Psychological Testing
All those library resources that
will help you find what you need
Tools for Finding Test
Information
Reference Books
Library Databases
Library Catalog
Internet Sites
Reference Books
• Mental Measurement Yearbook (MMY)
Ref. BF176 .B87x
• Tests in Print (V, VI, VII)
Ref. BF176 .T47
• Tests
Ref. BF176 .T43 2003
• Test Critiques
Ref. BF176 .T419 1984 (v. 1-10)
MMY
• Tests listed alphabetically
• Includes intended population, acronyms,
publisher, publication dates, forms and
prices, timing, administration, and test
author
• Lists reliability, validity, norming data,
scoring and reporting services
• Most entries include reviews of the test
and testing materials
• Available online and in print.
USE MMY:
• To determine if a particular test
exists
• To determine the structure of a test
• To determine if a test has been
published and is available
• To find summaries and excerpts of
reviews of a test
MMY is cumulative
Use Tests in Print as an
index to previously
published MMYs
Tests in Print
• Tests listed alphabetically
• Bibliographic encyclopedia of
information on every published and
commercially available test in
psychology and achievement
Tests in Print (cont.)
• Entry includes purpose, population,
publication date, acronym, author,
publisher, scores, timing, foreign
adaptations and references
• DOES NOT INCLUDE critical reviews or
psychometric information
• Available online and in print
USE Tests in Print
• To determine availability of a test
and then use MMY for critical
reviews
Sample from Miami University Libraries in Oxford,
Ohio – Educational and School Psychology
http://www.lib.muohio.edu/edpsych/my/tip-index.html
Tests
• Bibliographic encyclopedia containing
information on testing instruments in
psychology, education, and business
• Includes purpose, description of test,
author, intended population, major
features, administration time, scoring
method, cost and availability, and primary
publisher
• DOES NOT INCLUDE critiques or
psychometric information
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Available only in print.
USE Tests
• To find description of test and then
use Test Critiques for critical
reviews
Test Critiques
• Tests listed alphabetically
• Includes psychometric information such as
reliability, validity, and norm development
• Entry for test includes introduction, practical
applications and uses, technical aspects and
critiques
• Technical terms explained
• Use the Index of Test Titles located in the back
of the latest volume to find which volume contains
your test
• Available only in print.
Library Databases
(found on library website under
Articles/Databases)
• PsycINFO/PsycArticles
• HaPI (Health and Psychosocial
Instruments) (4 simultaneous users)
• ERIC
• SocIndex
• Medline
• MMY (4 simultaneous users)
• Tests in Print (4 simultaneous users)
PsycINFO
• Available through EbscoHost
• Can find studies concerning the validity or
reliability of a given test
• Find reviews of tests in journals
• Find articles that have a survey or test
appended to the article
• Some full-text
• Make sure to limit to Peer Reviewed
Journals!
HaPI
• Indexes measures created or modified for
specific studies that appear in journals or
books
• Contains over 15,000 instruments
• Reliability and validity can be used as
keywords to access instruments with
tested psychometric properties
• Only 4 simultaneous users
• Not full-text
ERIC
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Available through EbscoHost
Similar to PsycINFO
Indexes educational literature
Some full-text
Make sure to limit search to
“Journal Articles”
MMY
• Available through EbscoHost
• Covers the 9th ed. – present
• Can search by acronym using either
the index or the drop-down menu
• Only 4 simultaneous users
• Full-text
Library Catalog
• Use the Subject Tab and type either
psychological tests or psychological testing
• Use Boolean Keyword and “psychological
testing”
• Use Boolean Keyword and “testing” and the
particular psychological topic, trait, etc.
(ex. Testing and personality)
• Use Boolean Keyword and your test name
as a phrase “Wechsler Memory Scale”
Internet Resources
• APA –FAQ in Psychological Tests
www.apa.org/science/faqfindtests.html
BUROS Institute of Mental
Measurements-Test Reviews Online
http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.
jsp
How to cite the MMY
• The next two slides contain parts of
a handout developed by:
Keith Stanger
Eastern Michigan University Library
keith@stanger.com
http://keithstanger.com/
December 26, 2005 (used by
permission)
Citing the print MMY
• Entire test description:
• Brown Attention-Deficit Disorder
Scales. (2001). In B. S. Plake & J. C.
Impara (Eds.), The fourteenth mental
measurements yearbook (pp. 183190). Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of
Mental Measurements.
Citing the print MMY
• Individual test review:
• Kaufman, N.L., & Kaufman, A.S. (2001).
[Review of the test Brown AttentionDeficit Disorder Scales]. In B. S. Plake &
J. C. Impara (Eds.), The fourteenth mental
measurements yearbook (pp. 183-187).
Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental
Measurements.
Citing the online MMY
• Entire test description:
• Hathaway, S., McKinley, J., &
Butcher, J. (1942, 1942-1990).
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality
Inventory-2. Retrieved from Mental
Measurements Yearbook database.
Citing the online MMY
• Individual test review:
• Kaufman, N.L., & Kaufman, A.S. (2001).
Review of the test Brown AttentionDeficit Disorder Scales. In The
fourteenth mental measurements
yearbook. Retrieved from Mental
Measurements Yearbook database.
APA Style Guide to
Electronic Resources
• Retrieval date: No date necessary
for content unlikely to change or to
be updated (i.e. published journal
articles)
• Name and location of source: Use a
DOI (Digital Object Identifier) if
available
DOI – Digital Object
Indentifier
• Not every article will have a DOI
• IF a DOI is present, you don’t need
to cite the database name.
• The DOI is unique to each article.
• Easiest to copy and paste a DOI in a
citation than to try and type it.
Example
• Sellbom, M., Fischler, G., & BenPorath, Y. (2007). Identifying MMPI2 Predictors of police officer
integrity and misconduct. Criminal
Justice and Behavior, 34(8), 9851004. doi:
10.1177/0093854807301224
How to cite an online
source within your paper
• The information on the following
slide was retrieved from the APA
website:
http://www.apastyle.org/electext.html
Electronic References: Citations in
Text of Electronic Material
How to cite an online
source within your paper
• For electronic sources that do not provide
page numbers, use the paragraph number,
if available, preceded by the paragraph
symbol or the abbreviation para. If
neither paragraph nor page numbers are
visible, cite the heading and the number of
the paragraph following it to direct the
reader to the location of the material (see
section 3.39).
• (Myers, 2000, ¶ 5)
(Beutler, 2000, Conclusion section, para. 1)
Other helpful websites
on citing sources
• http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/
cite6.html
“Using Principles of APA Style to Cite and
Document Sources”
http://library.nmu.edu/guides/userguides/st
yle_apa.htm
“APA Reference Style Guide” developed and
maintained by Mike Strahan.
For further help
• Contact me by phone x3850 or by
email ekielley@messiah.edu
• Contact the Reference Desk by
phone x3910, by email Ask a
Librarian link on home page or IM
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• Or just come to the library