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- APA PsycTESTS This link opens in a new windowPrimarily full text measures and scales, most of which include permission for use in research and teaching
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bedtime procrastination scale (in Title field)
major depression (in Subjects field)
AND latin* OR hispanic*
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- Reliability and Validity in PsycTESTS via EBSCOhost(2:04) How to find information about test reliability and validity in PsycTESTS. APA, 2012.
- APA PsycINFO This link opens in a new windowAmerican Psychological Association (APA) content with selected full text articles from approximately 2,500 journals, plus books, book chapters, dissertations, and more
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Selected full text for journal articles (EJ references) and Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) documents (ED references)
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- ETS Test Link (Educational Testing Service) This link opens in a new windowDescribes tests and assessment instruments; library has selected full text (LB3051 .T45 Microfiche Area); tests available in microfiche have a "TIM" test acronym code in ETS records
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Measures of Personality and Social Psychological ConstructsEbook (2015). Unless otherwise indicated, seek permission for use.
Measures for Clinical Practice and Research: A SourcebookReference and Pearland Reference BF176 .C66 2013 Vol. 1: Couples, Families, and Children; Vol. 2: Adults. Seek permission for use of individual instruments.
Assessment Scales in Child and Adolescent PsychiatryReference RJ503.5 .V48 2006. Includes either the full scale or sample items. Indicates which scales are in the public domain and can be used without permission.
Assessment Scales in Old Age PsychiatryEbook (2nd ed., 2004). Unless otherwise indicated, seek permission for use.
Find Test Reviews & More
- Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print This link opens in a new windowFull text reviews of commercially available assessment instruments plus directory information (test purpose, publisher, price, intended population, scores, administration times, etc.)
Directory of Unpublished Experimental Mental Measures(1974-2008) Reference BF431 .G625. See also title index, vols. 1-7 (Reference BF431 .J29 2001)
Tests: A Comprehensive Reference for Assessments in Psychology, Education, and BusinessReference BF176 .T43 2008
Test Critiques(1984-2005) Reference BF176 .T419
Handbook of Psychological AssessmentEbook 2016
Essentials of Psychological TestingEbook 2014
