I. DATABASES
II. PRINT RESOURCES
III. WEB RESOURCES
NOTE: Most survey and test instruments must
be purchased directly from the publisher.
HAPI, PSYCINFO & Mental Measurements Yearbook are available through Ovid (http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/ovid). CINAHL is available through EBSCOhost.
The HAPI database provides information about research and survey instruments, such as questionnaires, checklists, rating scales, and interview forms. It also contains journal articles and book chapters on selected instruments.
Topics covered include public health, communication, psychology, nursing, organizational behavior, medicine, sociology, physical education, psychiatry, human resources, gerontology and dental medicine.
HAPI relies on official subject headings from MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) and the Thesaurus of Psychological Terms. The database is updated quarterly and while emphasizing more recent instruments, includes instruments dating back to 1924.
Tips for Searching HAPI
HAPI indexes instruments using the full-title of the instrument. At the Enter Keyword or phrase prompt type the name of the instrument:
child behavior checklist
A subject search (above) will search for the word/phrase in the Instrument Title (ti), Subject Descriptor (de), Acronym (ac), and Abstract (ab) fields.
Searching can also be done on the following fields: Instrument Title (ti), Instrument
Author (au), Journal or Book Source (so), Abstract (ab), Subject Descriptors (de), References (rf), Reliability (ry), Validity (va), and Subscale Titles (st). Use the qualifier .af. to search all fields:
cbcl.af.
Click on the “more fields” button for additional fields.
The CINAHL database, in addition to indexing the nursing literature, contains both descriptions of selected research instruments and articles about instruments and related research methodologies.
CINAHL'S Research Instrument Project
The CINAHL Research Instrument Project provides access to research instrument descriptions in the CINAHL database. Instrument descriptions include year developed, purpose, variables of interest, original population, question format, administration, scoring, psychometrics, instructions on how to obtain for use, copyright owner, and modifications. Some instruments include the full-text of the instrument itself.
Instrument descriptions are being added all the time. The following search strategy will retrieve a current list of instrument descriptions:
In CINAHL (EBSCOhost):
In the Find: box enter research instrument; In the drop-down box select PT Publication Type
The following is a list of instruments that have descriptions in the database; many of which include the full text of the instrument.
Current as of November 2004
Adolescent Coping Orientation for Problem Experiences (A-COPE)
Adolescent-Family Inventory of Life Events and Changes (A-FILE)
Affect Balance Scale
AIDS Knowledge and Attitudes Survey
Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales (AIMS2)
Barthel Index (BI)
Bech-Rafaelsen Melancholia Scale (BRMES)
Beck Depression Inventory, Revised Edition (BDI)
Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS)
BEM Sex Role Inventory (BSRI)
Braden Scale for Predicting Pressure Sore Risk
Brief Pain Inventory (BPI)
Brief Symptom Inventory(tm)(BSI)
Caregiver Strain Index (CSI)
Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D Scale)
Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)
Coping Health Inventory for Parents (CHIP)
Coping Strategies Questionnaire (CSQ)
Critical Care Family Needs Inventory (CCFNI)
Death Anxiety Scale
Death Depression Scale (DDS)
Denver II
Dual Employed Coping Scales (DECS)
Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS)
Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)
End-of-Life Comfort Questionnaires
Exercise of Self-Care Agency Scale
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised (EPQ-R)
Fall Risk Assessment Tool
Family Attachment and Changeability Index 8 (FACI8)
Family Celebration Index (FCELEBI)
Family Coping Coherence Index (FCCI)
Family Coping Index (FAMCI)
Family Coping Inventory (FCI)
Family Crisis Oriented Personal Evaluation Scales (F-COPES)
Family Distress Index (FDI)
Family Hardiness Index
Family Index of Regenerativity and Adaptation -- General (FIRA-G)
Family Index of Regenerativity and Adaptation-Military (FIRA-M)
Family Inventory of Life Events and Changes (FILE)
