Social Services Abstracts
Provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services and related areas, including social welfare, social policy and community development. ProQuest
Sociological Abstracts
Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. ProQuest
Google Scholar
Search tool for scholarly literature. Additional instructions for setting up to automatically connect to NDSU Libraries resources.
PubMed
Citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. May link to selected full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
Mental Measurements Yearbook
Testing instruments, with information for evaluation of test products in diverse areas such as psychology, education, business, and leadership. EBSCO
Health and Psychosocial Instruments
Provides questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, coding schemes, rating scales in the fields of health and psychosocial sciences. EBSCO
- Find Tests and Measurements - Search Tips
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There are two primary strategies to find tests and measurements:
1. Searching by test/measure name:
"Beck Depression Inventory" or "Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale"
2. Searching by the variable you want to measure:
risk aversion assessment or scale measuring self-esteem
Additional search tips to help you find the right test/measure:
Start with your topic and search for it in combination with a variety of terms, for example:
- "risk aversion" AND (instrument OR measure)
- "self-esteem" AND scale
- "self-esteem" AND scale AND append*
- The asterisk (*) stands in for all words that start with append including appendix, appends, appendecies, and appendixes.
- HDFS 250: Introduction to Research Methods
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Recommended Database: Academic Search Complete
Everything Online is Not Created Equal:
Popular and Scholarly Sources:
For help, please contact:
Al Bernardo - Social Sciences Librarian
alfred.bernardo@ndsu.edu
Main Library 118A