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Music Therapy

Getting Started

If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:

Encyclopaedias: 
Handbooks: 

Clinicians' manual for music therapy in acute psychiatry

The art and science of music therapy : a handbook

Books

Books can be found by browsing the Catalogue or the sheves at the following call numbers:

ML3920 Music therapy
ML3830 Music psychology

Journal Articles

For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.

Journal Articles: 

Key databases

CINAHL

Contains citations with abstracts to articles published in nursing and allied health journals. Also covers relevant materials from biomedicine, management, behavioural sciences, health sciences librarianship, education, and consumer health.

PsycINFO

PsycINFO provides access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines. The database includes literature from an array of disciplines related to psychology such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work. The sources include professional journals, chapters, books, reports, theses and dissertations, published internationally.

Medline

Contains citations and abstracts covering a broad range of medical topics relating to research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and health care services.

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature

A bibliography of music literature which covers all aspects of music, including historical musicology, ethnomusicology,instruments and voice, dance and music therapy. It also includes other fields as they realte to music, including librarianship, literature, dramatic arts, visual arts, anthropology, sociology, philosophy and physics.

Other databases

Cochrane Library

A source of reliable and up-to-date information on the effects of interventions in health care, designed to provide information and evidence to support decisions taken in health care and to inform those receiving care.

PubMed

Includes citations for biomedical articles and provides citations and abstracts to biomedical literature including research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and healthcare services.

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