Section 1: Databases for Psychological, Health, or Educational Tests

This section provides a list of databases that index tests in some way. These databases can tell you a variety of information about the test, including:

• Where a test appears or was used in a journal article or research study
• Review information of a given test, including reliability and validity of the test
• Where to purchase a commercially available test

• Mental Measurements Yearbook. [nyu.edu accounts only]
  MMY provides original reviews of and citations to articles about mostly commercially available educational, psychological, and vocational tests. Although called a "yearbook" new editions usually are published every two or three years. The online version begins in 1989 and is updated more frequently than the print editions (see below in Section 3 for the print edition).
  • Steps and tips for searching:
    • Be sure to vary your terms when searching, as many tests are known by multiple names, or their acronyms, and MMY isn't able to cross check for variations.
    • To make your search more exact, try the advanced search option and search for the test title only within the citation field.
    • If you do not find the test you are looking for, you might want to rerun your search via the Buros website (http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp). If you find the test via this route, look at the bottom of the record for the test and it will tell you which printed volume of MMY the review appeared in; you can then find it in our printed copies of MMY.
• Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) [nyu.edu accounts only]
  1985-present, with many earlier measures. HaPI indexes the use of tests and measurement instruments (i.e., questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/manuals, rating scales, projective techniques, vignettes/scenarios, tests) in journal literature in a variety of fields including public health, nursing, psychology, human resources, sociology, and communication. Records are indexed according to the MeSH subject headings and the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms (Ref1 Desk Z695.1 P7 T48 2004).
  • Steps and tips for searching:
    • To find only those articles that contain the actual instrument, limit by checking the "Primary Source <PS>" box.
    • To search by author name, enter the author's last name and first initial in the search box, and then click the author icon above; you will be taken to a list of author names, where you can select all that are appropriate to your search.
    • In some cases, you can order more information or the instrument itself by contacting the Behavioral Measurement Database Services at bmdshapi@aol.com; materials available through this method will contain a note within the abstract.
• CINAHL [nyu.edu accounts only]
  An index of the literature of nursing and the allied health professions. Sometimes, a search of CINAHL turns up an article where the test or survey instrument is not only mentioned, but re-printed. If the instrument itself is indexed in CINAHL it will have the Publication Type "research instrument" (e.g., Brief Pain Inventory). Similarly, one can perform a search and Limit to the Publication Type "research instrument." The Instrumentation (IT) field in a record includes the names of instruments used in research studies indexed by CINAHL. To search for articles with instrument names, enter the most unique word or phrase in the name, for example pain.it searches for "pain" in the Instrumentation field.
  • Steps and tips for searching:
    • From the CINAHL main search page, select the "More Fields" icon above the search button.
    • Enter a word or phrase in the text entry box, (e.g. "pain"); scroll down and make a check mark next to the field "it: Instrumentation" field.
    • Click on "perform search."
    • The resulting set of documents will all contain the word or phrase searched in the instrumentation field of each record.
• PsycINFO via Ovid [nyu.edu accounts only]
  An index of publications that the APA examines regularly to identify psychologically relevant material, including journal articles, dissertations, reports, English-language book chapters and books, and other scholarly documents. The TM field ["tests and measures" field] contains the names of published tests and measures mentioned in the source document. This field may contain multiple tests or measures.
  • Steps and tips for searching:
    • From the main PsycINFO search page, select the "More Fields" icon above the search button.
    • Enter a word or phrase in the text entry box, (e.g. "bereavement"); scroll down and make a check mark next to the field "tm: Tests and Measures."
    • Click on "perform search."
    • The resulting set of documents will all contain the word or phrase searched in the Tests and Measures field of each record.
• PsycINFO via CSA [nyu.edu accounts only]
  An index of publications that the APA examines regularly to identify psychologically relevant material, including journal articles, dissertations, reports, English-language book chapters and books, and other scholarly documents. The TM field ["tests and measures" field] contains the names of published tests and measures mentioned in the source document. This field may contain multiple tests or measures.
  • Steps and tips for searching:
    • In PsycINFO via CSA, select Advanced Search.
    • Type a word or phrase into the text entry box (e.g. "bereavement"); use the drop-down menu at the right to select the "Tests and Measures,TM" field.
    • Perform search.
    • When you view the results, you will notice your search term(s) in the Tests and Measures field of the full record.
• ERIC via Silverpatter [nyu.edu accounts only]
  ERIC - Educational Resources Information Clearinghouse - is a complete bibliography of educational materials available since 1966. Indexes published and unpublished sources on thousands of educational topics, with information from from RIE (Resources in Education) and CIJE (Current Index to Journals in Education), and including materials focused on every aspect of eduacational testing.
  • Steps and tips for searching:
    • From the front screen, click the button marked "More" under the "Limit Search To" box.
    • On the left hand side, select the link "DOCUMENT TYPE."
    • In the box, scroll down and select "Tests" and/or "Tests or Questionnaires," then click "OK" at the top of the screen.
    • When you return to the search screen and run a search, the results will be limited only to those which make some use of identifiable tests and/or questionnaires.