Family Inventory of Resources for Management (FIRM)
Family Member Well-being Index (FMWB)
Family Pressures Scale-Ethnic (FPRES-E)
Family Problem Solving Communication (FPSC)
Family Schema-Ethnic (FSCH-E)
Family Time and Routines Index (FTRI)
Family Traditions Scale (FTS)
Ferrans and Powers Quality of Life Index (QLI)
Functional Assessment Inventory (FAI)
General Comfort Questionnaire (GCQ)
Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)
Gosnell Pressure Sore Risk Assessment Scale (Gosnell Scale)
Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD)
Health Perceptions Questionnaire (HPQ)
Hendrich Fall Risk Model (HFRM)
Impact of Event Scale (IES)
Internal-External Control Scale (I-E scale)
Jalowiec Coping Scale (JCS)
Job Descriptive Index (JDI)
Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS)
La Monica-Oberst Patient Satisfaction Scale (LOPSS)
Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (MCSDS)
McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ)
Memorial Pain Assessment Card (MPAC)
Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale (MUIS)
Morse Fall Scale
Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) Scales: Forms A, B and C
NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
Norbeck Social Support Questionnaire (NSSQ)
OARS Multidimensional Functional Assessment Questionnaire (OMFAQ)
Organizational Climate Scale (OCS)
Perlow Self-Esteem Scale (PSES)
Personal Resource Questionnaire (PRQ-85)
Power as Knowing Participation in Change Tool (PKPCT)
Profile of Mood States, Revised (POMS)
Psychiatric Symptom Index
Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale (PAIS)
Quality Patient Care Scale (Qualpacs)
Radiation Therapy Comfort Questionnaire (RTCQ)
Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale
Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale (RSES)
Schedule of Recent Experience (SRE)
Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale (SDLRS)
Self-Esteem Inventory (SEI)
Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS)
Self-Rating Depression Scale (SRDS)
Short Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36)
Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ)
Slater Nursing Competencies Rating Scale
Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS)
Social Support Index (SSI)
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)
Symptom Checklist-90-Revised(tm) (SCL-90-R)
Symptom Distress Scale (SDS)
Tennessee Self-Concept Scale: Second Edition (TSCS:2)
The Dempster Practice Behaviors Scale (DPBS)
The Sickness Impact Profile (SIP)
Urinary Incontinence and Frequency Comfort Questionnaire (UIFCQ)
Ways of Coping Questionnaire (WCQ)
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R)
Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised (WMS-R)
Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale (FACES)
Young Adult Coping Orientation for Problem Experiences (YA-COPE)
Young Adult Social Support Index (YA-SSI)
Young Adult-Family Inventory of Life Events and Strains (YA-FILES)
Youth Coping Index (YCI)
Tips for Searching the Instrumentation Literature in CINAHL
SUBJECT HEADINGS: CINAHL contains subject headings for instruments by type (e.g. surveys, scales, questionnaires, interviews, etc.), instruments by name (e.g. McGill Pain Questionnaire), and headings related to assessment and measurement (e.g. clinical assessment tools, functional assessment, pain measurement). To locate relevant subject headings for your topic select the CINAHL Headings or Indexes buttons.
CINAHL (EBSCOhost) Example:
Remember to read the scope note for the beginning date of the subject heading. Since many of the instruments by name are relatively new subject headings, you should also do a text word search on the instrument name to retrieve articles or instrument descriptions that were already in the database before the beginning date of the subject heading term.
INSTRUMENTATION FIELD: The Instrumentation Field (IN) includes the names of instruments used in research studies indexed in CINAHL. This field was added to the database in 1991.
Select the Indexes button. Select Instrumentation from the Browse an Index drop-down and enter a keyword or phrase..
Or, from the Advanced search page:
PUBLICATION TYPES: You can limit your results to Research Instrument (back to 1994) or Questionnaire/Scale (back to1983). Select the Refine Search tab and scroll down to Publication Type.
