Psychology 442: Psychological Testing

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Psychology Articles

Empirical articles. Literature review articles. Two of the most popular types of scholarly articles used by psychologists.

Here's a refresher of what you learned in Psychology 210 about the difference between empirical and literature review articles.
Empirical and Literature Review Articles ~ by Jennifer Paliatka

Find out about WebFeat -- like Dogpile, but for databases!

PsycINFO The primary index (no full text) for psychological topics, produced by the
American Psychological Association.
A source for full-text journal articles from nearly 300 psychology journals. Full page images include tables and graphs.
PsycARTICLES Full text articles from APA journals dating back to 1996, covers hundreds of scientific, technical, and medical journals.
ScienceDirect Provides indexing to its entire library. In addition, there is access to full-text articles in approximately 100 psychology journals from 1999 to the present.
Free registration is required for accessing articles in full-text.

 

Use I-Share (formerly Illinet Online) to determine if the library owns the journal in print or microfilm, and check Journals and Magazines Available Online for electronic access to journals. If the article you seek is unavailable from these sources, please request it through our online Interlibrary Loan article request form.

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Books

Use I-Share (formerly Illinet Online) to find books on your topic. Please ask a librarian if you need assistance. Books not available through I-Share may be ordered through our online Interlibrary Loan book request form.

Use a Subject Search

Psychological Tests
Educational tests and measurements
Psychometrics
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Personality and Children

Reference Books

Reference books are great sources to get an introduction to a topic, help define terms or determine where else to look for sources.

Mental Measurements
- Critiques the scientific value of questionnaires, R016.1539B967m
Personality Tests and Reviews - Measures of personality and social psychological attitudes, R155.28B967p
Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Vol. 1-4, R150.287C737
Encyclopedia of Psychological Assessment, Vol-1-2, R150.287E56
Tests in Print: An Index to Tests, Test Reviews, and the Literature on Specific Tests, Call Number: R 016.37126 B967t6


Encyclopedia of Human Behavior,vol. 1-4. R150.3E56
Encyclopedia of Psychology, vol. 1-4. R150.3E561994
Encyclopedia of Psychology, vol. 1-8. R150.3E56
Handbook of Child Psychology. R155.4H236w
Dictionary of Psychology. R150.3C826dp
Handbook of Psychology, vol. 1-12. R150H236
Stevens' Handbook of Experimental Psychology, vol 1-4. R150S843

 

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Test Theory and Application Journals

The following is a list of some test theory and application journal.

Test Theory and Application Journals
Databases

Psychometrika
Educational and Psychological
Applied Psychological Measurement
Journal of Educational Measurement
Journal of Educational Psychology
Journal of Applied Psychology
Personnel Psychology
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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Internet Resources

Research Resources

Professional Organizations

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Citing and Research Assistance

Citing Sources Using APA Style

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This page was created 02/10/2004 and last updated on 02/16/2006
by Jennifer C. Paliatka, Assistant Librarian, Elmhurst College.