Locating Assessment Resources & Tests

REFERENCE RESOURCES

The ETS Test Collection and Tests in Microfiche

The ETS Test Collection is an extensive library of approximately 20,000 tests and other measurement devices, established to provide information and access to tests and assessment materials. The ETS Test Collection Catalog includes information on hard-to-locate research instruments as well as on commercially available, standardized tests. Tests in the collection may be located in the microfiche set, Tests in Microfiche, in ERIC, in journal articles, or may be obtained directly from the publisher depending on the specific test.

Jennings Library has a complete collection of Tests in Microfiche, which is a subset of The ETS Test Collection. Tests in Microfiche is located in the Microforms Room at the back of the Reference Room. There are two recommended methods to identify and locate specific tests in the Tests in Microfiche set.

• TestLink the ETS Test Collection Database.
• The ETS Test Collection Catalog – Located in the Reference Room
  LB3051 .E79 1986

Volume 1: Achievement Tests and Measurement Devices
Volume 2: Vocational Tests and Measurement Devices
Volume 3: Tests for Special Populations
Volume 4: Cognitive Aptitude and Intelligence Tests
Volume 5: Attitude Tests
Volume 6: Affective Measures and Personality Tests

This is a great place to browse for tests. Note that the tests included predate the copyright of the specific volume and the volumes have not been updated.

Tests: A Comprehensive Reference for Assessments in Psychology, Education, and Business - Tests: A Comprehensive Reference for Assessments in Psychology, Education, and Business is available in the Reference Room. It is a quick reference guide to useful assessment instruments.
BF176 .T43 2008

Test Critiques - The multi volume set, Test Critiques, provides further information and reviews of the assessment instruments included in Tests: A Comprehensive Reference for Assessments in Psychology, Education, and Business.
BF176 .T418 1984

Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological Assessment,
This 4-volume work presents essential information on the four major classes of psychological assessment instruments, including intelligence/neuropsychological, personality, behavioral, and industrial/organizational.
BF176 .H36 2001

Books

Use CalCat to locate books on testing and tests.
Select Subject from the dropdown menu. Suggested Library of Congress subject headings:

Databases

Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print
Mental Measurements Yearbook, produced by the Buros Institute at the University of Nebraska, provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments.

Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print
Bibliography of all known commercially available published tests currently in print in English language linked to test reviews in the MMY.
See also
ERIC
PsycInfo
CINAHL

Online Assessment & Evaluation Resources

Massachusetts General Hospital School of Psychiatry
Site includes published tests for a variety of mental health symptoms such as depression, bipolar/mania, autism, AD/HD, anxiety. Many free of charge. Also provides links to other web sites for both published and unpublished tests.
http://www2.massgeneral.org/schoolpsychiatry/schoolpsychiatry_screeningtools.asp

International Personality Item Pool
IPIP provides more than 325 personality scales and measures, by experts, in the public domain and therefore freely available for use. Includes information on reliability, validity, and guidance on how to administer and score, also how to cite the resource. Updated frequently.
http://ipip.ori.org/

Buros Center for Testing
http://www.unl.edu/buros/index.html