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Citations for various measurement instruments, such as questionnaires or rating scales, in the health or psychosocial science fields (1985-present).

Produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements, TIP is a bibliography of commercially available tests and it includes information on the test purpose, publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication dates, and authors.

A library of testing materials and actual tests. Students from Loyola University and College of Notre Dame of Maryland can browse this collection and make photocopies, but the materials are noncirculating.


[edit] Finding Psychological Tests

Books containing Tests:

  • Robinson,John P. and Phillip R. Shaver. Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Attitudes, Vol. 1 New York, NY: Academic Press, 1991. Reference BF698.4 .M38 1991
  • Robinson,John P. and Phillip R. Shaver. Measures of social psychological attitudes. Ann Arbor, Mich. : Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, 1980, 1973. Reference BF698.4 .M3 1980
  • Raymond B. Cattell, Raymond B and Frank W. Warburton. "Objective personality & motivation tests; a theoretical introduction and practical compendium." Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1967. Reference BF698.5 .C3
  • Corcoran, Kevin and Joel Fischer. Measures for clinical practice: a sourcebook. Vols. 1-2. 4th edition. New York : Free Press, c2007. Reference BF176 .C66 200
  • Corcoran, Kevin and Joel Fischer. Measures for clinical practice: a sourcebook. Vols. 1-2. 3rd edition. New York : Free Press, c2000. BF176 .C66 2000


Books that point to tests:

  • "Mental Measurements Yearbook" [1st ed.] (1938)-17th ed. (2007) A compilation of some editions available electronically - see link above. Reference LB1131 .B8
  • Tests in Print. Vols. II-2nd ed. (1974)-6th ed. (2002) II (1975), III (1983), IV (1994), V (1999) and VI (2002) (LB3051.T4) Print editions include extensive references to articles about the tests. Reference LB3051 .T47


Unpublished Tests (not commercially published):

  • Goldman, Bert A. Directory of unpublished experimental mental measures. Vol. 1-7 (Vol. 7 Title Index) Includes references to unpublished tests decribed in 40 journals. The journal article often includes the test. Reference BF431 .G624
  • Chun, Ki-Taek. Measures for psychological assessment: a guide to 3,000 original sources and their applications. Ann Arbor, Mich. : Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, 1975. BF431 .G624


Articles That Point to Tests:
You can also find journal articles that describe experiments and the instruments used in databases such as PsycINFO. Look for articles containing primary research. 

  Adapted from   University of Oregon. UO Libraries.  "Finding Psychological Tests."

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