This page explores the database Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print, covering what this database is, how to search the database, and understanding the records it holds.
From the Buros Institute at the University of Nebraska, provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. Designed for an audience ranging from novice test consumers to experienced professionals, the MMY series contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership. Coverage from Volume 9-current.
It is important to make the distinction between PsycTESTS and the Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print database.
The Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print is the combination of two traditionally print sources:
The Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) contains reviews of tests, while Tests in Print (TIP) is a bibliography for all known commercially available tests that are in print in the English language. Combined, The Mental Measurements Year Book with Tests in Print database provides access to this bibliographic information and the reviews of tests.
That is the major difference between PsycTESTS and the MMY with TIP database. PsycTESTS is records of actual tests, while the MMY with TIP database mainly covers reviews of tests you could find on PsycTESTS.
This information is adapted from this libguide from Stetson University in Florida.
Searching Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print is much like searching PsycTESTS. The Saint Mary's Libraries has both of these databases through EBSCOhost, so the way the platforms are presented look similar. The major difference is that the Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print has fewer filters than PsycTESTS.
The unique filters to focus on are:
Like PsycTESTS, you can search for reviews just by using certain filters.
For example, see Test Status. You can one of the four options: All, In Print, Out of Print, or Archived.
Once a filter is picked, the entire database can be searched by just this filter, no keyword or other search required.
Each review record in Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print has the review and various bibliographic information about the review, including:
This information can tell you about the test without going into the full review.
When you go into the full text of the review, it is divided into several parts:
Where a review of a psychological test or measure would be useful is if you do not have full access to a tests manual. Since reviews contain a description of the test, history of development, and technical aspects like reliability, the reviews provide a snapshot that can be used for your research.