This guide is intended to introduce users to the basic procedures and sources available to locate psychological tests and measures. This APA website can provide additional information on finding tests and test information: Tests & Measurements: FAQ/Finding Information About Psychological Tests.
Tests and other measures fall into two categories:
1) Readily accessible tests, scales, questionnaires, measures, etc. found in books and in journal articles (found by using specific databases: such as PsycINFO, CINAHL, and ERIC). The PsycTest Database has the full-text of many instruments. The books owned by Moody Library that contain these tests are located in the Test Center.
2) Tests that are restricted and proprietary: those currently available are described and reviewed in the Mental Measurements Yearbook. A complete list of tests reviewed in the Mental Measurements Yearbook series, from the 9th MMY (1985) through the present are listed for quick reference on the site of Buros Institute of Mental Measurements. If you are looking for a specific measure by name, check the list or MMY first to determine whether it is proprietary, who publishes it, and contact information.
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