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

This guide contains instructions and tips for finding descriptive information and critical reviews of new and revised tests in the Mental Measurements Yearbook and Tests in Print database from EBSCOhost.

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The Mental Measurements Yearbooks (MMY) contain reviews of tests covering personality, aptitude, psychology, intelligence, speech and hearing, sensory motor abilities and other related areas. Test information includes the author, publisher, scoring information, and references to critical reviews of the test.

Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are in print in the English language. TIP provides vital information to users including test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population (e.g., age, grade level, gender, behavioral characteristics, etc.), administration type (e.g., group or individual), publication date(s), and test author(s).

The Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print database, provided by EBSCOhost, combines these two print sources into a searchable database. The database coverage begins with the 9th edition (1985) of the yearbook.

This database does not contain actual test copies or instruments. If you are looking for an actual test, try searching in the PsycTESTS database.

*Note: You must be connected to Stetson's Network in order to access Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print or any of the Library's subscription databases. If you are not working from a campus-connected computer, please see instructions for Library Access Off Campus.

To access Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print, click the link above or navigate to the duPont-Ball Library website. Locate the drop down menu under Databases A-Z. Find Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print and hit Go.

The Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print database opens to the Advanced Search screen.

Advanced Search allows the user to specify search fields for multiple keywords, which can make research in this database more efficient. For example, if one wanted to find test reviews for the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory test (MMPI), typing "MMPI" and selecting "Acronym - AC" from the All fields drop down menu would yield results related to this particular personality test.

Other field specifications include test name, author, population, publisher, purpose, and yearbook volume.

You can navigate to the Filters tab to narrow down your search results even further. Under Filters (which is located under the Add fields button), users have the option to filter results by