Section 2: Finding the full text of a test instrument

There are two basic sources of test instruments: publishers who charge a fee and often allow access only to qualified professionals, and individual researchers who develop test instruments but do not market them through a publisher. Published tests must be ordered directly from the publisher. Published tests and ordering information can be obtained through publisher catalogs and Web pages and in Mental Measurements Yearbook, Tests, and Tests in Print.

Information about non-published tests often appears in journal articles, which can be located by searching in such databases as PsycINFO (psychology), CINAHL (nursing and allied health), and ERIC (education). Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) is a database which provides brief information about non-published tests, including citations to articles that report on use of the instruments and often contain the original instrument within the article itself. See above for more information about using these databases to find actual tests. At other times, in order to obtain a copy of a non-published instrument, you may need to contact the test developer directly and request a copy of the test and permission to use it. Researchers are usually willing to oblige.

Since test makers and publishers often restrict access to qualified professionals, Bobst Library does not collect test instruments on a systematic basis. The library does, however, have a selection of unpublished tests in microfiche from the Educational Testing Service's Tests in Microfiche series. Annotated indexes to these tests are available in the 1st floor Reference area and are listed in Section 3 below.

Actual test instruments (usually brief) can sometimes be found in various books about testing. Two of the most notable in the Bobst library are Measures for Clinical Practice, by Corcoran and Fisher, and Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Attitudes, by Robinson et al., which are listed in Section 3 below.

Section 3: Print resources that include tests or information about them

The following list of resources can be found in the Bobst library, in the 1st and 9th floor reference centers unless otherwise indicated. Most of these materials fit into one of a few subsections:

• Print resources that provide actual test instruments
• Print resources that provide review and/or purchasing information information on tests
• Print resources that discuss the development of tests, use of tests, how tests function, or terminology associated with tests

Resources with tests included:

• Corcoran, Kevin and Joel Fisher, Measures for Clinical Practice: a Sourcebook, 3rd edition. New York: Free Press, 2000. 2 volumes.
  In addition to discussing the essential features of measurement, these two volumes present hundreds of relatively brief questionnaires on a wide range of emotional and behavioral problems of couples, families, children and adults.
  Bobst Ref1 BF176 .C66 2000
• ETS Test Collection Catalogs. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1986-
  Note: This resource provides an index to educational tests available in microform called Tests in Microfiche, available in the microform collection on lower level 2, call # MF 2514
  Bobst Ref1 LB3051 .E79 1986
• Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Attitudes. San Diego: Academic Press, 1991. 2 volumes.
  Includes evaluations of 150 scales along with the test questions.
  Bobst Ref1 BF698.4 .M38 1991
• Alpiner, Jerome G., and Patricia A. McCarthy. Rehabilitative Audiology: Children and Adults. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000.
  Bobst Stacks RF297 .R44 2000
• Lester, Paula E., and Lloyd K. Bishop. Handbook of Tests and Measurement in Education and the Social Sciences, 2nd edition. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2000.
  Bobst Ref1 LB3051 .L4543 2000
• Loftis, Paula A., and Talar L. Glover. Decision Making in Gerontologic Nursing. St. Louis: Mosby, 1993.
  Bobst Stacks RC954 .L64 1993
• McCaffery, Margo, et al. Pain: Clinical Manual. 2nd ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 1999.
  Bobst Ref9 RT87.P35 M2 1999
• Redman, Barbara Klug. Measurement Tools in Patient Education. 2nd ed. New York: Springer Pub., 2003.
  Bobst Stacks R727.4 .M4 2003
• Schutte, Nicola S. Sourcebook of Adult Assessment Strategies. New York : Plenum Press, c1995.
  Bobst Ref1 RC473 .P78 S38 1995

