Tests and Measures

Many test makers and publishers restrict access of their tests to qualified professionals. Therefore, Syracuse University Library does not collect test instruments on a systematic basis. However, we do have some noncommercial tests in books, journals, and the Tests in Microfiche collection on microfiche. 

• HAPI -Health and Psychosocial Instruments
  Please Note: The full-text of the instruments are not included in the database
  Description: Provides access to information on measurement instruments (i.e., questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/manuals, rating scales, projective techniques, vignettes/scenarios, tests) in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science.
  • You can search to see if the Library has the "Source" listed for an instrument.  The "Source" may be a book, article or other format.  The "Source" may include the full text of the instrument, especially if the "Source Code" says "Primary Source."  




• Following are some sources you can use to find out what book or journal a particular test is located in. You may also search for a topic or keyword in these sources.

 

• Tests and Measures in the Social Sciences: Tests Available in Compilation Volumes   (Finds tests in books.  The Library has a significant number of these.)

  Important: To search for citations to tests in this source, click the link above and, in the search box, type "compilation volumes" and your keyword

  Example: "compilation volumes" veterans

• SDSU Test Finder (Finds tests in books.)
• SDSU Test Finder for Journal Articles
• Substance Use Screening & Assessment Instruments Database "Some instruments are in the public domain and can be freely downloaded from the web; others can only be obtained from the copyright holder. "  
• Directory of unpublished experimental mental measures. Location: Bird-Reference, 1st Floor (does not circulate)- Call Number: BF431 .G625

(Use the index or table of contents in this set of volumes.)

• Psycinfo Check that Advanced Search is selected.  In the Classification Codes box, choose Tests and Testing.  This will retrieve citations for articles that may include a test, sample test questions, and/or a description of the test.

Important: After you search for citations to tests using the links above, check SU Library's Catalog to see if the Library has the book or journal in which your test is located.  Enter the title of the book or journal into the Catalog.  Click on Title or Journal Title.  Click Search.  (For journals, also check Find E-journals.)

If we do not have a book of tests you are looking for, please contact Adina Mulliken to see if the Library can purchase it.  Because purchasing it takes some time, you generally should also order it through Interlibrary Loan, or search for another test if you have a very short time frame.

 

• If you prefer to browse through books of tests, you may start with the following sources:

• Measures for clinical practice : a sourcebook / Kevin Corcoran, Joel Fischer
  BF176 .C66 2000 and

BF176 .C66 2007
Bird-Reference, 1st Floor

BF176 .C66 1987 and

BF176 .C66 1994

Bird-3 Day Reserve, 1st Floor Circulation Desk


• Handbook of family measurement techniques.
  HQ728 .H267 2001
  Bird-Reference, 1st Floor

 

• ETS Test Collection Database will let you search by topic or for a particular test.  Some of these tests (those that say "Availability: Tests in microfiche") are available in the Library on microfiche, which you can print out.  The Library has Tests in Microfiche from 1975-1991.   Some tests in the database are listed as available in a journal.  The journal article usually contains items from the test, but not the entire test. For tests in this database that are not available on microfiche or in a journal, it may be necessary to contact the author and/or purchase the test to obtain a copy of it.

Tests in microfiche. Princeton, N.J., Educational Testing Service.

Library has: set A (1975)-set Q (1991)

Call Number: Microfiche LB3051 .E3527
Location: Bird-Media, Lower Level.

To find tests in Tests in Microfiche from 1975-1987, you can use the print index: Cumulative index to tests in microfiche, 1975-1987.

Call Number: LB3051 .E3527 Index 1975-1987

Location: Bird-Media, Lower Level.

For additional resources, see: Testing and Assessment Resources. This lists further resources to locate tests, to locate reviews of tests, to purchase tests, and sources for tests in the field of education.

A print source which gives descriptions of tests is:

The ... Mental measurements yearbook. Highland Park, N.J. : The Mental Measurements Yearbook, 1941- Location: : E. S. Bird-Reference, 1st Floor and E. S. Bird-5th Floor - Call Number: Z5814.P8 B932

An additional source to search for tests, many of which can only be obtained by personally purchasing a copy, is: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements Test Reviews online