Dr. Green’s PTE 5013: MMY and TiP

Hi,

My name is Paul Stenis, and we met on Tuesday afternoon, March 23rd to talk about Mental Measurements Yearbook and Tests In Print, each of which are published in print and online.

The more important of the two is Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY). If MMY is Batman, Tests In Print (TiP) is Robin.

The Mental Measurements Yearbook is comprised of evaluative test reviews written by experts in selected fields. The MMY is published with the overarching goal of promoting and encouraging informed test selection. Each yearbook in the MMY series is not cumulative; instead each new yearbook covers “tests that are new or significantly revised since the publication of the” previous edition. There are currently 17 MMYs.

MMY norms a test. Norming assesses a test’s validity and reliability:

• Validity: The test measures what it is supposed to measure
• Reliability: The test returns consistent results

MMY entries usually include 2 reviews of the test.

Tests in Print is a comprehensive bibliography of all known commercially available tests, with *references* to the test reviews in MMY. Unlike MMY, Tests in Print is cumulative with each new edition. There are currently 7 editions of TiP. The latest version of TiP covers the first 16 MMYs.

*References in TiP come in two forms:

1. T5:539

2. 9:729

The first reference (with the T) points to a previous entry in TiP volume 5, test number 539. The second reference (without the T) points to the ninth MMY, test number 729.

Both are available in print in our First Floor Reference Collection. Search our Library Catalog to locate them.

Both the MMY and TiP databases are available in the Library’s online subject guide for Education. Look under Top reference works for Education. They’re both EBSCOHost databases.

MMY reviews tests, but it doesn’t provide the actual test. Chambers Library, however, keeps a few tests for your class to view. To look at a list of available tests, search the library catalog by call number with  “test” in the search box.

If you have questions, don’t hesitate to email me at pstenis@uco.edu, and as always please feel free to visit our Ask Us! page to ask for guidance. We’re happy to help.

Paul

Dr. Green’s PTE 5013– MMY & TiP Class

Well, like I promised, here’s a blog posting about your class this evening.

First things first…

The Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) The purpose of the Yearbook is to provide evaluative information to promote informed test selection. Typical test entries include descriptive information, professional reviews, and reviewer references.

To be included, a test must be:

1.) commercially available

2.) be published in the English language

3. ) and be new, revised, or widely used since it last appeared in the series.

The MMY in print in the Reference Collection goes back to the first volume and up to volume 15. The library’s MMY online subscription provides coverage from volume 9 to the present (vlme. 17).

Also, remember your “Advanced Search” tab in the electronic MMY:

This can allow you to do all sorts of funky things like search only certain yearbooks, test categories, publication years, etc.

So, if you’re really want to impress your professor, I might suggest taking a look at her own reviewed tests

Now, what about those Tests in Print?

What is Tests In Print?

Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. Information includes test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s). Tests in Print also guides readers to candidly critical test reviews published in the Mental Measurements Yearbook series.

Now, remember, TiP does NOT contain test reviews, but it will give you quick information about tests such as publisher information, test time, scores, etc.

It will also give you something called a “cross reference” which will tell you where in the MMY you can find a review for the test you’re looking at.

For this cross reference, TiP is telling you to go to the 14th edition of MMY and then to test number 54 for the test review.

If you ever see a T before a number such as T3:153– This is a cross reference to another Tests in Print edition; thus, you would need to go to Tests in Print edition 3 then look at test number 153.

Alrightie… Have a glorious evening and please remember that if you need any additional assistance please contact us through the Ask Us! link on the library homepage or come visit us at the reference desk!

We love questions!

>^..^< Amanda

P.S. Also, don't forget you can do a search for (but no reviews) for what is where in the MMY on the Buros Testing website.

Dr. Green’s PTE 5013– The MMY

Well, like I promised, here’s a blog posting about your class this evening.

First things first…

The Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) The purpose of the Yearbook is to provide evaluative information to promote informed test selection. Typical test entries include descriptive information, professional reviews, and reviewer references.

To be included, a test must be:

1.) commercially available

2.) be published in the English language

3. ) and be new, revised, or widely used since it last appeared in the series.

The MMY in print in the Reference Collection goes back to the first volume and up to volume 15. The library’s MMY online subscription provides coverage from volume 9 to the present (vlme. 17).

Also, remember your “Advanced Search” tab in the electronic MMY:

This can allow you to do all sorts of funky things like search only certain yearbooks, test categories, publication years, etc.

So, if you’re really want to impress your professor, I might suggest taking a look at her own reviewed tests

Now, what about those Tests in Print?

What is Tests In Print?

Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. Information includes test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s). Tests in Print also guides readers to candidly critical test reviews published in the Mental Measurements Yearbook series.

Now, remember, TiP does NOT contain test reviews, but it will give you quick information about tests such as publisher information, test time, scores, etc.

It will also give you something called a “cross reference” which will tell you where in the MMY you can find a review for the test you’re looking at.

