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DATABASES OF
PSYCHOLOGICAL
TESTS
Carlos A. Almenara, PhD
Online and Offline Resources In Psychological Assessment PSY494P122 (March 26th, 2014)
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EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE
(ETS)
Educational Testing Service
The ETS Test Collection is a database of
more than 25,000 tests and other
measurement devices.
Contains information about tests from the
early 1900s to the present, and is
considered the largest compilation of such
materials in the world.
Downloadable tests have a cost.
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Home Page: http://www.ets.org/test_link/about
Database: http://1340.sydneyplus.com/ETS_Test_Collection/Portal.aspx
Educational Testing Service
Field codes
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http://1340.sydneyplus.com/ETS_Test_Collection/Portal.aspx
Educational Testing Service
You may use ERIC descriptors (Thesaurus)
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http://eric.ed.gov/?ti=all
Educational Testing Service
Truncation (* wildcard)
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http://1340.sydneyplus.com/ETS_Test_Collection/Portal.aspx
Educational Testing Service
Searching a downloadable test
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http://1340.sydneyplus.com/ETS_Test_Collection/Portal.aspx
Educational Testing Service
EXERCISE 1:
Using the Advanced Search, use the
SubjectSearch field and try searching on your
research topic (you might use ERIC descriptors
or truncation: *)
Identify the newest measurement tool in your
topic using the Year field.
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http://1340.sydneyplus.com/ETS_Test_Collection/Portal.aspx
Educational Testing Service
EXERCISE 2:
Use the AVAILABILITY section of the test
record to find a test.
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http://1340.sydneyplus.com/ETS_Test_Collection/Portal.aspx
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TESTS AND
MEASURES
IN THE
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Tests and Measures in SS
This database contains information on
about 14,000 measures available in 139
compilation volumes.
There is a database version in
RefShare.
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https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1423/jaro2014/PSY494P122/43723478/
Tests and Measures in SS
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Home Page: http://libraries.uta.edu/helen/testmeas.htm
Database: http://libraries.uta.edu/helen/test&meas/testmainframe.htm
Tests and Measures in SS
[directory] means the item list tests which have been used in research. It does not necessarily contain the actual test or measurement it may include descriptive information only.
[tests], includes the tests under discussion in the text.
[directory; some tests], the item has information about tests under discussion and includes copies of some of them.
[index] does not include tests unless specifically noted.
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http://libraries.uta.edu/helen/test&meas/NotIndexed.htm
Tests and Measures in SS
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http://libraries.uta.edu/helen/test&meas/NotIndexed.htm
Tests and Measures in SS
Indexes and Abstracts databases
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http://libraries.uta.edu/helen/testmeas.htm#Indexes%20and%20Abstracts
Tests and Measures in SS
Database
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http://libraries.uta.edu/helen/test&meas/testmainframe.htm
Tests and Measures in SS
Collections examined
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http://libraries.uta.edu/helen/Test&meas/testmainframe.htm#Collections
Tests and Measures in SS
Export all the database
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https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1423/jaro2014/PSY494P122/43723478/
Tests and Measures in SS
Export all the database (28460 records)
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https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1423/jaro2014/PSY494P122/43723478/
Tests and Measures in SS
Searching (site:libraries.uta.edu/helen/)
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www.google.com
Tests and Measures in SS
EXERCISE 1:
Using the exact match search strategy in
Google, find and list all the books where the
Overt Aggression Scale is available in full text.
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Database: http://libraries.uta.edu/helen/test&meas/testmainframe.htm
Tests and Measures in SS
EXERCISE 2:
Identify an instrument related to your topic.
Save the name of the instrument.
Save the source (reference) in Mendeley.
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http://libraries.uta.edu/helen/test&meas/testmainframe.htm
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MENTAL
MEASUREMENTS
YEARBOOK
Mental Measurements Yearbook
FREE: Find free information on over 3500
commercially available tests.
PAY-PER-VIEW: Get access to the test
reviews online, as they appear in the Mental
Measurements Yearbook series (fee:
USD$15,00 per test review)
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http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp
Mental Measurements Yearbook
Search interface
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http://buros.org/review-samples
Mental Measurements Yearbook
SEARCH:
Alphabetic Search: Alphabetical listing of test
titles
Category Search: Category listing of test titles
Keywords search: Search for keywords on test
titles, acronym, author, publisher, purpose,
scores.
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http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp
Mental Measurements Yearbook
Search interface
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http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp
Mental Measurements Yearbook
Alphabetical Listing
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http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp
Mental Measurements Yearbook
Category Listing
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http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp
Mental Measurements Yearbook
Open search
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http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp
Mental Measurements Yearbook
Open search (results)
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http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp
Mental Measurements Yearbook
Limited search
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http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp
Mental Measurements Yearbook
Limited search (results)
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http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp
Mental Measurements Yearbook
Record preview
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http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp
Mental Measurements Yearbook
EXERCISE:
Try to identify the most suitable instrument for
your research.
Open the record and look for the section
Reviewed In.
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http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp
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Health and Psychosocial Instruments
(HaPI)
Provides access to information on
approximately 15,000 measurement
instruments in the fields of health and
psychosocial sciences:
Medicine, nursing, public health, psychology,
social work, communication, sociology, and
organizational behavior/human resources.
Approximately 145,000 records.
The full-text of the instruments is not
included.
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http://www.bmdshapi.com/mission.html
Health and Psychosocial Instruments
(HaPI)
Types of instruments covered by HaPI:
Coverage: Since 1985
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http://www.bmdshapi.com/type_instruments.html
Health and Psychosocial Instruments
(HaPI)
Field codes available through OVID
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http://gateway.ovid.com/genr7.9/fldguide/hapidb.htm
Health and Psychosocial Instruments
(HaPI)
Field codes available through OVID
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http://gateway.ovid.com/genr7.9/fldguide/hapidb.htm
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PSYNDEX
PSYNDEXplus with TestFinder
The most comprehensive abstract (not full text)
database of psychological literature, audiovisual
media, intervention programs, and tests from the
German-speaking countries (30% translated in english)
Records of psychological publications from authors in
the German-speaking countries, audiovisual media,
and descriptions of intervention programs
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http://www.ovid.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=13051&catalogId=13151&langId=-
1&partNumber=Prod-140
PSYNDEXplus with TestFinder
Published by Zentrum fur Psychologische
Information und Dokumentation (ZPID) at the
University of Trier.
Coverage:
Literature: 1977 – Present (~215,000
records)
Audiovisual media: 1932 – Present (~2,000
records)
TESTS: 1945 – Present (~5,800 tests)
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http://www.ovid.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=13051&catalogId=13151&langId=-
1&partNumber=Prod-140
PSYNDEX via PubPsych
http://www.pubpsych.eu/
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PSYNDEX via PubPsych
aggression DB="PSYNDEX"
DT="TEST/Questionnaire"
http://www.pubpsych.eu/
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QUESTIONS?
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EXERCISE
UTA Database & BUROS Database
EXERCISE:
You found tests in UTA Database & BUROS
Database.
Now, use Google Scholar to find recent articles
related to your topic and that used any of those
instruments.
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http://scholar.google.com/
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READINGS:
Publication and citation analysis as a tool for
information retrieval (Goh & Foo, 2008)
top related