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Databases
| Database | Subject Headings | Comments |
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| University of Washington Library Catalog |
"Questionnaires" "Tests" "Measuring-Techniques" |
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| PsychINFO |
"Questionnaires" "Measurement" and "Surveys" |
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| MEDLINE |
"Questionnaires" |
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| Nursing and Allied Health (CINAHL) |
"Questionnaires" "Research-Instruments" |
- Locating references to a test:
select "Instrument" from the browse list of Publication Types
- Locating full text of a test:
select "Research-Instrument" from Pub. Types
and change display format to include
"full text" field (or click on "all fields" for all info on a test)
| | ERIC |
"Questionnaires" "Surveys" "Measurement-Techniques" |
Locating a test by name:
select "Test-questionnaire" from the browse list of Pub. Types |
HAPI
Health and Psychosocial Instruments |
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use by fee ($40/hr) via OVID, a database available at the University of Washington |
| keyword possibilities: measure(s), measurement(s), scale(s),
questionnaire(s), survey(s), test(s), assessment(s), instrument(s); evaluation(s) |
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Web Resources
Buros Center for Testing
Contains test and test review locators. Also see Links page for links to
ERIC's Clearinghouse on Assessment And Evaluation, and other related information.
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Reference Books
General
- Comfrey, Andrew Laurence. A Sourcebook for Mental Health Measures.
- Goldman, Bert A. Directory of Unpublished Experimental Mental Measures.
- McDowell, Ian. Measuring Health: A Guide to Rating Scales and Questionnaires.
- The Mental Measurements Yearbook.
- Tests in Print.
Specialized
- Cohen, Sheldon, ed. Measuring Stress: A Guide for Health and Social Scientists.
- Davis, Clive M., Yarber, William L. and Davis. Sandra L. Sexuality-Related Measures : A Compendium.
- Fisher and Corcoran. Measures for Clinical Practice.
- Israel, Liliane. Source Book of Geriatric Assessment.
- Potter, Dale R. Questionnaires for Research: An Annotated Bibliography on Design, Construction and Use.
- Straus, Murray A. Family Measurement Techniques; Abstracts of Published Instruments, 1935-1965.
- Thompson, Christopher, ed. Instruments of Psychiatric Research.
- Ward, Mary Jane and Felter, Mark E., eds. Instruments for Use in Nursing Education Research.
- Ward, Mary Jane and Lindeman, Carol Ann, eds. Instruments for Measuring Nursing Practice and Other Health Care Variables.
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Frequently Asked-For Tests
- "Stress Test": "The Social Readjustment Rating Scale" by Thomas H. Holmes and Richard H. Rahe
Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 11(2): 1967; pp. 213-218.
- "Self Esteem Test": "Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale (RSES)" by M. Rosenberg
located in Nursing and Allied Health (CINAHL)
- "Pain Test": "McGill Pain Questionnaire" by Ronald Melzack
located in Nursing and Allied Health (CINAHL)
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