For this cross reference, TiP is telling you to go to the 14th edition of MMY and then to test number 54 for the test review.

If you ever see a T before a number such as T3:153– This is a cross reference to another Tests in Print edition; thus, you would need to go to Tests in Print edition 3 then look at test number 153.

Alrightie… Have a glorious evening and please remember that if you need any additional assistance please contact us through the Ask Us! link on the library homepage or come visit us at the reference desk!

We love questions!

>^..^< Amanda

P.S.  Also, don't forget you can do a search for (but no reviews) for what is where in the MMY on the Buros Testing website.

Dr. Jackson’s PTE 5013 Class #2– The MMY

So, you survived that first class and now it’s time for your second class!

The Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY)– The purpose of the yearbooks is to provide evaluative information to promote informed test selection. Typical test entries include descriptive information, professional reviews, and reviewer references.

To be included, a test must be:

1.) commercially available
2.) be published in the English language
3. ) and be new, revised, or widely used since it last appeared in the series.

The MMY, in print, in the Reference Collection goes back to the first yearbook and up to yearbook #15.

The library’s MMY online subscription provides coverage from yearbook #9 to the present yearbook #17.

Remember that “Advanced Search” tab we discussed in class?

This can allow you to do all sorts of funky things like search only certain yearbooks, test categories, publication years, etc.

So, if you really want to impress a certain PTE faculty member, I might suggest taking a look at one of their reviewed tests and discussing its absolutely fabulous content ;)

Now, what about those Tests in Print?

What is Tests In Print? Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. Information includes test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s). Tests in Print also guides readers to candidly critical test reviews published in the Mental Measurements Yearbook series.

Now, remember, TiP does NOT contain test reviews, but it will give you quick information about tests such as publisher information, test time, scores, etc. It will also give you something called a “cross reference” which will tell you where in the MMY you can find a review for the test you’re looking at.

For this cross reference, TiP is telling you to go to the 14th edition of MMY and then to test number 54 for the test review. If you ever see a T before a number such as T3:153– This is a cross reference to another Tests in Print edition; thus, you would need to go to Tests in Print edition 3 then look at test number 153.

Alrightie… Have a glorious evening and please remember that if you need any additional assistance please contact us through the Ask Us! link on the library homepage or come visit us at the reference desk!We love questions!

>^..^< Amanda

PTE 5013– Dr. Jackson’s Foundations of Educational Research

Session One– Literature Searching

Finding the appropiate databases for your topic

Once you have visited the library’s website and clicked on the Find Articles (Databases) link, please note the “databases by subject” sorter in the upper left corner.

For this class you might consider choosing the Advanced Professional Services or Education option which would lead you to the following databases:

ERIC (Educational Resource Information Center) – Education related articles, documents, lesson plans, technical reports and reviews

Professional Development Collection - Full-text of 500 journals in education, 300 peer reviewed

PsychInfo - Full-text, citations, and abstracts to articles, books, and other materials related to pyschology

SocIndex - Full-text and citations to articles, books, and conference papers in sociology

**Please remember that when accessing these databases off campus that you will have to log in with your UConnect username and password.**

You might also consider clicking on the subjects psychology, sociology or health and medecine if your topics branch into those fields. 

Each of our databases indexes unique periodicals thus your results from database to database will vary.

Ensuring your source is Peer-Reviewed or a Scholarly source

Using Ulrich’s Periodical Directory  will ensure that your article is from a peer reviewed or refereed journal not a popular literature periodical or a trade publication.  Please remember that you will need to type the journal name (not article name) into the search box. 

Ulrich’s is a definite must when searching via ERIC as ERIC indexes all sorts of publications such as trade publications and does not allow for a peer-reviewed search option as some of the other databases allow.

 Backtracking…

What I mean by backtracking is taking a reference you see at the end of an article or mentioned on a website and going to the original source.

All you need to do is look for the journal name in which the article appeared and then go to our Journal Titles tab on our frontpage and enter your information there.  Here, it will show you whether we own access to that journal and in what format (print or digital).

If you ever come accross an article but do not have the journal’s name in which it was published, please either stop by the Reference desk or contact us electronically and we will try our hardest to track down where that article came from!

Please remember that if you ever need a hand in your research process, you can always contact us at the Reference desk via email, phone (405-974-2878), chat, or text!

And, you can always email me personally @ alemon2@ucok.edu!

I’ll see you around the library!

Amanda

PTE5013 Foundations of Educational Research – Green

Session One – Education Resources

Databases

*Note – Direct links can be used on campus. If you are off campus select Find Articles (Databases) > Choose a Subject > Family & Child Development >

ERIC (Educational Resource Information Center) – Education related articles, documents, lesson plans, technical reports and reviews

Professional Development Collection - Full-text of 500 journals in education, 300 peer reviewed

PsychInfo - Full-text, citations, and abstracts to articles, books, and other materials related to pyschology

SocIndex - Full-text and citations to articles, books, and conference papers in sociology

Additional Databases for Speech/Language

Communication & Mass Media - communication, journalism and mass media

Medline - largest medical database with worldwide coverage – *Remember this database uses different subject headings (MESH) *Note – Direct links can be used on campus. If you are off campus select Find Articles (Databases) > Choose a Subject > Health and Medicine > Medline

Peer Reviewed or Refereed Journals

Ulrich’s Periodical Directory  Use this database to ensure that your article is in a peer reviewed or refereed journal.  It is very important to type the name of the journal into Ulrich’s and not the article name. Some databases give you the option to search only for peer reviewed articles.  For this class you should still check the journal publication type in Ulrich’s.

