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Databases
- Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print (EBSCOhost) (1985+) This link opens in a new windowContains descriptive information and critical reviews of commercially published tests. The database includes all information published after the 10th edition (1989) of the Mental Measurements Yearbook.
- Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) (1985+) This link opens in a new windowHaPI identifies tests and measures that have been discussed in journal articles and other sources. In some cases, the test itself is included in the journal article. In other cases, only sample questions are included.
- APA PsycInfo (EBSCOhost) (1887+) This link opens in a new windowTo locate a test, type keywords related to your topic. In the second search box, type the word "appended" and select "TM Tests and measures" from the menu. To locate articles that evaluate the validity or reliability of a test, enter the name of the test in quotation marks in the first search box and then type the keywords "validity and reliability" in the second search box.
- CINAHL Ultimate (EBSCOhost) (1937+) This link opens in a new windowTo locate a test, type keywords related to your topic and choose "IN Instrumentation" from the menu. Or type keywords related to your topic, then type "questionnaire/scale" and choose "PT Publication Type" from the menu
- ERIC (EBSCOhost) (1966+) This link opens in a new windowType keywords related to your topic, then type "tests/questionnaires" and choose "PU Publication Type" from the menu.
Tests in Print
Communication Research Measures by
An essential sourcebook, this volume provides complete reviews of currently useful communication scales, indexes, and other measures in four important communication contexts: interpersonal, mass, organizational, and instructional. It presents the scales in their entirety, instructions for administration and scoring, and information in validity and reliability. For hands-on practicality, the measures are ordered alphabetically by title.
Call Number: P91.3.C62 1994ISBN: 0898622913Publication Date: 1994-09-30
Directory of Test Collections in Academic, Professional, and Research Libraries by Call Number: LB3051.D564 2001ISBN: 0838981674Publication Date: 2001-09-01Compiled by the Ad Hoc Committee on the Test Collection Directory, Education and Behavioral Sciences Section, Association of College and Research Libraries.- Directory of unpublished experimental mental measures byCall Number: Reference BF431.G625These volumes supplement the Mental Measurements Yearbook
- Essentials of Psychological Assessment SeriesCall Number: various & onlineNote: Search for "Essentials of Psychological Assessment Series" in our online catalog.
Books in this series focus on one particular test, or a kind of test. They focus on how to administer, score, and interpret the test in question. Search the catalog using the Series Title search. Handbook of Family Measurement Techniques by Volume 1 includes abstracts of 976 family measurement instruments cited in the published literature 1929-1986. Abstracts in Volume 1 and 2 are preceded by overviews, written by authorities in family studies that organize and review the instruments in each chapter.
Call Number: Reference HQ728.H267 2001ISBN: 9780803972490Publication Date: 1989-12-01
Handbook of Psychiatric Measures by
Comprising a wide range of methods available for assessing persons with mental health problems, the Handbook contains more than 275 rating methods, from the Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale to the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale. In this fully revised edition, more than 40 measures have been added both to the book and to the accompanying CD-ROM.
Call Number: Reference RC473.P78A46 2008ISBN: 9781585622184Publication Date: 2007-12-07
Handbook of Research Design and Social Measurement by
The book considered a "necessity" by many social science researchers and their students has been revised and updated while retaining the features that made it so useful. The emphasis in this new edition is on the tools with which graduate students and more advanced researchers need to become familiar as well as be able to use in order to conduct high quality research.
Call Number: Reference H62.M44 2002ISBN: 9780761920465Publication Date: 2002-01-16Handbook of Tests and Measurements for Black Populations by This is a collection of more than 100 psychological tests and measures developed for use with African Americans. Volume one focuses on children, adolescents, and family, and volume two presents measures appropriate for late adolescents, young adults, and older age groups. The tests are in various stages of development, but information regarding rationale for the measure and reliability and validity data are provided. Except as otherwise noted, most of the authors have granted non-commercial use of the tests and measures for research, service, or instructional purposes.
Call Number: BF176.H37 1996ISBN: 0943539072Publication Date: 1996-03-01
Measurement of Nursing Outcomes by
This is a compendium of over 30 tools for the measurement of professional and educational outcomes in nursing.
Call Number: RT85.5.M434 2001ISBN: 0826114172Publication Date: 2001-08-01- Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Attitudes by
This is a reference book for measures of attitude or personality.
Call Number: BF698.4.M38 1991ISBN: 9780125902410Publication Date: 1990-12-01
Measures of Political Attitudes by
This volume looks at how society views itself through its attitudes towards politics, race, tolerance, and other psycho-political topics and the way these attitudes are measured. This text covers the construction of these measuring techniques and how lead to responses which govern modern socio-political attitudes.
Call Number: JA74.5.M43 1999ISBN: 0125902425Publication Date: 1998-12-28
Measuring Health by
Measuring Health provides in-depth reviews of over 100 of the leading health measurement tools and serves as a guide for choosing among them.
Call Number: RA408.5 .M38 1996 and ONLINEISBN: 9780195165678Publication Date: 2006-03-09- Test Critiques by Call Number: Reference LB3051.T419ISBN: 0961128666Publication Date: 1984-01-01Designed as a companion to Tests (BF176.T43). Test Critiques includes supplemental information such as psychometric information on reliability, validity, and norm development.
- Tests by Call Number: Reference BF176.T43 2003ISBN: 9780890799086Publication Date: 2003-05-01Contains information on thousands of testing instruments in psychology, education, and business. For evaluative techniques or data on reliability, validity, or norms, please refer to Test Critiques (see below).
- Tests in print; an index to tests, test reviews, and the literature on specific tests by Call Number: Reference LB1131 .B86Covers published and commercially available tests in psychology. Each entry consists of the test title, intended population, publication date, author, publisher, foreign adaptations, and references.
Tests on the Web
- APA - Testing and AssessmentInformation about testing and assessment from the American Psychological Association. There is a section on Finding Information About Psychological Tests that addresses the most frequently asked questions about locating psychological tests.
- British Psychological Society’s Psychological Testing Centre (PTC)Information and services relating to standards in tests and testing for test takers, test users, test developers and members of the public.
- PROQOLID, the Patient-Reported Outcome and Quality Of Life Instruments DatabaseDeveloped and managed by Mapi Research Trust, PROQOLID aims to identify and describe Clinical Outcome Assessments (COAs) to help you choose appropriate instruments and facilitate your access to them.
- Self-Report MeasuresA collection of instruments from Charles S. Carver of the University of Miami Psychology Department. These scales are available for use in research and teaching applications. All are available without charge and without any need for permission.
- Stony Brook Attachment MeasuresThis site, from the Department of Psychology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, contains a number of instruments relating to attachment.
- Measuring Health: A Guide to Rating Scales and QuestionnairesIncludes reviews, descriptions, test properties, etc., for rating scales and questionnaires that cover topics such as physical disability, pain, psychological well-being, and quality of life.
- The Use of Psychological Testing for Treatment and Outcomes Assessment: Instruments for Children and AdolescentsContains reviews of instruments.
- Test Reviews OnlineA free resource from the Buros Institute web site, Test Reviews Online provides addresses and contact details for publishers of tests.