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Mental Measurements Yearbook
Mental Measurements Yearbook Online
Mental Measurements Yearbook is available from the USM Library homepage under Indexes and Databases and "M" for Mental Measurements Yearbook. The interface covers the NINTH edition through to the PRESENT edition. Database is seachable by AUTHOR, TITLE, and KEYWORD. Click on "More Limits" in the Advanced Search mode for other searching options.
Mental Measurements and Tests in Print
Mental Measurements Yearbook
Gor and POR Reference Z 5814 .P8 B932
LEW Reference
BF176 M46
Tests in Print
GOR and LEW and POR Reference Z 5814 .E9 T47
When would I refer to these reference sources?
Students who are assigned to find reviews of a published test are usually told to “look it up in the Mental Measurements Yearbook” or to “look it up in Buros.”
It is important for them to understand that these reference sources do not reproduce the actual tests, only reviews and publishing information about the tests. The tests themselves can be purchased from the test publisher [Note: Some tests require certification to purchase] or can sometimes be viewed in a collection of about 250 tests that is maintained by the Assessment Center (780-5671 or 780-5220) third floor of Bailey Hall as part of the College of Education & Human Development. Hours are very limited, and an appointment is usually needed. A catalog of their tests is available on the CEHD website: http://www.usm.maine.edu/cehd/assessment-center/
MMY is a series of books published by the Buros Institute http://www.unl.edu/buros/bimm/index.html which describes and reviews commercially published tests, such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Though it says “Yearbook” in the title, there have only been 16 editions published between 1938 and 2005, always separated by several years. It is sometimes asked for as “Buros ” rather than the title because Oscar Buros was the founder of the institute and editor of the early editions.
A test review search engine is available at the Buros Institute. Look for other online information from the Buros Institute web site.
Starting with the third yearbook, they have cover titles that start with the number , such as “ The Fifteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook,” and are sometimes asked for that way. However, the catalog lists them all of ours under the basic title, Mental Measurements Yearbook.
Each new edition lists only new tests and “significant revisions” of older tests . Therefore, you cannot simply go to the current edition to find all tests that are currently available “in print.” You need to work backward starting with the current edition. See below for an online index.
In addition to including original reviews for many tests written for the yearbook, each test entry also includes a bibliography of reviews and other articles written about the test in other sources, primarily in journals.
Databases such as ERIC, PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, SCOPUS, Social Services Abstracts, Social Work Abstracts Plus, and Sociological Abstracts may also provide supplementary critical information about relevant subject matter, tests and their creators.
- What is TIP , how does it relate to MMY , and how do I read those confusing cross reference test numbers?
TIP (Tests in Print) is a related series of books that list all tests currently available for purchase . It does not include test reviews itself, but it lists all earlier entries of a test in MMY and adds later bibliographical references to the tests that have been published since its last appearance in MMY . Those references, if any, appear as “Cross References ” at the end of each test entry.
Test reference numbers identify the MMY or TIP edition and then the test number . For example, “13:8” refers to test number 8 in the Thirteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook. "T5:56" refers to test number 56 in Tests in Print V.
An online index to the test reviews is at the Buros Institute website:
http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp It will tell you which yearbook has reviews of the latest edition of the test.
If you are using the hard copy books, as noted above, you need to start with the current edition of MMY and work backward until you find the latest edition of the test that has been reviewed. Alternatively, using the latest TIP can serve as an index to the earlier MMY editions.
Example:
"I'm looking for the Myers-Briggs test."
1. Look in the latest Mental Measurments Yearbook under "M" (Make sure you have the right spelling)
2. Not there.
3. Look in the latest Tests in Print
4. Two versions exist
5. Note "Cross References" in entry
6. "For Reviews see. . . 14:251; see also T5:1755."
7. Translation for users, Go to Mental Measurements Yearbook 14th edition entry 251. Go to Tests in Print V entry 1755.
The basic arrangement of the entries in both MMY and TIP is alphabetical by the title of the test, so it is usually quickest to flip through the main pages, looking at the test names at the top of each page.
There is an “Index of Test Titles” somewhat near the back of each MMY, as well as an Index of Names, in case you know only the author of the test. There is also an Index of Names in TIP.
What other useful information do the books contain?
- Basic publishing information, such as the name and address of the companies that produce the tests.
- A “Score Index ,” a type of subject index, giving the specific content that is being measured by each part of the tests
- Bibliographical references to articles and reviews of the tests beyond those that appear within MMY itself.
If you have question, please see Tim Lynch (Gorham Library) or Barret Havens (Portland Library) or Maureen Perry (Lewiston-Auburn Library) for more information.
Created by: Tim Lynch
Created on: 11.30.2005
Last Updated: 08.10.2007
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