tests & measurements, multiple subject areas

1. Psychometrics Subject Guide
Introduction – Use this guide to find books, articles, and additional sources for psychometrics
information. Your primary emphasis will be on finding tests and measurement resources in psychology,
education, allied health and social sciences.
[NOTE: Make sure to register your BEAR card, in person, at the library CIRC desk.]
Browse the ONLINE CATALOG (both MSU & USMAI):
 Keywords/Subjects to search: search for complete psychosocial tests, instruments, rating scales,
and measures
 Related LC subject headings include – ability testing, behavioral assessment, educational tests
and measurements, employment tests, health status indicators, medical care research
methodology, neuropsychological tests, nursing research methodology, personality tests,
psychiatric rating scales, psychological testing, psychological tests, psychology – research,
psychometrics, and testing, scaling (social sciences), social sciences research methodology
 Browse/Search by CALL NUMBER the shelves/online catalogs:
BF 39-BF 39.2 & BF 176-BF 176.5 PSYCHOLOGY area
LB 1762, LB 2366, LB 3051-LB3060 EDUCATION area
RA 408.5 & RT 48-RT48.6 HEALTH & NURSING areas
Selected Specific Resources:
 Handbook of Test Development / LB3051 .H31987 2006
 Measures of Social Psychological Attitudes / JA74.5 .R6 1973
 Mental Measurements Year Book / REF Z5814.P8 B932 – Holdings from 1949 (3rd ed.) –
2007 (17th ed.) OR available online through Research Port
 Tests in Print / LB 3051 .T4 2002 ONLY OR available online through Research Port
Library Resources (use your registered BEAR card to log in off campus):
LOOK under Research Port
 Business Source Complete (EBSCO) In Advanced Searching fill in all the boxes: 1)
terms/keywords used and 2) tests or 3) measurements
 CINAHL (EBSCO) (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature) covers over 1600
professional journals in nursing and allied health; primarily a bibliographic database, CINAHL
includes selected original and full-text material. Full-text material is included for selected state
nursing journals and some newsletters, standards of practice, practice acts, government
publications, research instruments, and patient education material. Abstracts, when available
with publisher permission, are included to assist with the evaluation of journal articles.
[NOTE: Change database designation to: CINAHL Plus with Full Text]
 **Digital Dissertations (ProQuest) an authoritative source for information about doctoral
dissertations and master's theses [SEE Also: Subsection: Dissertations & Theses @ Morgan
State University]
Link to http://www.library.okstate.edu/hss/chaney/psychology/test.htm#data for instructions.
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2.  ERIC (EBSCO) “contains more than 1,300,000 records and links to more than 317,000 full-text
documents from ERIC back to 1966.”
 MEDLINE (EBSCO) uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy,
subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 4,800 current biomedical
journals.
 Mental Measurements Yearbook (EBSCO) “provides users with a comprehensive guide to over
2,000 contemporary testing instruments … . contains information essential for a complete
evaluation of test products within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and
leadership.”
 PsycARTICLES (EBSCO) contains more than 140,000 articles from over 60 journals published by
the APA and others; includes all journal articles, book reviews, letters to the editor, and errata
from each journal. Coverage spans 1894 to present
 Psychology + Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO) is a comprehensive database covering
information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry &
psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods.
 **PsycINFO (EBSCO) renowned resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book
chapters, books, and dissertations, is the largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in
behavioral science and mental health. It contains over 2.6 million citations and summaries
dating as far back as the early 1800s. Ninety-eight percent of the covered material is peer-
reviewed; Journal coverage, which spans from 1887 to present, includes international material
selected from more than 2,400 periodicals in more than 27 languages.
Link to http://www.library.okstate.edu/hss/chaney/psychology/test.htm#data for instructions.
 Tests In Print (EBSCO) “serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially
available tests that are currently in print in the English language … . also guides readers to
critical, candid test reviews published in the Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) series.”
Directories:
 Compendium of Assessment and Research Tools (CART)
http://cart.rmcdenver.com/ ” is a database that provides information on instruments that
measure attributes associated with youth development programs.”
 ETS TestLink
http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.1488512ecfd5b8849a77b13bc3921509/?vgnexto
id=ed462d3631df4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD&vgnextchannel=85af197a484f4010VgnVC
M10000022f95190RCRD “The Test Collection at ETS is a database of more than 25,000 tests and
other measurement devices most of which were created by authors outside ETS. It makes
information on standardized tests and research instruments available to researchers, graduate
students and teachers. With information about tests from the early 1900s to the present, the
Test Collection at ETS is the largest compilation in the world.”
 International Personality Item Pool
http://ipip.ori.org/ “Some tests and measurements are available in the "public domain" -- some
authors have simply put it "out there" for any and all to use, there are lots of reasons for tests
being freely available. … Remember, if you use a test which is in the public domain, you still
might need to seek the permission of the author before you use it.”
