoomed in at 200% ends up having formatting issues such as on the Psychiatric News page where some of the content is left or in the middle.

Colour and Contrast

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Do text and images have a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1?	Sometimes	Using wave to evaluate the contrast ratio, most pages checked have zero errors. However, pages that have a lot of text such as those that provide the abstract of articles sometimes have two or more contrast errors. It has low contrast between the text and background.

Colour

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Do colour coded graphs have text equivalents?	Always	The only colour coded graphs found within this database is Altmetric badges, which are found at the bottom of the journal and article pages. These graphs, when hovering on the badge bring up a box that has corresponding text explaining which each colour represents. By desaturating the page, the colours are represented in darker to lighter shades of grey. However, some altemtric badges have the corresponding text on the page explaining the badge. Users have to click the badge to be taken to the page.
Are blocks of content separated from one another using visual separation (such as whitespace or borders)?	Always	All reviewed pages have visual separation cues between blocks of content. Most are separated by borders.
Are text alternatives provided where colour is used to indicate an action?	Always

Text to speech

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Is there a choice embedded within the database that offers text to speech or read aloud options?	Never	There is no embedded text to speech feature within this database.

Clustered Links

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Using your mouse, is the clickable area around links and buttons large enough for users to see and activate easily?	Always	Most of the links and buttons are large enough for users to see. The font is standard size or larger in most cases.
Using your mouse to test links, are links and buttons far enough apart for users to accurately activate?	Always	There is enough space between links and buttons for users to accurately activate.
Using any method to test links, are all links and buttons functional (i.e., not dead)?	Always	No broken links were found.
Are links or buttons accessible via keyboard navigation?	Always	Links and buttons are accessible via keyboard navigation.

Dynamic content

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Can users pause carousel movement?	Never	There are a few slider carousels that do not have a pause button. However, there is about 15 seconds between each transition.
Is all functionality, including navigating between carousel items, operable by keyboard?	Always	All links in the carousel are operable by keyboard and can be navigated.

Liquid layout

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Is the order of the text preserved at all screen resolutions, without overlap?	Always	Test the screen resolution in both chrome and firefox and text all resized to match the page with no overlapping.
Do images avoid overlapping at all screen resolutions?	Always	Images avoid overlapping when tested at different screen resolutions in both chrome and firefox browsers.
Is the overall reading experience preserved at all screen resolutions?	Always	Texts is still readable at all resolutions and resizing of the browser windows.

Labels and Instructions for Interactive Elements

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are user input fields accompanied by clear instructions on what the user needs to do to successfully complete the form?	Sometimes	There are not many input fields within the database other than the advance search form. There are no instructions that accompany the place holder text but there are labels and search tips.
Do user input fields contain labels in addition to overall instructions mentioned above?	Sometimes	There are labels in addition to placeholder text present within the input fields for the advance search form, but not for the sign in form.
Are descriptions for fields and boxes easy to understand?	Sometimes	Input place holders provide instruction or examples of what the user should do in that field in the advance search form, but not for the sign in form.
Are labels placed above the user input fields and clearly associated with each field?	Sometimes	The labels are mostly on the right side of the input field with the exception of the sign in form.
Are text cues for coloured form control labels available?	Never	There are no coloured forms.
Are other visual indicators provided consistently, such as an asterisk for required form fields?	Never	There are no other visual indicators present.

Error Prevention

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are user input fields either reversible, checked, or confirmed? One of the three is acceptable.	Always	The input fields are reversible.

Error Reports

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are alert messages clearly visible to the user, either at the top of the form field, inline, or through a dialog box?	Sometimes	For the sign in form, there alert message is in red box above the input fields. In the advance search form, a grey dialogue box appears letting the user know that 0 results are found. However, there is no error alert message. Instead the alert message states: “Your search did not return any results”.
Do alert messages clearly indicate the field in which the error has occurred and a description of the error and the fix?	Sometimes	For the sign in form, the alert message states “Your login attempt has failed. Make sure the username and password are correct.” The advance search form does not provide any alert messages only tells users they have 0 results and the search did not return any results. There is no indication for this form of an error.
Is the user able to easily access the user input field to correct the error?	Always	Users can still access the input fields easily without having to go back to the previous page.
Is the user able to resubmit the form and re-validate their submission?	Always	Yes. The user can resubmit their form.
Do error reports follow a logical reading and navigation order?	Always

Search function spell-check

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
When a user spells a word incorrectly, does the search function offer spelling suggestions or synonyms?	Never	The search function does not offer suggestions or synonyms for words. However, if you are spelling the word correctly, the search function will offer specific phrases or titles you might be looking for.