Finding Original Research

If you find an article that references another study or research, you can trace back to the original research by looking at the reference page of the article you are reading.  Find the name of the publication then type that publication name into Journal Titles on the library home page to see if we own that publication.   If we do, you can look up by the date, volume, issue etc.  If we do not own that publication you can order through interlibrary loan.

Helpful Resources for Citing Sources

APA Style Guide - handout given during class

OWL (Online Writing Lab at Purdue) - Offers examples of citing sources and other helpful information for writing academic papers.

APA Website Gives updated information on citing electronic references not included in the APA Manual.

Knight Cite and Son of Citation Machine are just two examples of web sources you can use to help format your reference or bibliography page.  These should be used only as a guide as they may not be 100% accurate.  Always check results with the APA manual.

The Reference Desk has a copy of the APA manual that you may use in the library.  The circulation desk also has a limited number of copies that can be check out for limited periods of time. 

Using RSS (that Google Reader thing…) Link to that video we saw in class: http://youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU Free RSS readers:

• Google Reader- google.com/reader
• BlogLines- http://www.bloglines.com/
• NetVibes- http://www.netvibes.com/

Quick tutorial video about how to set up an RSS search alert in EBSCO and plug it into a reader: http://www.screencast.com/users/Jana/folders/Jing/media/1b40076e-a0db-4591-b3c1-0eab2bcc5a0d

 

If you need additional assistance please contact us through the Ask Us! link on the library homepage or come visit us at the reference desk.  For more practice on the topics covered in this class try out our self-paced Searchpath Tutorial.

 

 

PTE5013 Foundations of Educational Research

Hello Students,

Below is the powerpoint presentation used in class. I have also added links to assist you with APA Style formatting.

Tonya L Holt
Reference & Instruction Librarian

Note: For those of you conducting research on a health related topic you may want to try some of the following databases in Health and Medicine:
Health Source: Nursing Edition
CINAHL (Cummulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature)
Medline

Learn more about using UCO Library Resources

UCO Chambers Library Tutorial This free online tutorial covers information sources, searching strategies, how to find books, how to find articles and citations and plagariasm. If you are interested in learning more, you can use this tutorial at your own pace.

APA Style

APA Handout This is copy of the handout given in class.

The OWL at Purdue (Online Writing Lab) This website offers more examples of writing and citing in APA style.

KnightCite This website will help you format your reference page. Be sure to select APA style on the left side. May not be 100% accurate. Always check your APA manual.

Son of Citation Machine This is another website to help you format your reference page. Again, be sure to select APA style on the left side. May not be 100% accurate. Always check your APA manual.

If you need further assistance please visit us at the Reference Desk or contact us through our Ask Us! link on the library homepage.

Foundations of Education PTE 5013 – Dr. Melinda Green (Monday, June 18)

Hello Students,
I have posted information we discussed for conducting a literature search for your class assignment.  Below is the presentation used in class which should cover just about everything you need:

 

 

Library Handouts:

 

The Basics

APA Style

 

Citation Creators:

 

KnightCite  

Son of Citation Machine

 

WARNING!!! These are not 100% accurate.  Always compare results with the APA manual. A copy is available at reference desk for in library use.  The circulation department also has a limited number of copies available for in library use and checkout.

 

Writing Tips and Citation Information:

 

Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue

 

Please remember, if you need help or have a question for another class, please feel free to chat with us (chat box is on our MySpace profile), call us (405-974-2878), email us, or stop by the reference desk.  We’re here to help!

 

Thank you,

 

Tonya Holt

Reference & Instruction Librarian

Foundations of Education PTE 5013 – Dr. Melinda Green (Monday, June 18)

Hello Students,
I have posted information we discussed for conducting a literature search for your class assignment.  Below is the presentation used in class which should cover just about everything you need:

Library Handouts:

 

The Basics

APA Style

 

Citation Creators:

 

KnightCite  

Son of Citation Machine

 

WARNING!!! These are not 100% accurate.  Always compare results with the APA manual. A copy is available at reference desk for in library use.  The circulation department also has a limited number of copies available for in library use and checkout.

 

Writing Tips and Citation Information:

 

Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue

 

Please remember, if you need help or have a question for another class, please feel free to chat with us (chat box is on our MySpace profile), call us (405-974-2878), email us, or stop by the reference desk.  We’re here to help!

 

Thank you,

 

Tonya Holt

Reference & Instruction Librarian