DATABASES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS Carlos A. Almenara, PhD Online and Offline Resources In Psychological Assessment PSY494P122 (March 25th, 2015) 2 EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE (ETS) Educational Testing Service ¨The ETS Test Collection is a database of more than 25,000 tests and other measurement devices. ¨ ¨Contains information about tests from the early 1900s to the present, and is considered the largest compilation of such materials in the world. ¨ ¨Downloadable tests have a cost. 3 Home Page: http://www.ets.org/test_link/about Database: http://1340.sydneyplus.com/ETS_SydneyEnterprise_External/Portal/TestCollection.aspx Educational Testing Service ¨Field codes 4 http://1340.sydneyplus.com/ETS_SydneyEnterprise_External/Portal/TestCollection.aspx Educational Testing Service ¨You may use ERIC descriptors (Thesaurus) ¨ 5 http://eric.ed.gov/?ti=all Educational Testing Service ¨Truncation (* wildcard) ¨ 6 http://1340.sydneyplus.com/ETS_SydneyEnterprise_External/Portal/TestCollection.aspx Educational Testing Service ¨Searching a downloadable test ¨ 7 http://1340.sydneyplus.com/ETS_SydneyEnterprise_External/Portal/TestCollection.aspx Educational Testing Service ¨EXERCISE 1: ¨ ¤Using the Advanced Search, use the SubjectSearch field and try searching on your research topic (you could use ERIC descriptors or truncation: *) ¤ ¤Identify the newest measurement tool in your topic using the Year field. 8 http://1340.sydneyplus.com/ETS_SydneyEnterprise_External/Portal/TestCollection.aspx Educational Testing Service ¨EXERCISE 2: ¤Use the AVAILABILITY section of the test record to find a test. 9 http://1340.sydneyplus.com/ETS_SydneyEnterprise_External/Portal/TestCollection.aspx 10 TESTS AND MEASURES IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES Tests and Measures in SS ¨ ¨This database contains information on about 14,000 measures available in 139 compilation volumes. ¨ ¨http://libraries.uta.edu/TMdb ¨ ¨There is a database version in RefShare*. 11 * https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1423/podzim2014/PSY494P122/43723478/ Tests and Measures in SS ¨ ¨ ¨ 12 http://libraries.uta.edu/TMdb Tests and Measures in SS ¨Export all the database ¨ ¨ 13 https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1423/podzim2014/PSY494P122/43723478/ Tests and Measures in SS ¨Export all the database (28985 records) ¨ ¨ 14 https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1423/podzim2014/PSY494P122/43723478/ Tests and Measures in SS ¨Searching through Google ¨ ¨ 15 www.google.com Tests and Measures in SS ¨EXERCISE 1: ¤ ¤ ¤Using the exact match search strategy in Google, find and list all the books where the Overt Aggression Scale is available in full text. 16 http://libraries.uta.edu/TMdb Tests and Measures in SS ¨EXERCISE 2: ¤ ¤Identify an instrument related to your topic. ¤ ¤Save the name of the instrument. ¤ ¤Save the source (reference) in Mendeley. ¤ ¨ ¨ 17 http://libraries.uta.edu/TMdb 18 MENTAL MEASUREMENTS YEARBOOK Mental Measurements Yearbook ¨FREE: Find free information on over 3500 commercially available tests. ¨ ¨ ¨PAY-PER-VIEW: Get access to the test reviews online, as they appear in the Mental Measurements Yearbook series (fee: USD$15.00 per test review) ¨ ¨ 19 http://marketplace.unl.edu/buros/ Mental Measurements Yearbook ¨Search interface ¨ 20 http://buros.org/review-samples Mental Measurements Yearbook ¨SEARCH: ¨ ¤Alphabetic Search: Alphabetical listing of test titles ¨ ¤Category Search: Category listing of test titles ¨ ¤Keywords search: Search for keywords on test titles, acronym, author, publisher, purpose, scores. 21 http://marketplace.unl.edu/buros/ Mental Measurements Yearbook ¨Search interface ¨ 22 http://marketplace.unl.edu/buros/ Mental Measurements Yearbook ¨Alphabetical Listing ¨ 23 http://marketplace.unl.edu/buros/ Mental Measurements Yearbook ¨Category Listing ¨ 24 http://marketplace.unl.edu/buros/ Mental Measurements Yearbook ¨Open search ¨ ¨ 25 http://marketplace.unl.edu/buros/ Mental Measurements Yearbook ¨Open search (results) ¨ ¨ 26 http://marketplace.unl.edu/buros/ Mental Measurements Yearbook ¨Limited search ¨ ¨ 27 http://marketplace.unl.edu/buros/ Mental Measurements Yearbook ¨Limited search (results) 28 http://marketplace.unl.edu/buros/ Mental Measurements Yearbook ¨Record preview ¨ ¨ 29 http://marketplace.unl.edu/buros/ Mental Measurements Yearbook ¨EXERCISE: ¤ ¤Try to identify the most suitable instrument for your research. ¤ ¤If there is a review available, open the record and look for the section Reviewed In. 30 http://marketplace.unl.edu/buros/ 31 Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) ¨Provides access to information on approximately 15,000 measurement instruments in the fields of health and psychosocial sciences: ¤ ¤Medicine, nursing, public health, psychology, social work, communication, sociology, and organizational behavior/human resources. ¨ ¨Approximately 145,000 records. ¨The full-text of the instruments is not included. 32 http://www.bmdshapi.com/mission.html Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) ¨Types of instruments covered by HaPI: ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨Coverage: Since 1985 ¨ ¨ ¨ 33 http://www.bmdshapi.com/type_instruments.html Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) ¨Field codes available through OVID ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ 34 http://gateway.ovid.com/genr7.9/fldguide/hapidb.htm Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) ¨Field codes available through OVID ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ 35 http://gateway.ovid.com/genr7.9/fldguide/hapidb.htm 36 PSYNDEX PSYNDEXplus with TestFinder ¨The most comprehensive abstract (not full text) database of psychological literature, audiovisual media, intervention programs, and tests from the German-speaking countries (30% translated in english) ¨ ¨ ¨Records of psychological publications from authors in the German-speaking countries, audiovisual media, and descriptions of intervention programs 37 http://www.ovid.com/site/catalog/databases/140.jsp PSYNDEXplus with TestFinder ¨Published by Zentrum fur Psychologische Information und Dokumentation (ZPID) at the University of Trier. ¨ ¨Coverage: ¤Literature: 1977 – Present (~215,000 records) ¤Audiovisual media: 1932 – Present (~2,000 records) ¤TESTS: 1945 – Present (~5,800 tests) 38 http://www.ovid.com/site/catalog/databases/140.jsp PSYNDEX via PubPsych http://www.pubpsych.eu/ 39 PSYNDEX via PubPsych ¨aggression DB="PSYNDEX" DT="TEST/Questionnaire" http://www.pubpsych.eu/ 40 41 QUESTIONS? 42 EXERCISE UTA Database & BUROS Database ¨EXERCISE: ¤ ¤You found tests in UTA Database & BUROS Database. ¤ ¤Now, use Google Scholar to find recent articles related to your topic, and that have used any of those instruments. 43 http://scholar.google.com/ NEXT CLASS 44 ¨READINGS: ¤ ¤Publication and citation analysis as a tool for information retrieval (Goh & Foo, 2008) ¤ ¤Citation pearl searching (De Brún & Pearce-Smith, 2014; Chapter 11)