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Tests and Testing

Selected Resources

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January, 2006
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The following is a selected list of library resources.  Please consult a reference librarian for help in locating additional materials. You may contact us at webref@jaguar1.usouthal.edu or at the telephone number listed above.

Indexes for Journal Articles

Use the indexes below to identify articles on specific topics as well as to locate full-text electronic articles.  Bound print journals are shelved by call number on the Third Floor South of the University Library. Current print journals and titles in microform are shelved alphabetically by title on the Second Floor South.

Academic Search Premier.  SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases: EBSCO
Education Index.  Reference Z 5813 .E23   (1947/50-1997/98)               
ERIC.  SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases: EBSCO               
Expanded Academic ASAP.  SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases: Gale/InfoTrac
Professional Collection.  SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases: Gale/InfoTrac
Professional Development Collection.  SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases: EBSCO
PsycARTICLES. SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases: EBSCO
PsycINFO.  SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases: EBSCO
SocINDEX with Full Text.  SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases               
Wiley Interscience.  SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases

Critiques and Reviews

Mental Measurements Yearbook.  Reference Z 5814 .P8 B932
and SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases: SilverPlatter
Test Critiques.  Reference BF 176 .T419 1985 (vols. 1-10) 
Tests: A Comprehensive Reference…  Reference BF 176 .T43 1997
Intelligence Tests and Reviews.  Reference Z 5814 .P8 I53 (1975)
Personality Tests and Reviews.  Reference BF 698.5 .B87 (1975) 
Clinical Interpretation of Objective Psychological Tests.  Bookstacks RC 469 .G66 1990
Testing Psychological Tests.  Bookstacks BF 176 .S49 1986b

Bibliographies and Handbooks

Tests in Print. I-6.  Reference Z 5814 .E9 B8
and SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases: SilverPlatter: Mental Measurements Yearbook 
Building a Scholarship of Assessment. Bookstacks LB 2366 .B85 2003
Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography of Selected Psychological Tests. Ref. BF 176 .T38 1982
ETS Test Collection Catalog.  Reference LB 3051 .E79 1993
Encyclopedia of Psychological Assessment. Reference BF 176 .E53 2003 
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV. Ref. RC 455.2 .C4 D54 1994
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV-TR.
StatRef! (USA Baugh Biomedical Library: Online Journals and Books)
DSM-IV Diagnosis in the Schools. Bookstacks RJ 503.5 .H68 2002
DSM-IV Sourcebook.  Reference RC 455.2 .C4 D754 1994
Handbook of Classroom Assessment.  Bookstacks LB 3051 .H3198 1997
Handbook of Psychodiagnostic Testing.  Bookstacks RC 469 .K44 1997
Handbook of Psychoeducational Assessment. Bookstacks LB 3051 .H31985 2001
Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological Assessment.  Reference BF 176 .C654 2004
Major Psychological Assessment Instruments.  Bookstacks BF 176 .M35 1996
National Standards in American Education.  Bookstacks LB 3060.83 .R38 1995
Student Evaluation Standards.  Bookstacks LB 3051 .J575 2003
Test Interpretations and Diversity.  Bookstacks LB 3060.8 .T47 1998
Test Scores and What They Mean.  Bookstacks  LB 3060.8 .L85 1998 

USA Libraries' Catalog (SOUTHcat)

SOUTHcat Catalog is where you will find books, journal titles (not articles), theses, government documents and media items owned by the University of South Alabama Libraries.  You may locate additional items by conducting subject or keyword searches.  These terms may also be useful when searching indexes for journal articles, but truncation symbols will vary in different databases (? or ! or *)

Subject Searches: Keyword Searches:
educational tests and measurements “social role?” and test?
psychological tests occupation? and test?
personality tests test? and evaluation
evaluation studies education? and test? and evaluation
educational evaluation testing and statistic?
achievement tests “achievement test?” and interpretation
psychological tests for children “personality test?” and family
reading—ability testing assessment? and test?
behavioral assessment of children “educational tests” and “social aspects”
  test? and standard?
  education? and test? and standard?

Internet Resources

Search ERIC http://edresearch.org
National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards & Student Testing. http://cresst96.cse.ucla.edu/index4.htm
Developing Educational Standards  http://edstandards.org/Standards.html

Selected Full-text Journals Listed by Title:     

Dates of full text coverage may vary with each title and with different databases.  One way to check full-text availability is to go to “Our Journal List” on the University Library homepage.

American Journal of Evaluation (Academic Search Premier, Professional Development Collection)
Applied Measurement in Education (Wiley Interscience)
Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education (Academic Search Premier, Professional Development Collection)
Assessment in Education (Academic Search Premier, Professional Development Collection)
Behavioral Health Management (Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic)
Educational and Psychological Measurement (Expanded Academic, Sage Online )
Educational Research and Evaluation (Academic Search Premier, Professional Development Collection)
Intervention in School and Clinic (Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic)
Measurement & Evaluation in Counseling and Development (Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic)
New Directions for Evaluation (Wiley Interscience)
Journal of Educational Research (Expanded Academic, Academic Search Premier)
Journal of Instructional Psychology (Expanded Academic, Academic Search Premier)
Journal of Learning Disabilities (Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic)
Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology (Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic)
Journal of Psychology (Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic)
Personnel Psychology (Expanded Academic)
Psychology in the Schools (Wiley Interscience)
Technology and Learning (Professional Collection, Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic)
Training and Development (Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic)

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