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(Buros) Mental Measurements Yearbook - Ref. Z5814.P8A9

The basic source for information and critical reviews on hundred of standardized and commercially available measuring and data collection devices.

Directory of Unpublished Experimental Mental Measures - Ref. Z5814.P8G63

Complements the information provided by the Mental Measurements Yearbook for commercially available standardized test by providing similar information for experimental measures found in journals that carry studies and reports including experimental measures. Disciplines covered include education, psychology, sociology, and personnel.

Test Critiques, 10 volumes, 1984-, - Ref. BF176.T419

The first two volumes provide information on the same tests cover by Tests, including reliability, validity, and normative development. The remaining volumes each contain a subject index, index of test titles, index of test publishers, and an index of test authors/reviewers.

Tests: A Comprehensive Reference for Assessment in Psychology, Education, and Business - Ref. BF176.T43 1991

For each test the volume provides its level, purpose, description, scoring, cost, and publisher. Numerous indexes are provided, including publisher, test title, author, scoring service, and visually impaired.

Personality Tests and Reviews; Including an Index to the Mental Measurements Yearbook - Ref. Z5814.P8B79

Similar to the Mental Measurements Yearbook, but only personality tests are covered.

Reading Tests and Reviews; Including a Classified Index to the Mental Measurements Yearbook - Ref. Z5814.R25.P8B8

Provides the same kind of information as the Mental Measurements Yearbook for reading tests only.

Tests in Print I, II, III, IV - Ref. Z5814.E9B8

This publication provides an annotated bibliography of tests in print, lists of references on specific tests, a directory of test publishers, an author index, a title index, and comprehensive, cumulative index to the Mental Measurements Yearbook, Personality Tests and Reviews, and Reading Tests and Reviews.

ETS Test Collection Catalog, 6 volumes v Ref. LB3051.E79

Each volume includes at least 1,000 tests. For each test the catalog provides the tests scope, target audience, and availability. The volumes include both standardized commercially available tests as well as research instruments not easily obtainable.

ETS Test Collection: Tests on Microfiche v Ref. Desk LB3051.T45

This collection is a source for more than 800 unpublished research instruments on a wide range of subject areas. This collection does provide a copy of the test. Users are cautioned to exercise care in using unpublished instruments for which there is no established validity or reliability. The collection is indexed by the Cumulative Index to Tests on Microfiche, 1975-1987 v Ref. Desk LB3051.T45.

Index to Tests Used in Educational Dissertations v Ref. LB3051.F3 1989

Provides access to more than 50,000 test titles included in dissertations from 1938 v 1980 cited in Dissertations Abstracts. Most of the tests included are of the paper-and-pencil test type. In addition the following types of tests are included: physical education tests, physical fitness tests, and rating scales.

Test Reviews and Research Studies in Journal Articles

Journal Indexes/Abstracts databases are good sources of test information. Research studies using particular tests, scales or inventories with descriptive or critical comments are published in many journals. Sometimes sample questions from an instrument or a copy of a survey or an inventory will be included in an article.

Perform a keyword search in electronic databases such as ERIC, Education Abstracts, and PsycINFO. Use the truncation or wildcard symbol (?) to retrieve variations of the word. For example: adolescen? would retrieve adolescence, adolescent, etc.

For example:

gifted and test?
gifted and (inventor? or survey? or test?)

LEXICAT - Selected Subject Headings for Tests and Testing

Access the online catalog (Lexicat) to locate books about tests and testing. Perform a subject search such as:

S=educational tests and measures
S=intelligence tests
S=reading ability testing
S=mathematical ability testing
S=ability testing
S=scholastic aptitude test
S=psychological tests
S=psychological tests for children
S=criterion referenced tests
S=personality tests

You may also do a keyword search using the truncation or wildcard symbol (?) such as:

Fi test? and mathematics
Fi test? and personality