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Library Catalog
Use the catalog to find books we have in the Kresge Library. Also use the catalog to see if we have access to a particular journal title on-line or in print.
Databases
The most extensive and authoritative database for research in psychology and related disciplines, with over 2,000,000 records covering literature from 1887-present, including journal articles, books and book chapters, and dissertations. Over 2000 journal titles are indexed.
The standard database for resources in education including journal articles from research/scholarly and practitioner literature, as well as ERIC documents. ERIC documents include such various sources as books, research reports, government documents, conference papers, bibliographies, curricula and lesson plans and other documents. The database contains over 1,100,000 records covering literature from 1966 through the present, with online direct full-text for ERIC documents from 1992-present.
Includes over 42,000 full-text articles from 50+ peer-reviewed journals published by the American Psychological Association. These titles are indexed in PsycInfo, but in this database you may search them as a discrete subset of full-text resources.
Covering the literature of medicine, biology and related disciplines, this immense database includes almost 16,000,000 records on articles indexed from over 10,000 journals worldwide, covering the period from 1966-present. Extensive abstracts thoroughly cover article content; as with other FirstSearch databases, is linked directly to our online full-text journal holdings and interlibrary loan system.
"Produced by the Buros Institute at the University of Nebraska provides a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership. All MMY entries contain descriptive information (e.g., test purpose, publisher, pricing) and edited review(s) written by leading content area experts. To be included in the MMY, a test must be commercially available, be published in the English language. MMY provides coverage from the 9th to the 16th editions."
Contact Information
Frank Lepkowski
238 Kresge Library
email: lepkowsk@oakland.edu
IM: AOL: frankjlepkowski
phone: (248) 370-2497
Anne Switzer
Phone: (248) 370-2475
Office: KL 245
Email: switzer2@oakland.edu
AIM: atswitzer
Print Resources
The Test Reviews table, north of the Reference Desk hosts several high-use, authoritative sources on tests and test reviews. They include:
Tests in print. Reference LB 3051 .A1 B83 1st-7th eds.
1961-present. This source, a companion to Buros Mental Measurements Yearbook includes test publication information, current availability, cross-references to reviews in MMY and references to publications evaluating or referring to the instruments in question.
Test critiques. Reference BF 176 .T419 1984 v.1-10. 1984.
Now somewhat dated, this set contains extensive expert reviews and critiques of psychological instruments.
Mental measurements yearbook. Reference LB 1131 .A1 B932
1st-16th eds. [1940-2005];
Supplements: 10-13 [1990-1999]
Given that the online version of this resource starts with the ninth edition, the early volumes are only available in print. Working in combination with Tests in Print, with cross-references to that source as well as other editions of MMY, this is the comprehensive resource for test identification and evaluation.
Relevant Websites
- ERIC (for updated ERIC documents)
- Michigan E-Library
- Michigan Department of Education
- MEAP Testing
- Oakland Schools - Educators
- US Department of Education
- National Center for Education Statistics
- Educator's Reference Desk
- Medical References
- PubMed
- PubMed Central
- Scirus
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