Morris Library contains many sources of information about psychological testing which can be accessed manually or electronically. Follow the steps below in searching for information. Note: The Library does not collect actual psychological tests. Such a collection is housed at the Education Resource Center, 012 Willard Hall Education Building; access is restricted. Call 831-2335 for information.

DELCAT is the online catalog of the University of Delaware Library.

In the basic search mode of DELCAT search psychological tests from the pull down browse menu for "Subject begins with..." A browse list will appear allowing you to select the heading appropriate to your topic. Other subject headings (e.g., psychometrics) may be searched from the "Browse an alphabetical index" by typing a word or phrase in the search box. Another option is to search under test name using keyword searching.

History of Influences in the Development of Intelligence Theory and Testing.
Location: Internet (http://www.indiana.edu/~intell/)

This Internet site includes biographies, with a time line, of people who have influenced the development of intelligence theory and testing.

Other books that include material on psychological testing are shelved under call numbers and can be searched on DELCAT from the browse pull down menu under "Call number begins with...." Examples:

type BF39

type BF431

type LB1131

type RC467 or RC469

Test Reviews and Bibliographies

Fernandez-Ballesteros, R. Encyclopedia of Psychological Assessment. 2 vols. Thousand Oaks, Calif: SAGE Publications, 2003.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref BF176 .E53x 2003)

Keyser, D. Test Critiques. 10 vols. Kansas City, MO: Test Corporation of America, 1984-1994.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref BF176 .T419 1984)

Most frequently used psychological, educational and business tests. Reviewers critique test validity and reliability with greater emphasis on practical information.

Krug, S. E. Psychware Sourcebook. Kansas City, MO: Test Corporation of America.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref BF176.2 .P77) Latest ed.
Location: Morris Library (BF176.2 .P77) Earlier eds.

Purpose is to identify and describe a broad range of computer-based products available for assessment in psychology, education and business.

Maddox, T. Tests: A Comprehensive Reference for Assessments in Psychology, Education, and Business. 5th ed. Austin, TX: Pro-Ed, 2003.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref BF176 .T43)

Lists thousands of assessment instruments for psychologists, educators and human resource personnel. These are not evaluative entries but present precise descriptions for quick scanning.

Current Information

Dissertations and journal articles provide good sources for information on tests. This is a selected list of indexes (print and electronic) that contain test related information.

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
Location: Library Databases

Electronic index which lists dissertations published at universities throughout the country and some foreign universities.

Education Full Text
Location: Library Databases

Electronic index to the 427 periodicals included in Education Index. It also includes the full text of more than 133 of the most important education journals from 1995 forward. Covers 1983-present.

ERIC [Cambridge Scientific Abstracts]
Location: Library Databases

Electronic index which covers scholarly and professional journal articles and unpublished "documents" on education and related fields. Abstracts are included.

ERIC [EBSCOHost]
Location: Library Databases

Expanded Academic ASAP
Location: Library Databases

Electronic index which lists articles in general interest and scholarly journals. Some references include full text of articles.

Mental Measurements Yearbook
Location: Library Databases

The electronic version of the Mental Measurements Yearbook contains description information and critical reviews of commercially-available standardized English-language educational, personality, aptitude, neuropsychological and achievement and intelligence tests. This database contains data from Yearbooks 9 through 16, and is updated every six months. The coverage begins with the 1989 yearbook.

PsycINFO
Location: Library Databases

Electronic index to psychology journals and books. The major subject headings to search are "measurement" and "testing." Searching under the test name with the keywords validity and reliability will derive test information.

Psychological Abstracts
Location: Library Annex

See "psychometrics," "test administration," "test bias," "test construction," and "test validity." For other terms use the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms. Library has 1927-1999.

Web of Science
Location: Library Databases

A huge, multidisciplinary database corresponding to Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index, published by the Institute for Scientific Information. Provides access to a wealth of scholarly journal literature from more than 8,000 scholarly journals. Cited references may also be searched. Abstracts are included. Updated weekly.

Sociological Abstracts
Location: Library Databases

Electronic index of sociology journals. See the subject headings "tests", "measurement", and names of specific tests.

Listings of unpublished tests and bibliographies are available in the following reference sources. Unpublished tests are referred to in articles, dissertations, etc. but are not available from commercial publishers. Sometimes copies or excerpts of tests may be found in the literature.

Chun, Ki-Taek. Measures for Psychological Assessment: A Guide to 3,000 Original Sources and their Applications. Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research, 1975.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref BF698.5 .C45)

A bibliography of experimental (unpublished) mental health measures from 26 journals between 1960 and 1970.

Goldman, B. A Directory of Unpublished Experimental Mental Measures. 5 vols. New York: Behavioral Publications, 1974-1995.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref BF431 .G625)

These volumes may be consulted for unpublished experimental tests appearing in journals in psychology, sociology, education and interdisciplinary areas in the social sciences. Entries are brief descriptions of test and reference to journal where it appeared.

Johnson, O.G. Tests and Measurements in Child Development: A Handbook. 2 vols. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1976.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref BF722 .J64)

Original handbook (1971) has unpublished measures from 1950 to 1965 for use with children from birth through age 12. Later handbook (1976) contains 900 unpublished measures for use with children.

To examine actual psychological tests, contact the Education Resource Center in Room 012, Willard Hall Education Building, at 831-2335. Their collection of more than 500 educational and psychological tests is available for inspection for research purposes or class assignments with faculty permission. A partial list of these tests is kept at the Reference Desk. All the tests are indexed in the ERC online catalog. To find the list of tests in the ERC catalog type the word test in the search box and click on "call#".

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