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Measurement and Testing


APA Testing and Assessment

APA's Testing Office offers a testing information clearinghouse with links to several full text and sale items, and a list of links to other testing sites; also offers guide to finding and using psychological tests: APA's Finding Information on Psychological Tests

Buros Institute of Mental Measurements

Information and professional assistance for users of commercially published tests from the publishers of the Mental Measurements Yearbook and Tests in Print. The site provides a test locator and a test review locator for psychological and educational tests.  Articles and links to other sites of information on psychological testing are also available.

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV - READY REFERENCE RC455.2.C4 D54 1994

Published by American Psychiatric Association, the DSM-IV is the leading classification and diagnostic manual used by practitioners for diagnosing mental disorders. For each mental disorder the manual includes Diagnostic Criteria, Diagnostic Features, Subtypes, Associated Features & Disorders, Specific Cultural, Age, and Gender Features, Prevalence, Course, Familial Pattern, and Differential Diagnosis.

Mental Measurements Yearbook - REF BF431.M435

Contains descriptions and reviews regarding English-language standardized tests a directory of test publishers. The Buros Institute publishes the yearbook every two years and each new edition has only new information, so each edition must be used for complete study of a test.

Measures for Psychological Assessment: A Guide to 3,000 Original Sources and their Applications - REF BF698.5.C45

This useful, but dated (1976), resource provides annotated references to thousands of psychological measures that appeared in journal articles or other publications.

Psychware Sourcebook - REF BF176.2.K78 1987

A directory with descriptions (but not reviews or evaluations) of computerized measurements.

Tests in Print: An Index to Tests, Test Reviews and the Literature on Specific Tests - REF BF698.5.B878 1999

An index with descriptions (but not evaluations) of published, commercially available psychological and achievement tests.

Tests can also be researched using PsychInfo. For help with this, please ask at the reference desk.
Last Update: January 29, 2006