This guide describes the resources for obtaining information about tests and measures in the behavioral sciences - education, counseling, psychology, social work, etc.
Only two publications contain formal reviews, and those only contain reviews of commercial instruments. Validity and reliability information are included as part of the reviews.
This database is the only resource that includes ongoing formal reviews of commercial instruments. It includes all reviews from the print editions back to 1985. For reviews before 1985, see the earlier print editions in the Reference Stacks - Z5814.P8 B932. The digital version of Mental Measurements Yearbook also includes Tests in Print.
The ten volume print set contains lengthy reviews of commercial tests. Since the last volume was published in 1994, it is only useful for tests published for the first time before that date.
Other Sources
The following sources include information about reliability and/or validity when available.
Depending on the topic of the instrument, you may find reviews in many other databases - medicine, sociology, social work, etc. Use this list to identify appropriate databases.