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---------------------------------------------------------------------About the Database About the DatabaseAbout the Database Mental Measurements Yearbook Mental Measurements Yearbook , Produced by the Buros Institute at the University of Nebraska, the Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. Designed for an audience ranging from novice test consumers to experienced professionals, the MMY series contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products 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, and be new or revised since it last appeared in the series. First published by Oscar K. Buros, the MMY series allows users to make knowledgeable judgments and informed selection decisions about the increasingly complex world of testing. MMY provides coverage from Volume 9 to the present. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Searching Tips Searching TipsSearching Tips There are a number of helpful tips and hints you can use to improve your search results. For example, you can use Boolean operators to link search terms together; and/or limit the search to a specific title. Boolean OperatorsSometimes a search can be overly general (results equal too many hits) or overly specific (results equal too few hits). To fine tune your search, you can use AND, OR, and NOT operators to link your search words together. These operators will help you narrow or broaden your search to better express the terms you are looking for and to retrieve the exact information you need quickly. USING THE "AND" OPERATOR: If you have a search term that is too general, you can append several terms together using "AND". By stringing key terms together, you can further define your search and reduce the number of results. Note: Unless you define a specific search field, the result list will contain references where all your search terms are located in either the citation, full display or full text.
USING THE "OR" OPERATOR: In order to broaden a search, you can link terms together by using the "OR" operator. By using "OR" to link your terms together you can find documents on many topics. Linked by this operator, your words are searched simultaneously and independently of each other.
USING THE "NOT" OPERATOR: In order to narrow a search, you can link words together by using the "NOT" operator. This operator will help you to filter out specific topics you do not wish included as part of your search.
Grouping Terms Together Using ParenthesesParentheses also may be used to control a search query. Without parentheses, a search is executed from left to right. Words that you enclose in parentheses are searched first. Why is this important? Parentheses allow you to control and define the way the search will be executed. The left phrase in parentheses is searched first; then based upon those results the second phrase in parentheses is searched. Generalized Search: dog or cat and show or parade
Focused Search:(dog or cat) and (show or parade)
In the first example, the search will retrieve everything on dog or cat shows AS WELL AS everything on parades whether or not the articles refer to dogs or cats. In the second example, we have used the parentheses to control our query to only find articles about shows or parades that reference dogs or cats. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Searchable Fields Searchable FieldsSearchable Fields The default fields for unqualified searches consist of the following: Test Name/Title, Acronym (test name), Author, Reviewer, Publisher's Name, Population, Purpose, Scores yield by the Test, Administration mode, Price and General subject headings. The following list will help you locate detailed information referenced in this database as a field. Searchable tag Description Example
AC Acronym AC HDI
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search for
the acronym of the test described
in the record.
AR Author Phrase AR "GADOW, KENNETH D."
[Phrase Indexed]
Performs an exact search for an article's
author, in the format of last name, first
name, and middle initial if available.
AN Accession Number AN 14122119
[Phrase Indexed]
Performs an exact search for an article's
identification (accession) number.
AU Author AU Smith
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search for an article's
author, in the format of last name, first
name, and middle initial if available.
AV Price AV 35
[Word Indexed] or
Performs a keyword search for prices AV Price Data
or descriptions within the Price field.
DE Test Category Phrase DE Personality
[Phrase Indexed]
Performs and exact search for a
records test category.
DM Administration DM Group
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search for a
records Administration.
When using the Administration listbutton limiter
Limiting to the value Group should return records
that contain the single value of Group (only)
Limiting to the value Individual should return
records that contain single value of Individual (only)
Limiting to the value Group and/or Individual
should return records that contain all other
combinations of the Group & Individual values
Note: A full list, of more detailed values,
can be searched and is available via Index Browse.
DN Administration Phrase DN Individual
[Phrase Indexed]
Performs and exact search for a
records Administration.
FT Flag Full Text FT Y
[Phrase Indexed]
Performs an exact search for the value
"Y" indicating that a record has full
text available.
Note: full text records are records with a review(s))
LV Levels LV Form
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search for a records
description of various levels available
for the test
NT Comments NT Adolescents
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search for a records
additional comments about the test.
OD Publication Date OD 1977
[Word Indexed]
Performs a search for a records
Publication date.
Format should be: YYYY
Note: Index Browse is available if user
prefers to view complete list of values.
PB Publisher PB Teleometrics International
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search for within
the records publisher field.
PD Manual PD 18 pages
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search for a
records major manuals or technical
documents available for the test.
PO Population PO Kindergarten-grade 3
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search for a
description of the population for
whom the test is intended.
PU Purpose PU 'Designed to help identify
[Word Indexed] attention disorder, with
Performs a keyword search for or without hyperactivity.'
the purpose of conducting the test.
RF Cross References RF Review
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search for
a records references.
RN Number of Reviews RN 2
[Phrase Indexed]
Performs an exact search for the
number of reviews within a
record.
SC Scores SC Total score only.
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search for a
records scores yielded by the test.
SU Test Category SU Intelligence and General Aptitude
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search for a records
test category.
TI Test Name TI Conflict Style Inventory.
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search for a
records test name.
TM Time TM 30
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search for a
records administration time.
VI Yearbook VI 12
[Phrase Indexed]
Performs an exact search for
the number of the Mental Measurements Yearbook
---------------------------------------------------------------------Definition of Fields Definition of FieldsDefinition of Fields The following table explains the contents of each field in a Mental Measurements Yearbook record's detailed display. Field name Description
Test Name The Test name field contains the name of the test described in the record.
Acronym The Acronym field contains the acronym of the test described in the record.
Author The Author field contains the authors of the test.
Publisher The Publisher field contains the publisher and publisher's address for the test
described in the record.
Purpose The Purpose field contains the purpose decribed in the record.
Administration The Administration field contains the Group, Individual or Group/Individual
described in the record.
Population The Population field contains the population described in the record.
Time The Time field contains the administration time described in the record.
Scores The Scores field contains information on scoring mechanisms for the test
described in the record.
Levels The Levels field contains information on the Levels described in the record.
Test Category The Test Category field contains information on the test category described
in the record.
Number of Reviews The Number of Reviews field contains the number of reviews described in the record.
Reviewer The Reviewer field contains the names of the reviewer(s) whose review is included in
the full text of the record.
Comments The Comments field contains additional comments about the test described in the record.
References The References field contains information on the references described in the record.
Publication Date The Publication Date field contains the date(s) of publication of the test described
in the record.
Manuals The Manuals field contains major manuals or technical documents available for the test
described in the record.
Price The Price field contains prices for major components of the test described in the
record.
Yearbook The Yearbook field indicates the number of the Mental Measurements Yearbook in
which the test was described originally.
Accession Number Unique number to identify the record.
Index Browse
Index BrowseIndex Browse
Index Browsing Index browsing allows the user to view all values that occur in specified fields in a database, along with corresponding hit counts. Access the index browse feature by clicking the green “Indexes” button on the upper portion of the “Advanced” search screen. Use the drop-down menu to choose an index to browse. Indexes can also be searched using tags. Since browsable indexes are phrase indexed, the exact form and spelling of terms as they appear in the database must be used in conjunction with the tags when entering a search manually. Indexes available for browsing in Mental Measurements Yearbook database are listed below. Tags for all fields included in the index browse feature begin with “Z” (e.g. “ZA” for Author). ZA Acronym
ZR Author
ZB Publisher
ZD Publication Date
ZV Reviewer
ZL Reviewer Affiliation
ZU Test Categoty
ZT Test Name
ZF Time
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