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Tests & Measurements

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SU Users CINAHL Plus with Full Text [Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health]   (EBSCO)   some full text
full text for more than 560 journals; more than 600,000 full-text articles dating back to 1937, CINAHL Plus with Full Text is the definitive research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature
To search for articles that contain test instruments in CINAHL, choose the Questionnaire/Scale or Research Instrument document type from the More Search Options menu on the initial search screen.

SU Users ERIC   (EBSCO)   some full text
education journals and documents [library has documents from 1972 (ED66621)-2003 (ED483004) located in the Annex]
To search for articles that contain test instruments in ERIC, choose the Test/Evaluation Instruments limit from the list of Publication Type limiters on the initial search screen.

SU Users Mental Measurements Yearbook   (Ovid)   some full text
descriptive information and critical reviews of commercially-available standardized tests in behavioral and social sciences ; 1985 - present ; material begins with the 9th edition of the yearbook ; earlier editions of the yearbook are in the Reference Dept. at BF176 .M46x
The Mental Measurements Yearbook does not contain any actual tests but it will let you know where you can purchase copies or possibly find a copy appended to a journal article.

SU Users PsycINFO   (EBSCO)
academic, research, and practice literature in psychology and related disciplines; 1887-present
To search for articles that contain test instruments in PsycINFO, choose the Test/Survey Appended limit from the list of Form/Content Type limiters on the initial search screen.

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SU Users Full-text Journal Finder   (Serials Solutions)  
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Available on and off-campus with valid Samford UserID Multi-Disciplinary Resources 
multi-disciplinary databases covering all academic subjects
 
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The lists of assessments contained in the volumes below are provided courtesty of Helen Hough, Health Sciences Librarian, Central Library, University of Texas at Arlington - http://libraries.uta.edu/helen/Test&meas/testmainframe.htm.

Available to everyone Assessing Alcohol Problems: A Guide for Clinicians and Researchers.  
   Gov Docs HE 20.8308/2:4/2003 - contains 53 instruments
Available on and off-campus with valid Samford UserID Assessing Children's Well-being : a Handbook of Measures  (NetLibrary)
   RJ50 A835 2004eb - contains 20 instruments
Available to everyone Exacting Beauty : Theory, Assessment, and Treatment of Body Image Disturbance  
   Reference RC569.5 B65 E93 - contains 36 instruments
Available to everyone Handbook of Community-based and Home Health Nursing: Tools for Assessment Intervention and Education  
   Reference RT98 S782 2000 - contains 287 instruments
Available to everyone Handbook of Family Measurement Techniques  
   Reference BF176 H358 2001 - contains 189 instruments
Available to everyone Handbook of Geriatric Assessment  
   Reference RC953 G34 1995 - contains 41 instruments
Available to everyone Measurement of Nursing Outcomes  
   Reference RT85.5 M434 2001 - contains 66 instruments
Available to everyone Measurement Tools in Patient Education  
   Reference R727.4 M4 2003 - contains 85 instruments
Available to everyone Measures for Clinical Practice: A Sourcebook.  
   Reference BF176 C66 2000 - contains 423 instruments
Available to everyone Measures of Religiosity  
   Circulation BR110 M43 1999 - contains 124 instruments
Available to everyone Measuring Violence-Related Attitudes, Beliefs and Behaviors among Youths: A Compendium of Assessment Tools  (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)
   HE 20.7952:V 81 - contains 77 instruments
Available on and off-campus with valid Samford UserID Neuropsychology and the Hispanic Patient: A Clinical Handbook  (NetLibrary)
   RC386.6 N48 N494 2000eb - contains 9 instruments
Available to everyone Positive Psychological Assessment : a Handbook of Models and Measures.  
   Reference BF176 P67 2003 - contains 19 instruments
Available on and off-campus with valid Samford UserID Practitioner's Guide to Empirically Based Measures of Depression  (NetLibrary)
   RC537 P6924 2000eb - contains 24 instruments
Available on and off-campus with valid Samford UserID The Sourcebook of Nonverbal Measures : Going Beyond Words  (NetLibrary)
   P99.5 S58 2004eb - contains 27 instruments
 
Access   Selected Web Sites
Available to everyone Multidimensional Measurement of Religiousness/Spirituality for Use in Health Research - contains 15 instruments