Tests and Measures: How to Locate: Home
How to locate specific tests, measurements, and scales used in research or professional practice and information about those tools.
Locating Tests and Measures Published in Journals
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PsycINFO [EBSCO]Since 2005 PsycInfo has used a "Tests and Measures" field. This enables you to search for a particular test used or mentioned in a PsycInfo record. Enter the name of the test that you want in a search box. From the "select a field" menu scroll down alphabetically until you reach "Tests and Measures" and select that field for your search. You can also search for a TYPE of test, for example: "self esteem."
Tests and measures used for research purposes are sometimes published in journal articles. Here are scholarly databases you can use to locate specific tests or more general testing information.
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ERIC (EBSCO)If you are looking for a specific test, enter the title of the test with quotation marks: "child behavior checklist." If you are looking for a type of test, from the Advanced Search enter keyword(s) that describe your topic in one search box, entering either "tests" or "questionnaires" as a "Publication Type" search
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CINAHL Complete [EBSCO]A database of nursing and health journals. Provides full-text access for more than 1,300 journals, and indexes more than 5,000 additional journals.
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MEDLINE [EBSCO]A database of authoritative medical information that covers medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and related topics.
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Mental Measurements Yearbook / Tests in Print [EBSCO]A directory for all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. Includes full-text information about and reviews of all English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas.
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Sociological Abstracts [ProQuest]An international database of book review citations and journal article and dissertation abstracts in the field of sociology as well as related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
Tests used in Research by Subject
Tests that are widely used in education, counseling, and industry tend to be published and commerically available from test publishers. Many tests, however, are unpublished and created primarily for research purposes. This guide provides some sources for these non-commercial tests, questionnaires, surveys, scales, and other measures, arranged by broad subject areas. See tabs above for subject areas and related test compilations.
Individual Published Tests Available in the Library (a selection)
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Bayley Scales of Infant DevelopmentCall Number: Request at Haggard Circulation Desk (cls) BF723.I6 B39 1993Tests designed to provide a basis for the evaluation of a child's developmental status in the first two and one-half years of life.
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The Creative Curriculum for Infants, Toddlers & Twos [kit] : Developmental Continuum Assessment ToolkitCall Number: Request at Haggard Circulation Desk (cls) Curric E LB TEST 2006 kitIntegrated assessment system to help preschool teachers tailor the curriculum to the expected developmental stage of the students.
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CTOPP [kit] : comprehensive test of phonological processingCall Number: Wilson 4E - Curriculum Curric E PN PROE 1999Assesses phonological awareness, phonological memory, and rapid naming. "The CTOPP has four principal uses: (a) to identify individuals who are significantly below their peers in important phonological abilities, (b) to determine strengths and weaknesses among developed phonological processes, (c) to document an individual's progress in phonological processing as a consequence of special intervention programs, and (d) to serve as a measurement device in research studies investigating phonological processing."--Pro-Ed Website.
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The Creative Curriculum for Preschool [kit] : Developmental continuum assessment toolkit for ages 3-5Call Number: Request at Haggard Circulation Desk (cls) Curric E LB TEST 2001 kit
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Edmark reading program. Level 1.Call Number: Request at Haggard Circulation Desk (cls) Curric E PR EDMK Level 1 1992A beginning reading and language development program based upon a sequenced, highly repetitive sight-word approach. Teaches 150 basic sight words plus endings (-s, -ed, -ing). Takes a non-reader to approximately a 1.0 reading level. Intended for preschool students, elementary students having difficulty with reading, English as a second language students, and special education students through the adult level.
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K-BIT: Kaufman Brief Intelligence TestCall Number: Request at Haggard Circulation Desk (cls) BF432.5.K39 K38 1990A standardized, individually administered test of verbal and nonverbal intelligence composed of two subtests: vocabulary, which measures word knowledge and verbal concept formation; and matrices, which assesses the ability to perceive relationships and complete analogies. Designed as an initial screening device only. Takes 15 to 30 min. to administer. For ages 4 to 90.
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The Offer Self-Image Questionnaire, revised (OSIQ-R)Call Number: Request at Haggard Circulation Desk (cls) BF724.25 .O35 1992Measures adjustment and self-image in adolescents (13-19 years of age). The manual presents OSIQ-R profiles for various groups, including adolescents with single episode and recurring depression, those at risk for suicide, delinquent youths, and teenagers with eating disorders.
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The SAGE Program [kit]: Sexual Abuse Graduate EducationCall Number: Request at Haggard Circulation Desk (cls) RJ507.S49 W54 19981 facilitator's guide, scenario folder (3 copies), 8 loose-leaf scenario information sheets, particpant's manual (12 copies), 4 puzzle boards, 4 sets of 12 puzzle pieces (wooden), 1 card holder, 1 set of 320 cards, advertizing flyer (5 copies); in box 33 x 60 x 31 cm.
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Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery--revised [Call Number: Request at Haggard Circulation Desk (cls) BF432.5.W66 W66 1990A wide-range, comprehensive set of individually administered tests for measuring cognitive abilities, scholastic aptitudes, and achievement. A revised and expanded version of the 1977 Woodcock-Johnson.
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