The PsycINFO database covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, and other areas. Coverage is worldwide, and includes references and abstracts to over 1500 journals and dissertations in more than 30 languages, and to book chapters and books in the English language. Over 60,000 references are added annually.
Tips for Searching the Instrumentation Literature in PsycINFO
To search for questionnaires use terms such as "questionnaires", "measurement", "rating scales", "psychological assessment", "attitude measures", "interviews", "educational measurement", etc. Or, at the Enter Keyword or phrase prompt type the name of the instrument. Deselect "Map Term to Subject Heading".
The Mental Measurements Yearbook contains information about, and reviews of, English-language standardized tests covering education skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology etc. The database covers the ninth through the fifteenth yearbooks (thirteenth and fourteenth yearbooks are also available in print- see section II, print resources). Entries in the database contain information on: test authors, test purpose, publisher, scoring, full overview of the test, description of the test materials and reviews of the test.
Tips for searching the Mental Measurements Yearbook Default keyword search included reviewer (rv), title (ti), and full text (tx). Acronyms are listed only if the author or publisher has made use of the acronym or if the test is widely known by the acronym. Author field includes both individuals and organizations. For individual authors, names display as last name, first name, and middle initial.
The following print sources are located at Hardin Library for the Health Sciences. Many contain listings of research instruments. See below for a listing of print resources at the Psychology Library.
Assessing the Health Status of Older Adults. New York: Springer Pub. Co., c1997. RC953. A87 1997
Clinical Assessment Tools for Use with Nursing Diagnosis. St. Louis: C.V. Mosby, 1989. (Reserve) RT48.C58 1989
The Fourteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook. (Ready Reference) Z5814.P8M45 11th 2001 cop.2
Handbook of Scales and Indices of Health Behavior. Pacific Palisades, Calif.: Goodyear Pub. Co., c1976. RA440.6.R35
Health Measurement Scales : A Practical Guide to Their Development and Use. 2nd ed.. Streiner, David L.. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. RA408.5 .S77 1995
Health Outcome Measures in Primary and Out-Patient Care. Amsterdam:Harwood Academic Publishers, c1996. RA399.A1 H42 1996
Health Status Indicators : Differentials by Race and Hispanic Origin. Plepys, Christine. Hyattsville, Md.: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, 1995. HE20.6230: 10
Incorporating Health Status Indicators Into the Measurement of Medical Underservice. Rockville, Md.: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, 1989. HE20.9002:M4612
Instruments for clinical health-care research. Boston : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c1997. (Reserve) RT81.5 .I565 1997
Instruments for Measuring Nursing Practice and Other Health Care Variables. Hyattsville, Md.: U.S. Dept. of Health (Reserve) RT42.I5 v.1-2
Journal of Nursing Measurement. Vol 1 (1993) - Vol 10 (2002)
Measurement in nursing and health research / Carolyn Feher Waltz, Ora Lea Strickland, Elizabeth R. Lenz. New York : Springer Pub., c2005. (Reserve) RT81.5 .W36 2005
Measurement of Nursing Outcomes : v. 1-4. New York: Springer Pub. Co. (Reserve) RT85.5M434 1988 v.1-4
- Vol 1: Measuring Client Outcomes
- Vol 2: Measuring Nursing Performance: Practice, Education, and Research
- Vol 3: Measuring Clinical Skills and Professional Development in Education and Practice
- Vol 4: Measuring Client Self-Care and Coping Skills
Measurement of Nursing Outcomes. 2nd ed. (Reserve) RT85.5.M434 2001
Measures of Need and Outcome for Primary Health Care. Wilkin, David. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. RA407 .W55 1992
