1. Look for peer-reviewed journals in PsycInfo, ERIC or another scholarly database. The choice of database will depend on the subject you are researching. Check for articles that discuss the type of measure you are interested in finding. Scan the citations in the articles you find for the original source of the measure or the original source of discussion on the measure. Then search for those articles to see if the measure is included. If the source is a book, try using the Library Catalog or InterLibrary Loan.
2. Search the dissertation database, Proquest Dissertations & Theses. Check the citations for sources to the tests/measures the author used.
5. Try searching the open web for the test/measure/scale. Use what you have learned from the peer-reviewed journal articles as your search terms. Once you locate the author you can request the permission to use the measure. Remember, the author may not alwyas have the abiltiy to give permission. Rights to the measure could reside with someone else.
1. Helen Hough, a librarian at the University of Texas/Arlington, has created a resource on the web for locating tests/measures in 128 compilation books, covering approximately 12,000 measures. There is a Quick Search function on the webpage that you can use to search for a measure. If you locate one, then check to see if RGU owns the book. If not, you can request, via Interlibrary Loan, the designated pages of the book or the book itself.
https://libraries.uta.edu/tmdb/
2. Social-Personality Psychology Questionnaire Instrument Compendium (QIC). Website where the full instrument is shown and it was put on the web by the person who created the instrument. This makes the test in the public domain. Website maintained by Alan Reifman, Professor Human Development & Family Studies, Texas Tech University.
http://www.webpages.ttu.edu/areifman/qic.htm
3. ETS – Educational Testing Service – overview of more than 25,000 tests available for purchasing.
http://www.ets.org/test_link/about Or go ahead and search/find tips here: http://www.ets.org/test_link/find_tests/
4. APA Online: FAQ/ Finding Information about Psychological Tests
http://www.apa.org/science/faq-findtests.html
5. LinkedIn has an ETS Educational measurement, psychometrics, and research group.You can join and follow discussions, ask questions, and follow research. You would need a LinkedIn account to do so.