Research, Testing and Measurement Resources
Tests and
Measurement | Research |
Databases |
Websites |
Test Collection
Policy
| Tests and Measurement: |
Educational and psychological measurement and evaluation, 8th ed.
BARNES
LB 3051 .H72 1998
Handbook on testing
BARNES REF
LB 3051 .H3199 1997
Instruments for clinical health-care research, 3rd. edition
BARNES
RT81.5 .I57 2004
Measurement and evaluation in psychology and education, 6th ed.
BARNES
LB 1131 .M433 1997
Measurement of nursing outcomes,
2nd ed. (vol. 1-3)
BARNES
RT85.5 .M434 2001
Mental measurements yearbook
(v. 1-17)
BARNES REF DESK
BF698.5.B88
Statistical methods for health care research, 3rd edition.
BARNES
RT81.5 .M86 1997
Tests: a comprehensive reference for assessments in psychology, education and business, 5th edition.
BARNES REF DESK
BF176 .T43 2003
| Research: |
Completing a qualitative project: details and dialogue.
UMS BARNES
RT 81 .5 .C656 1997
Current issues in nursing, 7th ed.
UMS BARNES Reserves
RT63 .C87 2006
Data analysis & statistics for nursing research
UMS BARNES
RT81.5 .P62 1996
Encyclopedia of nursing research
UMS BARNES REF
RT81.5 .E53 1998
Essentials of nursing research : methods, appraisal, and utilization
UMS BARNES Reserves
RT81.5 .P63 2001
Evaluation and testing in nursing education.
UMS BARNES
RT 73 .7 .O47 1998
Health sciences literature review made easy : the matrix method
UMS BARNES
R118.6 .G37 2007
Nursing research: an ethical and legal appraisal.
UMS BARNES
RT 81 .5 .N87 1996
Nursing research: methods, critical appraisal, and utilization
UMS BARNES
RT81.5 .N8665 2002
Nursing research: principles and methods.
UMS BARNES
RT 81.5 .P64 1999
Perspectives on nursing theory
UMS BARNES
RT84.5 .P47 2004
Philosophical and theoretical perspectives for advanced nursing practice.
UMS BARNES
RT 84 .5 .P53 1996
The practice of nursing research : conduct, critique, and utilization, 5th ed.
UMS BARNES
RT81.5 .B86 2005
Understanding nursing research : building an evidence-based practice
UMS BARNES
RT81.5 .B863 2007
Using and conducting nursing research in a clinical setting, 2nd edition.
UMS BARNES
RT81.5 M3 1999
| Databases: |
Some full text articles are available in almost all of the UMSL databases. To get the most full text do not check the full text box in any of the databases. For further information click on the following link: http://www.umsl.edu/services/scampus/nERjr.html
CINAHL-
Names of test and measurement instruments have been listed in the instrumentation field since 1992.
HAPI-
Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI) contains descriptions of instruments used in assessing human health and behavior, including public health, medicine, and psychology
Mental Measurements Yearbook -
Mental measurements yearbook is available to UMSL students with a Gateway ID and password. Volumes 1-17 are also available at:
UM St. Louis BARNES REF DESK
BF698.5.B88
PsycINFO-
Some of the most heavily used tests may be used as subject descriptors in this database. Try subject term searching as well as keyword searching to uncover information about the tools and test which may be included.
ERIC-
Do a Keyword search using the test name
See Databases Sorted
Alphabetically
for a comprehensive list of additional databases.
| Websites: |
| Ward E. Barnes Library Test Collection Policy |
The purpose of the Test Collection is to provide qualified persons with samples of standardized tests for examination and study. A qualified person is defined as a faculty member whose field is involved with standardized tests, or a student of the college who is taking a course in which standardized tests are taught. It is essential that the use of the test collection be limited to the above user categories in order that the validity of tests is not compromised.
Library collections are traditionally presumed to be open to the community they serve, yet the very nature of tests presupposes limitations on access in order to insure that test validity is not compromised. These limitations are, moreover, reinforced by the highly restrictive requirements imposed upon libraries and test users by many of the authors and publishers of tests. Compounding the ethical and scientific restrictions is the issue of copyright. Imposing limitations on access to information, as in the case of test collections, understandably requires clearly stated policies for use of the collection.
Only those persons who are qualified by specific training and experience in a relevant area of assessment, and agree to safeguard their use, may access the Ward E. Barnes Library Test Collection. The only exception to this condition is a student (at the 300 level, or above) who has prior written approval from the faculty member who is teaching the relevant course and provides documentation to the Barnes Library indicating the student is enrolled in the appropriate course.
Materials will only be released to students who need them to meet course requirements, and upon prior written approval of the appropriate faculty member. Each semester, the faculty member must provide the Ward E. Barnes Library with a printed listing indicating the course name, course number, student name, and student number for all students enrolled in the class. Students requesting use of the Test Collection materials may be denied access if their name and student number have not been provided to the Barnes Library for the appropriate course.
Students may check out materials appropriate for a course only during the semester they are enrolled in that course, and with the prior written permission of their instructor.
Test users have the responsibility to respect test copyrights… Legally and ethically, test users may not reproduce copyrighted materials for routine test use without consent of the copyright holder. These materials - in both paper and electronic form – include test items, ancillary forms such as answer sheets or profile forms, scoring templates, conversion tables of raw scores to derived scores, and table of norms.
These procedures are in compliance with guidelines set forth by the American Psychological Association, the American Educational Research Association, and the Ad Hoc Committee on the Test Collection Directory (Education and Behavioral Sciences Section, Association of College and Research Libraries, American Library Association).
Access to psychological test materials (e.g. test booklets, protocols, administration materials, scoring keys) should be granted only to qualified psychologists or other professionals who use the material in their research or clinical practice. Students who use the materials in the course of their research or clinical practice or as learners should be directly supervised by a psychologist or other appropriate supervisor. For example, when testing materials are stored in a library, access must be limited to appropriate personnel and to students in training, only with the permission of the appropriate faculty member. Test materials sold for the purposes of student training must not be available to the casual purchaser in college and university bookstores.
References:
- Standards for Educational & Psychological Testing, American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, 1985. Statement on the Use of Secure Psychological Tests, Committee on Psychological Tests and Assessment (CPTA), American Psychological Association.
- American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, Council on Measurement in Education: Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing. Washington, D.C., AERA, 1999
- Fehrmann PG & O’Brien NP (eds): Directory of test collections in academic, professional, and research libraries. Chicago, Ad Hoc Committee on the Test Collection Directory, Education and Behavior Sciences Section, Association of College and Research Libraries, American Library Association, 2001.
- Guide for the Development and Management of Test Collections with special emphasis on academic settings, 1985. Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Test Collections, Education and Behavioral Sciences Section, Association of College and Research Libraries, American Library Association.