Measuring Functioning and Well-Being : The Medical Outcomes Study Approach. Durham: Duke University Press, 1992. RA408.5 .M43 1992
Measuring Health: A Guide to Rating Scales and Questionnaires, 2nd Ed. McDowell, Ian and Claire Newell. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. (Reserve) RA408.5M38 1996
Measuring Medicine : An Introduction to Health Status Assessment and a Framework for Application. Health Outcome Institute. New York, NY: Faulkner & Gray, c1994. RA408.5 .M452 1994
Measuring the Quality of Care. Edinburgh, New York: Churchill Livingstone,1984. RT85.5.M435 1984
Nursing Practice and Outcomes Measurement. Oakbrook Terrace, Il.: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health care Organizations, c1997. RT85.5.N865 1997
Outcomes Assessment in Clinical Practice. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, c1996. RC454.4 .O855 1996
Outcome Measures in Home Care. New York: National League for Nursing, c1987. RT120.H65095 1987 v. 1-2
The Supplement to the Eleventh Mental Measurements Yearbook. Z5814P8M45 13th 1992 suppl. 1999 cop.2
Quality of Life Assessments in Clinical Trials. New York: Raven Press, c1990. R853.C55Q35 1990
Quality of Life : assessment, analysis, and interpretation. Fayers, Peter M. Chichester; New York: Wiley, 2000. R852 .F39 2000
The following are located in the PSYCHOLOGY LIBRARY
See the Psychology Library's Tests and Measurements in the Psychology Library page
Outcome Assessment in Residential Treatment. New York: Haworth Press, c1996. (PSYCHOLOGY) RJ504.5 .O98 1996
Directory of Unpublished Experimental Mental Measures. Goldman, Bert A.. (PSYCHOLOGY Reserve) BF431. G623
Rating Scales for Psychopathology, Health Status, and Quality of Life : A Compendium on Documentation in Accordance with the DSM-III-R and WHO Systems. Bech, Per. Berlin; New York: Springer-Verlag, c1993. (PSYCHOLOGY Reserve). RC473.P78 B43 1993
Tests : A Comprehensive Reference for Assessments in Psychology, Education, and Business. Supplement. Sweetland, Richard C. Kansas City, Mo.: Test Corp. of America, 1984. (PSYCHOLOGY Reserve) BF176 .T43 1983
Test Critiques. (PSYCHOLOGY Reserve) BF176 .T42
Psychology, and Industry. Buros, Oscar Krisen. Highland Park, N.J., Gryphon Press,1961. (PSYCHOLOGY Reserve) Z5814 .E9 B8
Tests in Print; A Comprehensive Bibliography of Tests for Use in Education, (PSYCHOLOGY Reserve) Z5814.E9 T47
The American Psychological Association website contains helpful information on locating instruments and instrument publishers. FAQ/Finding Information About Psychological Tests
http://www.apa.org/science/faq-findtests.html
Health Services and Sciences Research Resources. HSRR contains information about research datasets and instruments/indices employed in Health Services Research, and the Behavioral and Social Sciences with links to PubMed and additional resources.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/hsrr_search/
Guide to Tests and Measurement Instruments from the University of Michigan Taubman Library.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/taubman/eres/data/about/abouttandm.html
BUROS Center for Testing
http://www.unl.edu/buros/
Test Reviews Online
http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp
ETS Educational Testing Service
http://www.ets.org/testcoll/
Australian Centre on Quality of Life - Instruments
http://acqol.deakin.edu.au/instruments/index.htm
PROQOLID - Patient-Reported Outcome and Quality of Life Instruments Database
Limited access for non-members
http://www.proqolid.org/
Other Library Guides
University of Maryland
Tests and Measurements
http://www.lib.umd.edu/MCK/GUIDES/tests.html
University of Minnesota
Finding Tests, Surveys, and Questionnaires
http://www.biomed.lib.umn.edu/inst/lctsq.html
University of Pittsburgh
Finding Information on Psychological and Psychiatric Testing Instruments
http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/guides/tests/index_html
Yale University
Behavioral Tests & Measures in the Health Sciences
http://www.med.yale.edu/library/reference/publications/tests.html