• For other tests available in compilations, you can also try using the University of Texas Test Compilation Index

Resources with reviews and/or purchasing information:

• Mental Measurements Yearbook. Lincoln, Ne.: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements, University of Nebraska, 1938-present.
  This is the print version of the resource also available via electronic access. See Section 1 for more information on using the electronic version.
  Bobst Ref1 Z5814 .P8 R93
• Test Critiques, edited by Daniel J. Keyser and Richard C. Sweetland. Austin: Pro-Ed, 1984-1994. 10 volumes.
  This resource includes lengthy review of the tests included.
  Bobst Ref1 BF176 .T419
• Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Attitudes. San Diego: Academic Press, 1991. 2 volumes.
  Includes evaluations of 150 scales along with the test questions.
  Bobst Ref1 BF698.4 .M38 1991
• Handbook of Psychiatric Measures. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association, 2000.
  Bobst Ref1 RC473 .P78 A46 2000
• Beere, Carole A. Gender Roles: A Handbook of Tests and Measures. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990.
  Bobst Ref1 HM253 .B43 1990
• McDowell, Ian, and Claire Newell. Measuring Health: A Guide to Rating Scales and Questionnaires. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987.
  Bobst Ref9 RA408.5 .M38 1987
• Rodrigue, James R., Gary R. Geffken, and Randi M. Streisand. Child Health Assessment: A Handbook of Measurement Techniques. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2000.
  Bobst Stacks RJ50 .R625 2000
• Major Psychological Assessment Instruments, edited by Charles S. Newmark. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1996
  Bobst Ref1 BF176 .M35 1996
• Tests: a Comprehensive Reference for Assessments in Psychology, Education, and Business, 5th edition, edited by Taddy Maddox. Austin: Pro-Ed, 2003.
  A quick reference to tests.
  Bobst Ref1 Desk BF176 .T43 2003
• Tests in Print V: an Index to Tests, Test Reviews, and the Literature on Specific Tests, edited by Linda L. Murphy et al. Lincoln: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements, University of Nebraska, 1999. 2 volumes.
  A Companion to Mental Measurements Yearbook, TIP contains descriptive listings and references (no reviews) of commercially published tests that are in print and available for purchase. It can also be used as an index to the print version of Mental Measurements Yearbook; TIP V indexes test reviews from 1938-1999.
  Bobst Ref1 Z5814 .E9 T47 1999

Resources on the development, use, functionality, and terminology of tests:

• Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological Assessment. Edited by Michel Hersen. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, 2004.
  Bobst Ref1 BF176 .C654 2003
• Dictionary of Psychological Testing, Assessment and Treatment: Includes Key Terms in Statistics, Psychological Testing, Experimental Methods and Therapeutic Methods, edited by Ian Stuart -Hamilton. Bristol, Pa: Jessica Kingsley, 1995.
  Bobst Ref1 BF176 .S78 1995
• Aday, Lu Ann. Designing and Conducting Health Surveys: A Comprehensive Guide. 2nd ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1996.
  Bobst Stacks RA40.5 .A33 1996
• Cronbach, Lee J. Essentials of Psychological Testing, 5th edition. New York: Harper & Row, 1990.
  Bobst Ref1 BF176 .C76
• Eyde, Lorraine D. et al., Responsible Test Use: Case Studies for Assessing Human Behavior. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 1993.
  Bobst Ref1 BF176 .R475 1993
• Fink, Arlene. The Survey Kit. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Sage Publications, 2003.
  Bobst Stacks HN29 .S724 2003
• Frank-Stromborg, Marilyn, and Sharon J. Olsen. Instruments for Clinical Health-Care Research. 3rd ed. Sudbury, Mass: Jones and Bartlett, 2004.
  Bobst Ref9 RT81.5 .I57 2004
• Jenkinson, Crispin. Measuring Health and Medical Outcomes. London; Bristol, Pa: UCL Press, 1994.
  Bobst Stacks RA408.5 .M44 1994
• Rogers, James N., and Somayaji Ramamurthy. Decision Making in Pain Management. St. Louis, Mo: B.C. Decker, 1993.
  Bobst Stacks RB127 .D43 1993
• Streiner, David L., and Geoffrey R. Norman. Health Measurement Scales: A Practical Guide to their Development and Use. 3rd ed. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
  Bobst Stacks RA408.5 .S77 2003
• Van Deusen, Julia, and Denis Brunt. Assessment in Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1997.
  Bobst Stacks RM735.65 .A86 1997
• Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, prepared by the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing of the American Educational Research Association, the American Psychological Association, and the National Council on Measurement in Education. Washington, DC: American Educational Research Association, 1999.
  Bobst Ref1 LB3051 .A693 1999

