This guide provides resources for finding reviews about and locating psychological tests and measures. Finding test reviews is often easier than finding the instruments themselves. Published tests often have to be purchased from the publisher. Unpublished tests may appear in journal articles which can be located by searching library databases.
Remember: all Alverno electronic resources are available from off campus. Use your Alverno Network Login to access our resources from off campus.
To find books about psychological assessment located at the Alverno Library, visit the
library webpage and use the TOPCAT search box or use the search box below. You can also use TOPCAT to search for and request books from other libraries in the SWITCH consortium.
The following search terms may be useful for finding books on test and measurement tools:
Educational tests and measurements
Intelligence tests
Mental measures
Psychological Assessment
Psychological tests
Psychological tests for children
Psychometrics
Quality of life - evaluation
Quality of life - measurement
Social surveys
Tests in print
These are books on psychological assessment or test and measurement tools.They may include the instruments themselves or how to find them.
Handbook of Multicultural Assessment by 
Multicultural Assessment Perspectives for Professional Psychology by 
Responsible Test Use: Case Studies for Assessing Human Behavior by 
Tests: A Comprehensive Reference for Assessments in Psychology, Education, and Business by To find e-books available through the library, use the links found on the library Databases webpage or use the search box below to begin your search.
Here are a few useful titles to get you started:
Journal articles about research studies frequently discuss the instruments used in the study. Occasionally they may even include the instrument itself or information on how to locate the instrument. Search these databases to retrieve information about tests and measures:
PsycINFO
PsycINFO is a database of psychology literature which includes journal articles, dissertations, reports, book chapters and books. It contains the search field “Tests and Measures” and classification code "Tests and Testing".
PsycARTICLES
PsycARTICLES is another useful database. It is a subset of PsycINFO containing full text scholarly articles from American, British, Canadian and Australian sources on many, but not all psychology topics.
ERIC
ERIC covers the journal and research literature in education including educational psychology. Instruments mentioned in these articles will frequently be noted by title in the article abstract. There is also a "Publication Type" field that can be used to limit your search to, "Tests/Questionnaires."
