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The following suggested readings are available in most college and university libraries. The San Mateo County Library is online at http://www.smcl.org. You can search for books from the home page as well as apply for a library card online. There are also online databases, including test tutoring and business resources.   Books Barr, Lee, Norma Barr (Contributor) and Edwin Eaken (Editor). The Leadership Equation. Austin, TX, 1989. Grant, W. Harold, Magdala Thompson and Thomas E. Clarke. From Image to Likeness: A Jungian Path in the Gospel Journey. NY: Paulist Press, 1983. Hergenhahn, B. R. An Introduction to Theories of Personality. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1990. Hirsh, Sandra Krebs and Jean Kummerow. LIFETypes. New York: Warner Books, 1989. Hirsh, Sandra Krebs. Using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator in Organizations: A Resource Book. Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists Press, 1985. Isachsen, Olaf and Linda V. Berens. Working Together: A Personality-Centered Approach to Management. Coronado, CA: New World Management Press, 1988. Jung, Carl G., H. G. Baynes (Translator) and R. F. C. Hull (Editor). Psychological Types (Collected Works by C. G. Jung, Volume Six). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1976. Kiersey, David and Marilyn Bates. Please Understand Me: Character and Temperament Types. Del Mar, CA: Prometheus Nemesis Book Company, 1984. Kiersey, David. Portraits of Temperament. California: Prometheus Nemesis Book Company, 1989. Kroeger, Otto and Janet M. Thuesen. Type Talk. New York: Delacorte Press, 1988. Kroeger, Otto with Janet M. Thuesen. Type Talk at Work. New York: Delacorte Press, 1992. Lawrence, Gordon. People Types and Tiger Stripes. Gainesville, FL: Center for Application of Psychological Type, 1993. Lowen, Walter with Lawrence Miike. Dichotomies of the Mind: A Systems Science Model of the Mind and Personality. New York: Wiley, 1982. Myers, Isabel Briggs with Peter B. Myers. Gifts Differing. Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists Press, 1980. Myers, Isabel Briggs and Mary H. McCaulley. Manual, A Guide to the Development and Use of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator. Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists Press, 1985. Schemel, George J. and James A. Borbely. Facing Your Type. Wernersville, PA: Typrofile Press, 1989. Sewall, Timothy J. The Measurement of Learning Style: A Critique of Four Assessment Tools. University of Wisconsin, 1986. Articles Gorlow, Leon, Norman R. Simonson and Herbert Krauss. "An Empirical Investigation of the Jungian Typology." British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, Vol. 5 1966: 108-117. Other Suggested Readings The Type Reporter. Comes out roughly 8 times a year. Recent topics include "Mistakes When Teaching Type" and "Spending and Saving". Journal of Psychological Type. The official research journal of the Association for Psychological Type and one of the few outlets for research on the MBTI. Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY). Lists references to articles in peer-reviewed journals in which the MBTI test is used.