Tests and Measurements
This page is intended to assist you in locating information about psychological tests and measurements and in locating the tests themselves. Generally, the majority of instruments are published commercially and must be purchased from the publishers. Tests that are not commercially available may be found in books, journal articles, printed reports, or requested from the author.
Background Information ~ Tests in Scholarly Articles ~ Tests in Books
For additional information, you may also want to refer to Finding Infomation about Psychological Tests: a Guide to Using Published and Unpublished Tests from the American Psychological Association.
Finding Background Information
The following resources will provide content and publication information and, in some cases, reviews of the instruments.
- Mental Measurements Yearbook (online) also available in print:
Location: Fenwick Reference
Call Number: BF431 .B8 - Tests in Print Location: Fenwick Reference
Call Number: BF431.B8 T4 - Test Critiques Location: Fenwick Reference
Call Number: BF176 .T419 1984 - Directory of unpublished experimental mental measures Location: Fenwick Reference
Call Number: BF431 .G625 - TestLink (online) Educational Testing Service (ETS). Tests are located in the Tests in Microfiche collection located in Periodicals/Microforms, Floor 1, Wing A Fenwick Library.
- Tests : a comprehensive reference for assessments in psychology, education, and business Location: Fenwick Reference
Call Number: BF176 .T43 2003 - Tests and Measures in the Social Sciences: Tests available in compilation volumes.
Tests in Scholarly Literature
Many scholarly articles will provide descriptive content about psychological tests used, but they do not usually include the test itself.
- PsycINFO Use a keyword search that relates to the type of inventory you seek and then add the keyword "appended." This will find instruments that are included in the article appendix.
- PsycArticles From the main search page, enter a keyword or the name of an instrument into the search box. In the adjacent box which reads Select a Field (optional), use the drop down menu to select the field TM Tests & Measures.
- Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) Health and Psychosocial Instruments provides ready access to information on measurement instruments. Allows for keyword searching. You may also look for a specific test by searching its name and limiting to the Title or Title Index field.
- ERIC ERIC cover US Education literature. To locate articles about tests and measures, try searching on phrases such as screening tests, diagnostic tests, disability identification, etc.
- MEDLINE Premier source of coverage for biomedical literature. Try including keywords such as questionnaire, inventories, scale measure, measurements, survey, and psychometrics.
- CINAHL Covers nursing, allied health, biomedicine, and consumer health journals. In the search box, enter the name of the instrument you seek and then select the field IN Instrumentation from the drop down menu.
Tests in Books
The following list represents the type of book in which you may find tests and measures.
- Handbook of family measurement techniques Location: Fenwick Reference
Call Number: HQ728 .H267 2001 - Handbook of Psychiatric Measures Location: Fenwick Reference
Call Number: RC473.P78 A46 2000 - Handbook of research design & social measurement Location: Fenwick Stacks
Call Number: H62 .M44 2002 - Measures of personality and social psychological attitudes Location: Fenwick Reference
Call Number: BF698.4 .M38 1991 - Tests and Measures in the Social Sciences: Tests available in compilation volumes From Helen Hough, the Health Sciences Librarian at UT Austin, this is an index of full text measures in print monographs. If you see a test in which you are interested, check the Mason or WRLC catalog to see if we have access to the monograph.
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