Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print: How to use it

The database's Cite tool is not useful for citing test reviews found in Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print. In order to cite a test review in APA style, you will need the following information:

• Last name, first initial of the test review author
• Name of the test
• The Mental Measurements Yearbook volume number and corresponding publication year
• Last name, first initial of the editor(s) of that particular MMY edition
• Database Permalink URL

The review author's name, test name, and yearbook volume name/number should all be displayed at the top of the detailed record. To find the names of the editor(s) that correspond with a particular yearbook volume, refer to the Volume Guide further down this page.

The APA citation format for test reviews in the Mental Measurements Yearbook database is as follows:

Last name, first initial of review author. (Year of MMY edition). Test review of the name of the test being reviewed. In Name(s) of MMY editors (Eds.), The edition Mental Measurements Yearbook [electronic version]. Retrieved from (Permalink URL).

The test review above, for example, would be cited like this:

Stein, S. (2021). Test review of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent-Restructured Form. In J. F. Carlson, K. F. Geisinger, and J. L. Jonson (Eds.), The Twenty-First Mental Measurements Yearbook [electronic version]. Retrieved from https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=34e00b7c-bf5d-366c-a6b3-f748e1acdf98.

For more information about citing test reviews in the Mental Measurements Yearbook and Tests in Print databases, see the helpful links below.

Below is a chart detailing publication years, titles and common abbreviations for all volumes of the Mental Measurements Yearbook.

Below is a chart detailing publication years, titles and common abbreviations for all volumes of Tests in Print.

Cross reference information can be found in the detailed record of a test review by scrolling down to the "Cross References" section. In most entries, cross references are hyperlinked; clicking on the hyperlink will allow you to see the full text of references. If cross references are given for which there is no hyperlink, you may want to consult the chart of abbreviations of this Guide to know to which edition of MMY or Tests in Print you are being referred.

*Note: The library no longer has print copies of either Mental Measurements Yearbook or Tests in Print. If you are having trouble finding References for which no hyperlinks are given, you can contact a research librarian for help.

Example 1:

This reference sends you to Tests in Print IV, test entry number 2077 (not a page number), where there are 15 references—that is, a bibliography of 15 items about this test—and to the Ninth Mental Measurements Yearbook (1985), test entry number 978, where there is a review of this test by Robert A. Fox.

Example 2: 

​These notes send you to the Ninth Mental Measurements Yearbook (1985), entry number 4 (not a page number); then to Tests in Print II (1974), entry number 323, where there are 6 references; then to the Seventh Mental Measurements Yearbook (1974), entry number 328, where there are 4 references. For another review of the test, the reference sends you to the Fifth Mental Measurements Yearbook (1959), entry number 296, where there are 3 references.

In order to understand the abbreviations and symbols used in the citations, use the Volume Guide above.