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Personality
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The resources listed below are
located in the Reference Room, 4th
floor, LRC. Search by test title,
type of test, author, or reviewer.
Publisher information for purchasing
the test is also available. If you
need assistance inquire at the reference
desk.
- The Mental Measurements
Yearbook (MMY) –
Call number Z5814.P8 B932 LRC-R
MMY ‘s can be used to locate
reviews and descriptions of English
language tests. “Guides”
for use are taped inside the front
covers. MMY can also be searched
on the Internet. (See
below.)
- Tests in Print (TIP)-
Call number Z5814 .E9 B82 LRC-R.
Comprehensive indexes.
TIP lists all tests that are currently
available from publishers. Some
listings have cross-references
to MMY reviews. TIP can be used
as an index to the contents of
Mental Measurements Yearbooks.
“Guides” for use taped
inside the front covers.
- Dictionary of Behavioral
Assessment Techniques
– Call number BF176.5.D53
LRC-R
- Handbook of Psychological
Assessment –
Call number BF176.G76 LRC-R
- Handbook of Psychological Testing
- BF176.k575 LRC-R
- Measures of Religiosity
- Call numberBR110.M43
Includes measures and scales in
the psychology of religion such
as the "Faith Maturity Scale"
(pp. 171-) and "Spiritual
Leadership Qualities Inventory"
(p. 255).
- Tests: A Comprehensive
Reference for Assessments in Psychology,
Education, and Business
– Call number BF176.T43
LRC-R
Provides current information on
assessment instruments. Does not
review or evaluate tests; provides
concise, easy-to-read descriptions.
- Tests in Counseling
Practice –
Call number BF176.T425 LRC-R
“Demonstrate[s] how tests
can be used effectively for counseling
healthy or well functioning clients.”
Knowledge of test and measurement
concepts is necessary for use.
- Mental
Measurements Yearbook: Test
Reviews Online

- http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp
Search for free information on
"almost 4,000 commercially
available tests."
- Educational
Testing Service (ETS) Database
- Includes ETS/ERIC Test File,
Test Review Locator, CEE/ERIC
Test Database and, Buros/ERI Publisher
Locator. The reviews are not at
this site but in the MMY’s
or Test Critiques. This is merely
a means of searching. Search for
publisher, address, phone numbers,
and sometimes URL’s. Tests
may be purchased from the publisher
but usually through a licensed
psychologist/psychiatrist only.
Some tests are in the CMC and
Behavioral Science departments.
Test reviews, articles, and books
about tests are often found by searching
the periodical databases in the subject
area of the test. On occasion the
actual test instrument is found in
these resources. Try searching by
the test name.
| Suggested
ORU Databases
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Academic
Search Premier
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| Education |
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| Education
Research Complete |
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| TIP:
Browse the index
using some of
the following
keywords:
Personality
Tests
Psychological
Test
Test-
Testing- |
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ERIC
EBSCOhost
ERIC
FirstSearch
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| TIP:
Try the subject
headings listed
below. |
Clinical
Diagnosis
College Students
Comparative Analysis
Diagnostic Tests
Educational Assessment
Evaluation Methods
Intelligence Tests |
Personality
Measurements Psychological
Testing Student
Evaluation
Test Construction
Test Reliability
Test Use
Test Validity
Testing Problems
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| PsycArticles
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| PsycInfo |
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| TIP:
Click "Thesaurus."
Browse for: Personality
Measures. Click
a term in the
list to display
details or sub-categories. |
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