Finding Measures in the Behavioral Sciences and Education

This guide shows how to find measures in the behavioral sciences and education at the UTSA Libraries.

Non-commercial (Free) Measures

Try searching Google first to see if your test is available for free online. If it is, obtain permission from the author/publisher in order to stay within copyright.

ETS Test Collection
If the availability line gives information about a journal article or a book, you can find the full-text of the instrument there. If the availability line gives the author's name, contact the author for a copy.

Commercial Measures

Commercial tests must be purchased from the publisher. In many cases, a Google search for the name of an instrument will result in a hit on the publisher's website. Otherwise, here are sources of publisher information.

Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print (EBSCO)
Contains descriptive information and critical reviews of more than 2,200 commercially available, English-language standardized tests in categories such as educational skills, personality, aptitude, intelligence, and behavioral assessment. The print version is located in the JPL stacks. Only a few people can use this database at one time.

ETS Test Collection
If the availability line gives information about a journal article or a book, you can find the full-text of the instrument there. If the availability line gives the author's name, contact the author for a copy.