Section 4: Internet Resources

This section provides links to resources on the Internet that are concerned with tests. Many of these resources are profit-based and offer a venue to purchase tests, while others are informational in nature. See the following subsections:

• Test Publishers
• Associations and Organizations
• Guidelines for Test Use

Test Publishers

• Educational Testing Service (ETS)
  Educational Testing Service is the world's largest private educational testing and measurement organization and a leader in educational research. A nonprofit company dedicated to serving the needs of individuals, educational institutions and agencies, and governmental bodies in 181 countries, ETS develops and annually administers more than 11 million tests worldwide.
  http://www.ets.org
• PRO-ED, Inc.
  PRO-ED, Inc.'s products are designed for use by professionals, parents, and students. PRO-ED has more than 700 active titles, with more than 100 distributors worldwide and affiliate companies in Monterrey, Mexico and Queensland, Australia. PRO-ED mails more than one million catalogs to specific target audiences annually. Recent catalogs mailed include Psychological Products; Speech, Language, and Hearing; Special Education, Developmental Disabilities, Rehabilitation, and Gifted; and Early Childhood.
  http://www.proedinc.com
• Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc.
  PAR is a leading publisher of assessment instruments, software, books, and other related resources specifically developed to meet the needs of professionals in psychology, personality/counseling, neuropsychology, education, business and industry, forensics, human resources, and career counseling.
  http://www.parinc.com/
• Harcourt Assessment Center
  The Assessment Center is an Internet-based "e-testing" system for the distribution, analysis, and administration of professional assessments, tests, and surveys.
  http://www.psychcorpcenter.com
• Western Psychological Services
  Western Psychological Services publishes assessment tools for clinical and school psychology neuropsychology special education family therapy speech, language, hearing occupational therapy substance abuse treatment human resource development
  http://wpspublish.com
• Behavioral Measurement Database Services (BMDS)
  For selected resources located using HaPI, BMDS allows you to order more information or instruments via email. For more information about this, see the description and instructions in the listing for HaPI in Section 1.
  email: bmdshapi@aol.com

Associations and Organizations

• American Psychological Association (on Testing and Assessment)
  Includes information on locating and using published and non-published tests, standards for educational and psychological testing, the rights and responsibilities of test takers, a good FAQ page, and other test-related information.
  http://www.apa.org/science/testing.html
• American Counseling Association
  http://www.counseling.org
• American Educational Research Association
  http://www.aera.net
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
  http://www.asha.org
• Association of Test Publishers
  http://testpublishers.org
• Buros Institute of Mental Measurements
  http://www.unl.edu/buros
• Practical Assessment Research and Evaluation (PARE)
  http://PAREonline.net
• International Personnel Management Association Assessment Center
  http://www.ipmaac.org
• National Academy of Science's Board on Testing and Assessment
  http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bota
• National Association of Test Directors
  http://www.natd.org
• National Association of School Psychologists
  http://www.nasponline.org/index2.html
• IUPUI Testing Center
  http://www.assessment.iupui.edu/ncme
• Neuropsychologycentral Assessment Links
  http://www.neuropsychologycentral.com/ interface/content/links/links_interface_frameset.html
• Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  http://www.siop.org

Guidelines for Test Use

• Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education. The Joint Committee on Testing Practices. Washington, DC: Joint Committee on Testing Practices, 1988.
  Unlike the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, the Code is meant to be understood by the general public, limited to educational tests, and primarily focuses on those issues that effect the proper use of tests. The full-text of the Code accompanied by commentary can be found at the American Psychological Association Web site.
  http://www.apa.org/science/fairtestcode.html