Research Guides: *Education: Tests & Measurements

Tests & Test Indexes

PsycTESTS This link opens in a new window
PsycTESTS serves as a repository for the full text (when available) of psychological tests and measures as well as a source of structured information about tests of relevance to psychologists and professionals in related fields such as psychiatry, management, business, education, social science, neuroscience, law, medicine, and social work.

Health & Psychosocial Instruments
Comprehensive bibliographic coverage of a wide variety of evaluation and measurement tools for health and psychosocial studies, for practitioners, educators, researchers, and students.
ETS Test Collection
Descriptions of over 25,000 tests held in the ETS library and elsewhere.
Tests and Measures in the Social Sciences
2009.
Two sections of this extensive website are particularly useful: compilation volumes' table of contents and links to libraries' tests and measures FAQs.

Search for reviews, summaries and critiques of tests and measurements in any of these databases and reference books

Mental Measurements Yearbook This link opens in a new window
Offers evaluations of the latest assessments in education, psychology, business, law, healthcare, counseling, and management. In addition to test reviews, descriptions of the purpose, target population, administration, scores, price, author, and publisher for all listed tests are provided. Reviews are written by highly qualified professionals with expertise in a range of disciplines.
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
Use to find articles and other resources about how tests are used in psychological research. Note that you can type the name of a test in the PsycINFO Indexes & Limits box. Age group limits will help you focus your search results.
ERIC This link opens in a new window
Database sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to education-related literature, including pedagogy, counseling and psychology. Covers 1966-present.

Tests and Measures Database compiled by Helen Hough,Systems Librarian, University of Texas at Arlington Library

By name of the test

Type the name of the test in quotes. Google examples:

“Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Revised”

+validity +"Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Revised"

Tip: The plus signs force the term or terms to appear in the results.

Type the topic and (tests or measures or instruments or surveys, etc.). Google examples:

"aggressive personality" and tests OR measures OR surveys

"aggressive personality" and tests OR measures OR surveys site:.edu

Tip: The second example limits your search results to .edu sites.