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Nursing: A Guide to McFarlin Library Resources 

This Nursing Research Guide will introduce you to the sources available at McFarlin Library for conducting research in the Nursing and Allied Health field.
Last update: Sep 24th, 2009 URL: http://utulsa.libguides.com/nursing  Print Guide  RSS Updates

Tests and Measures            Print Page
  
 

About T & M

The box to the right will help you identify and locate information on psychological tests and measures.  These are standardized instruments used by psychologists and other mental health professionals in assessment, diagnosis, research and education.  They may take the form of scales, inventories, questionnaires, etc. that measure behavior, needs, or knowledge of individuals or groups.  Finding information about a particular test is usually pretty easy.  Getting a copy of it may be more difficult.

Published and Unpublished Tests

Published psychological tests are those available for sale from a publisher.  You may only be able to get a copy of it by purchasing it. Some publishers will sell tests only to qualified researchers. The Mental Measurements Yearbook (aka Buros) is an excellent source of information about published tests.

Unpublished tests are not available from commercial publishers.  Sometimes the only source of information about them may come from journal articles or a Google search.  Getting a copy of the test may require contacting the person or research group that developed it.

For more information, consult the APA FAQ.

 
 

Psychological Tests and Measures

The resources listed below may be online or print:

  • Mental Measurements Yearbook (aka Buros)  
    "Mental Measurements Yearbook, Produced by the Buros Institute at the University of Nebraska, the Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments."
  • Tests in Print  
    "Produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska, Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language."
  • FAQ from the American Psychological Association  
    "APA neither sells nor endorses testing instruments, but it does provide guidance in using available resources to find psychological tests. Answers to frequently asked questions are provided here."
  • San Diege State University Test Finder  
    A search engine for psychological tests prepared by librarians at SDSU.
  • Psychological Tests - library search  
    Subject search for "psychological tests" in the library catalog.
 
 
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