 Medical Outcomes Trust
http://www.outcomes-trust.org/instruments.htm “Descriptions of instruments developed by
the Trust, with a short description, price and ordering information. One of their generic health
status instruments, SF-36 (and its shorter versions), is the focus of the International Quality of
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3. Life Assessment (IQOLA) Project (http://www.iqola.org/) which is validating translations of the
instrument for use in multinational studies.”
 National Center for Research, Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing (CRESST)
http://www.cse.ucla.edu/ “For 40 years, the UCLA Center for the Study of Evaluation (CSE) and,
more recently, the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing
(CRESST) have been at the forefront of efforts to improve the quality of education and learning
in America.” “Spanning both K-12 and adult learning, the center also conducts a substantial
number of major program evaluations, develops research-based assessments, uses technology
as an effective assessment tool, and helps schools and districts respond to the many
accountability demands of the No Child Left Behind Act.”
 PROQOLID
http://www.proqolid.org/ “The Patient-Reported Outcome and Quality of Life Instruments
Database is an online searchable database of Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) and Quality of
Life (QOL) instruments. Search by title, pathology/disease, targeted population, and author. Free
access gives basic information about instruments; paid access offers a more complete
description and additional information.”
 RAND HEALTH
http://www.rand.org/health/surveys_tools.html “All of the surveys and tools from RAND Health
are public documents, available without charge (for non-commercial use). Some materials listed
are not available from RAND Health. Those links will take you to other websites, where you will
find instructions for use.”
 Self Report Instruments
http://www.psy.miami.edu/faculty/ccarver/CCscales.html “links to instruments from
University of Miami Psychology Department; includes the Spanish translations of some
instruments.”
 Substance Use Screening & Assessment Instruments Database
(http://lib.adai.washington.edu/instruments/) "This database is intended to help clinicians and
researchers find instruments used for screening and assessment of substance use and substance
use disorders."
 Test Review Locator (http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp) indexes critiques found in the
following sources: Tests in Print, Test Critiques, and Mental Measurements Yearbook. “Free
information on nearly 4,000 commercially available tests. Over 2,500 of these tests have been
critically reviewed … . Reviews may be purchased for $15 per title.”
 Tests and Measurements in the Social Sciences
http://libraries.uta.edu/helen/test&meas/testmainframe.htm “handy website from the
University of Texas, Arlington, lists all the tests and measures available in 116 compilation
volumes (and counting). As of this writing this includes 10,800 measures. Among the volumes
included are 1263 measures of the Tests in Microfiche series by ETS.” [NOTE: available at several
locations in the DC area; check WorldCat in Research Port for specifics]
Websites:
 APA (American Psychological Association), Testing and Assessment
http://www.apa.org/science/faq-findtests.html
 Buros Institute of Mental Measurements, Buros Center for Testing
http://www.unl.edu/buros/
 ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation
http://www.ericae.net/
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4. Helpful Links:
 Check out Google Book Search and Google Scholar for “reviewing the literature.”
 Directory of Unpublished Experimental Mental Measures – available at USMAI libraries, library
use only
 Encyclopedia of Psychology, Environmental Behavior Relationships, Measurement
http://www.psychology.org/links/Environment_Behavior_Relationships/Measurement/ has
some of the best links to tests and measurements including Dr. Mark Parkinson - Psychometrics
 Finding Measurement Tools (HealthLinks, Univ. of Washington) – tutorial
http://healthlinks.washington.edu/howto/measurement/
 Finding Tests and Measurements / Rutgers University Libraries
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/findtests/findtests.shtml
 Suggested Journal Titles:
Check RESEARCH PORT, JOURNALS to locate electronic sources and link to ONLINE CATALOG
(i.e. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment)
American Educator
Applied measurement in education
Educational and Psychological Measurement
Intelligence
Journal of Educational Measurement
Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
Measurement
Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development
Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science
Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation
Psychological Assessment
Studies in Educational Evaluation
 Tests and Measurements (Univ. of Virginia Libraries)
http://guides.lib.virginia.edu/content.php?pid=16911&sid=122270 scroll down under “Test
Information” for some helpful hints on searching for tests in Google, in our database for
dissertations, Digital Dissertations (ProQuest), and generally searching in databases.
Evaluating Web Pages:
 Five Criteria for Evaluating Web pages / Cornell Univ. -
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/webcrit.html
 Evaluating web sites / UMCP - http://www.lib.umd.edu/guides/evaluate.html
 **Evaluating Scorecard Checklist
http://libraryapps.northharriscollege.com/apps/evalchecklist/
Citing in APA:
 MSU APA Style Sheet – additional copies currently available at the Information Desk
 APA Formatting & Style Guide / The Owl at Purdue -
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
 APA Style - http://apastyle.apa.org/
 Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.)
Ref Desk BF76.7.P83 2010
 Concise Rules of APA Style (6th ed.) – Ref Desk BF 76.7 .C66 2010
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5. Plagiarism:
 How not to plagiarize / Univ. of Toronto - http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/plagsep.html
 Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It / Indiana Univ. -
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml
 You Quote It, You Note It / Acadia University tutorial
http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/
Misc. Tips Pages:
 The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing / Michael Harvey - http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/
 Guide to Grammar & Writing - http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
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