Research Guides: Tests and Measurement Instruments for the Health Sciences: Overview

Finding Tests in Books & Articles

Searching Books

To search for books about tests when searching the library catalog, use the phrase "tests and measurements". To find books about how to test for a particular skill or ability, use the phrase "ability testing" with another term, such as comprehension.

Searching Journal Articles

CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature)
The IN field includes names of instruments used in research studies. To search for instruments, enter the most unique word or phrase in the instrument name. Enter topic word in the search box (e.g. coping, anxiety, depression). For visual instructions, click here.

Current Contents Connect This link opens in a new window
Indexes the table-of-contents pages of scholarly journals, books and conference proceedings in many fields.

PsycInfo
Use for: 1) Finding articles in journals or book chapters that use test measures. Easiest to begin searching using a keyword search and add the word "appended". For visual instructions, click here.

Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Provides access to the international literature in sociology and related disciplines. Covers 1800+ journals, back to 1952.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Can trace literature and find studies that employed specific tests/instruments. NOTE: Often, unpublished test or instruments must be obtained directly from the authors.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
Descriptions, sometimes with full text, of doctoral dissertations & master theses from US, UK, Canada, Ireland, etc.

PubMed @ UM
Helpful MESH headings for the concept of tests and measures include: questionnaires, psychological tests, psychometrics outcome, and process assessment. Database may be searched using keywords from the title of a particular instrument.

MEDLINE (Ovid) This link opens in a new window
The premier source for bibliographic and abstract coverage of biomedical literature.

To find more test & measurement instruments, use this comprehensive guide.

Finding Tests & Measurement Instruments

Last Updated: Sep 19, 2024 1:24 PM

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