Duke University Medical Center LibGuides - Test Instruments

Books

This page contains a list of the most popular directories used to locate named instruments, instruments by type, test publishers and where to purchase, test evaluations and critiques.

Directory of Unpublished Experimental Mental Measures
Call Number: Reference BF 431 B93na
Intended to provide researchers ready access to sources of recently developed experimental measures. Each entry gives test name, purpose, number of items, format, author, journal reference, and related research. Tile Index - Vols. 1-7
Instruments for Clinical Health-Care Research - Frank-Stromborg, Marilyn
Call Number: Reference WY 20.5 In72
ISBN/ISSN: 0-7637-2252-9
Addresses the health care professional's growing interest and need for information on clinical research tools.
Measuring Health: A Guide to Rating Scales and Questionnaires - McDowell, Ian
Call Number: Reference WA 900.1 M14m
ISBN/ISSN: 0195165675
Contains the theoretical and technical foundations of health measurement -- Physical disability and handicap -- Social health -- Psychological well-being -- Anxiety -- Depression -- Mental status testing -- Pain measurements -- General health status and quality of life
Mental Measurements Yearbook - Buros, Oscar K.
Call Number: Reference BF 431 B93n
A comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. Contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products.
Rating Scales in Mental Health - Sajatovic, Martha
Call Number: Reference WM 141 Sa38r
ISBN/ISSN: 1-59195-052-X
Provides mental health clinicians with information on assessment tools to evaluate clinical outcomes.
Test Critiques - Keyser, Daniel J.
Call Number: Perkins/Bostock Library Reference BF 176 T418
In-depth reviews of frequently used psychological, business and educational tests. Contains descriptions, technical aspects of each test and test critique. Each volume contains a cumulative inderx.
Tests In Print - Murphy, Linda L.
Call Number: Reference BF 431 B93t
ISBN/ISSN: 0910674566
An index to tests, test reviews, and the literature on specific tests. Includes: -- MMY test reviewers -- Index of titles -- Index of recently out-of-print tests --Index of acronyms -- Classified subject index --Publishers directory and index -- Index of names -- Score index.
Tests: a Comprehensive Reference for Assessments in Psychology, Education, and Business - Maddox, Taddy
Call Number: Reference BF176 T28
Descriptive information on tests in the field of psychology, education and business. Includes test purpose, description, population, format, scoring and cost.