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How to Find Tests & Measures

(in education and psychology)

This is a bibliography of reference books and web sites.

NOTE: These sources tell you about the tests and how to obtain them and do not actually supply tests.

The American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org/science/testing.html
Provides information on its Web site about finding and using psychology-related tests and measures.
 
The Buros Institute at the University of Nebraska
http://www.unl.edu/buros
Also provides information.
 
Directory of Unpublished Experimental Measures
Buswell reference collection, RR 152.8 G569d
Goldman, B.A. & Mitchell, D.F. Directory of Unpublished Experimental Measures. 8th ed. Dubuque, IA: William C. Brown Publishers, 2000.
 
HaPI (Health & Psychosocial Instruments)
This database indexes tests published from 1985 to March 1999. It is available on CD ROM and may be checked out of the Library. Ask for it at the Buswell reference desk.
 
Tests
Buswell reference collection, RR 371.26 T289s
Maddox, T. Tests. 5th ed. Austin, TX: Pro-Ed, Inc., 2003.
This work provides factual information about tests and how to obtain them.
 
Mental Measurements Yearbook
Buswell reference collection, RR 371.26 B937m
Mental Measurements Yearbook. Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements, University of Nebraska.
  • Despite its name, this reference book is not published annually (the most recent edition is the 15th, published in 2003)
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  • Each Yearbook provides information on tests that are new or have been revised since the previous Yearbook was published; thus it is important to consult as many editions of this reference work as necessary in order to find the information you are seeking.
  • In addition to factual information this work also provides critical reviews of the tests.
  • Instructions for using the Mental Measurements Yearbook.
  • Tests in Print serves as the Yearbook?s index, with an online index for the volumes published from 1985 (the 9th edition) to the present.
Tests and Measures in the Social Sciences
http://libraries.uta.edu/helen/Test&meas/testmainframe.htm
This website consists of an index arranged alphabetically by test name, directing you to sources to consult for more information about each test. It is maintained by Helen Hough, Health Sciences Librarian at the University of Texas at Arlington.
 
Test Critiques
Buswell reference collection, RR 371.26 T286s
Test Critiques. Austin, TX: Pro-Ed, Inc.
As the title suggests, this work provides critical reviews of tests. It was published in 10 volumes from 1984 to 1995.
 
Tests in Print
Buswell reference collection, RR 371.26 T289m
Tests in Print. Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements, University of Nebraska.
Provides purchasing information for tests currently in print and also serves as an index to the Mental Measurements Yearbook. It began publication in 1961 and is now published every five years (the most recent edition is the 6th, published in 2002). Instructions for using Tests in Print.


For more information, please contact:
Reference Librarian
(630) 752-5169
Reference@wheaton.edu