Functionality of Interactive Elements

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are icons such as to save, download, or print consistent across the site?	Always	The menu banner has a question mark icon for help and a magnifying glass for search. This appears at the top of each page. At the top of all the academic journal pages have the share, alert, and add to favourite icons at the top. When clicking on a article in any of the journals, in the right hand column appears the figures, references, cited by, and details icons. There are also consistent icons that appear for the podcast tracks play episode, subscribe to show, download, embed video, and share.
Is alternative text clear and consistent for each icon type?	Always	All icons have clear alt text that appears if you hover over the icon or descriptive words under. For example, the icons in the right column on article pages have the words under the consistent icons and incorporated into the tabs: figures, references, cited by, and details.
Are actions consistently labelled across the site? For example, the “search” button is always labeled “search”.	Always	Search but does is labelled search and the text appears when you hover over it.
Are icons that have adjacent links consistent?	Always
Can the purpose of each link be determined from the link text alone?	Always

Consistent Navigation

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Does the eresource have a consistent layout and navigation across all pages?	Always	Layout and navigation are consistent on all pages. For example, the layout for all five academic journals and podcasts is the same format for each section.
Are search fields located in the same places throughout the website?	Always	The search field appears in the menu banner at the top of every page.
Do other features occur in the same place throughout the website?	Always	The same menu banner appears at the top of every page and end of page banner that contains additional informational links, contact us link, alerts, subscription and social media icons are at the bottom of every page.
Are links, buttons, images, and other components that are used repeatedly throughout a website labeled consistently?	Always

Pop-up windows/Interruptions

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Does the electronic resource avoid the use of pop-up windows which open automatically in a new tab if a user clicks on a button?	Always
Does the database avoid launching pop-up windows automatically when the database is loaded?	Always	Have not come across any pop-up windows for this database.
Where pop-ups occur, are users able to postpone or suppress any pop-ups?	Always	The only pop-up message that has occurred are when the user is downloading articles, books, or podcast episodes asking what software to open the file with.
Does the database avoid launching pages in a new browser window with the usual browser controls missing?	Always	The only time when the database launches a new page is when clicking on view journal.

Headers

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Is page content subdivided hierarchically into appropriate headings and tagged appropriately?	Always
Are headings concise and clear, and accurately reflect the content under that heading?	Always	Headings are clear and concise.

Menus

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Do database page menus have a reasonable number of navigation items and drop-down options?	Always	The drop-down options in the menu have between 3 to 7 links. The only drop-down menus with more are for the years in the advance search page, which is reasonable for users searching for an issue from a specific year.
Does the main navigation and drop-downs contain a reasonable number of menu items?	Always	The main menu banner at most 7 options in the drop-down menu.
Can all menus and submenus be accessed with screen readers and via keyboard navigation?	Always	Screen readers pick up the menus and submenus through keyboard navigation.

Change of context

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Does the “results” page or item record view avoid opening in a new tab without a warning?	Always	The main menu banner at most 7 options in the drop-down menu.
Is there an "update now" button that requests a refresh of content rather than automatically updating the content?	Never	When filters are clicked in the narrow results column, they are applied automatically.
Does the database avoid automatic redirection?	Always

Change of Context: Focus

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Does the form refrain from submitting automatically when a component receives focus?	Always	User has to click the button in order for the form to be submitted.
Does the database avoid launching new windows when a component receives focus?	Always
Does the database avoid change of focus when a component receives focus?	Always
Are you able to tab through a page using keyboard navigation without the keyboard focus moving away from the control?	Always

Navigation Links

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Can the purpose of each link can be determined from the link text, or from the link text together with its surrounding context?	Always	The purpose is identifiable by the text itself, or surrounding context. For example, if a link is in the form of an image such a journal or book cover, the test is included in the image and below with the title being a clickable link.

Keyboard Navigation

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Can keyboard focus be moved to all page elements?	Sometimes	Most elements are accessible via keyboard. However, on the results page while searching for an article or book, the boxes that users can for the purpose of exporting citation, add to favourites, or recommend cannot be done with keyboard navigation.
If moving keyboard focus away from a component requires more than arrow or tab keys, is this clearly indicated on the page?	Never	There are no instructions to indicate if there are any other keyboard navigation features than the standard ones of arrow and tab key.
Is default keyboard navigation order logical and intuitive, following the visual flow of the page as described above?	Always	The navigation starts at the top and flows through each column to the bottom.
When using a keyboard to navigate the interface, is the keyboard focus indicator visible?	Sometimes	There is a mixture of visible indicators. Some elements such as boxes have the visible rectangle, other aspects such as some links are underlined. Another indicator is lighter shade of the font colour, particularly when searching through the tabs in the top ribbon. However, many features do not have the indicator visible, making it hard to see where the user is on the website.
Does all interactive functionality work via keyboard, and does it behave consistently and as expected?	Sometimes	The only interactive element that does not behave as expected are checkboxes included on the search pages.
Does focus order move sequentially across form fields?	Always	The focus order moves from top to bottom and left to right in forms.

Skip Links

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are there skip links (either visible or invisible)?	Always	There is only one skip link that appears in the same place on each page: Skip main navigation.
Are skip links visible or invisible?	Always	The skip link is always invisible.
Are skip links (visible or invisible) positioned prominently near the beginning of the page?	Always	The skip link is near the top of the page and appears after focus on the logo.
Are skip links labelled properly?	Always	The skip link is labelled “Skip main navigation”
Are skip links accessible via keyboard?	Always	Skip links are only accessible via keyboard
Do anchors (link destinations) appear at the beginning of the relevant content?	Always
Do skip navigation controls appear in the same place on every page?	Always	Appears at the top tabbed to from the logo.

