Tests and Measures

Try out the following processes if you know the name of the test you want, but you don't have the full test instrument. 

Some full text instruments are available for free: See the "Tests that are available for free online" section for more details.

Most tests, unfortunately, are not available for free online. However, some can be found in published books. These books may be in the Ball State Libraries or may be Interlibrary Loaned from other universities. Take a look at the resources below to find out how to look up your test. 

The University of Texas Arlington has put together a helpful online resource where you can look up your test and find out if it has been published in a book. 

• A list of more than 100 book collections of tests can be found at the TMdb website 
• The quick search options, unfortunately, no longer work from this page.
• However, you may search do a specialized Google search to search only the TMdb website for particular keywords.
  • For example, to find tests or measures about anxiety:
    • Go to Google.com
    • Paste this into the search box: site: libraries.uta.edu/tmdb/   
    • Then, add your keywords. In this case, anxiety.

• The results you get will mostly be results of tests that include the word anxiety.
• Select one of the results
• The database is set up so that the first title you see at the top of the page is the full book title, and the titles below that are the individual tests included in that book collection. 

Now you will need to find the book that has the test instrument. You'll check to see if Ball State has the book. If not, you can Interlibrary loan request the item to be sent from another library. 

• In the TMdb, in the listing of the book you want, you will see the phrase "FIND THIS BOOK IN A LIBRARY NEAR YOU." Click on the link after this phrase. 

• You'll see the listing for this book on WorldCat.org 

• Look to the right. Click on the View access options button under Access from your Libraries.  

• Click on Access under Access Online.

• This will take you to the OneSearch record for this item. If the library has the item, you will see 'Available' and a call number listed, and you can come to the library and check out the book.

• Most of the time, you will not see this information and instead you will want to go return to the WorldCat tab in your browser and click on Request Item through Interlibrary Loan under 'Request this item via:'. 

• This takes you into the Libraries' request system which will let the library request this book from another university. Fill out any required fields (most of the information will already be automatically filled in) and Submit the request. 

• The estimate for book requests with ILL is 2 weeks. The book may arrive more quickly or more slowly than this estimate.