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Finding Background Information About Tests

Geisel Library does not purchase tests.

Unpublished tests mentioned in dissertations, papers, and reports may be obtained from the authors and copyright permission must be discussed.

Published tests may be purchased from publishers or used if presented in full in books, journal articles, or as ERIC documents.

Mental Measurements Yearbook
Call Number: Lower Level REF BF431 .M45
Publication Date: v. 1-18
Includes factual information on published tests along with critical reviews of most of the tests.

Mental Measurements Yearbook (online)
The print is in addition to the more current MMY database, which provides a comprehensive index from 1985 to the present.
As an index it does not provide test reviews or details.

Tests In Print VIII
Call Number: REF LB3051 .T43
Publication Date: 2011
Provides purchasing information for tests.

ETS Test Collection
A database of more than 25,000 tests and other measurement devices with information about tests from the early 1900s to the present.
You can search the database for free, but the tests must be purchased.

Tests: A Comprehensive Reference for Assessments in Psychology, Education, and Business by Daniel J. Keyser (Editor); Richard C. Sweetland (Editor)
Call Number: Lower Level REF BF176 .T43 1991
ISBN: 0890792569
Provides concise descriptions of tests including cost, availability and publisher. See Test Critiques for evaluative information. For help in using Tests see the book introduction.
Test Critiques by Test Corporation of America
Call Number: Lower Level REF BF176 .T418 1984
ISBN: 9780890795965
Reviews published tests. Designed to be a companion to Tests. For help see the book introduction.
Directory of Unpublished Experimental Mental Measures
Call Number: REF BF431 .G625
ISBN: 0731-8081
Provides information about experimental mental measures, tests, and surveys that are not commercially available. For help see the book introduction.
Measures for Clinical Practice and Research by Joel Fischer; Kevin Corcoran
Call Number: BF176 .C66 2007
ISBN: 9780195181906
Provides an extensive collection of more then 400 "rapid assessment instruments" (RAIs), including many questionnaires and scales, which assess virtually any problem commonly encountered in clinical practice.
Vol. 1: Couples, Families and Children" and "Vol. 2: Adults".
Encyclopedia of Psychological Assessment
Call Number: REF BF39 .E497 2003
ISBN: 9780761954941