Tables

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Does the reader capture accurate information as it appears in the table and the columns and rows?	Always	The reader reads the information in the table from left to right.

Frames

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Does the screen reader successfully navigate from one frame to another?	Always	The screen reader reads mostly everything on the page.
Does each frame have a meaningful title that tells the user the purpose of the frame?	Always	All frames contain a descriptive title. Ex. one frame is named Journals, which contain list of journals within the database.
When navigating the page using keyboard navigation, is the user able to navigate effectively from one frame to the next?	Always	The keyboard navigation follows a top to bottom and left to right structure. Starts in the larger left column and then moves to the side bars in the right column before navigating to the bottom banner.

PDFs

Searchable PDFs

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are the sampled PDFs image-only?	Never	All PDF’s reviewed are searchable and extractable.
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)?	Never	All PDF’s sampled remained unlocked.
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable?	Always	All 5 PDFs sampled are searchable.

Tagged PDFs

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are alternative descriptions provided?	Never	All 5 PDFs sampled failed the alt text section of the accessibility test. When setting the alt text manually, and redoing the test, it still reports as failed.
Is primary language specified?	Never	The primary language is not specified in any of the PDF files sampled. However, all documents are in English.
Is reliable character encoding provided?	Sometimes	Character encoding passed on 3 of the 5 documents reviewed.
Are all page elements tagged?	Sometimes	The tagged form fields, field descriptions, and tagged multimedia passed for all 5 PDFs sampled. Tagged annotations passed for 2 documents but failed for the other three. Tagged PDF and tagged content failed for all 5 documents. Though, after auto-tagging the document, all 5 PDFs passed.
Are list and table structure correct?	Never	All tested areas for the tables and lists sections failed the accessibility checker test with the exception of summary, which is skipped. However, after auto-tagging mostly all areas in the tables and list sections pass with the exception of summery (which is still skipped). Though, in one document the header still failed.

Structure: Reading Order

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Does the Read Out Loud function read the PDF in a logical way, preserving the order of the text and various sections?	Always	The Read aloud function reads articles from top to bottom and left to right. However, for some articles the read aloud function reads at a very slow pace and one word at a time with a pause in between. It is not natural sounding.
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”?	Always	The Read aloud function did not read any blank spaces.
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document?	Sometimes	Arrow keys can be used to navigate through the document and playback sections. However, some documents highlight one word at a time, meaning that the user has to navigate each word in the document individually rather than by sentence or line.

Magnification

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
When zooming in to 250%, does all text, images, tables, and other elements appear clear and easy to read?	Always	All text, images and tables are clear and easy to read. Though, at the 250% the text does get cut off and a horizontal bar will need to use to adjust the reading of the document.

Images

Positioning of Images

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find?	Always	All images are incorporated into the documents and follow the flow of the text.

Alternative Description

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?	Never	Alt text is not present for any images within the PDFs assessed.
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?	Never	Alt text is not present for any images within the PDFs assessed.
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?	Never	Alt text is not present for any images within the PDFs assessed.

Tables

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate?	Never	The Read aloud function does not read tables in Acrobat. However, if the user views the document using Microsoft Edge it does read the table, but not always in a logical order. Instead of reading row by row, it will read line by line.
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers?	Never	The Read aloud function does not read tables.

Additional Navigational Aids

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks?	Always	All 5 PDFs sampled have bookmarks.
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document?	Always	Bookmark links go to the correct sections in each document reviewed.

Video Captions

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Are videos captioned?	Not Applicable	Database does not have any videos.
If captions are closed, and need to be turned on by the user, is that process straightforward and intuitive?	Not Applicable	Database does not have any videos.
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)?	Not Applicable	Database does not have any videos.
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video?	Not Applicable	Database does not have any videos.
Are the captions in sync with spoken words?	Not Applicable	Database does not have any videos.
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided?	Not Applicable	Database does not have any videos. But there are podcast episodes that do not contain transcripts, only detailed descriptions.
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided?	Not Applicable	Database does not have any videos. But there are podcast episodes that do not contain transcripts, only detailed descriptions.

Described Video

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Do videos include described video, or if not, is there a text equivalent of the video provided on the same page or via a link?	Not Applicable	Database does not have any videos.
If the video includes described video or a text equivalent of the video, is it an accurate description of the video contents?	Not Applicable	Database does not have any videos.

Audio Accessibility

Question	Answer	Notes	Images
Is a link to a text transcript provided in reasonable proximity to the audio clip?	Not Applicable	The Databases does contain 6 podcasts AJP Audio, Finding Our Voices, Mentally Healthy Nation, Psychiatric Services Unbound, and APA’S Medical Mind Podcast. There are no transcripts provided for episodes, but there are descriptions and time stamps for specific sections.
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio?	Not Applicable	There are no videos in the database only podcasts that do not contain a transcript.

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