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Library Resources for MUS 491: Psychology of Music
Library Catalog
You can find books, videos/DVDs, periodicals, and sound recordings in the catalog. You can do a keyword search from the Library's homepage.
This particular search resulted in over 100 records. You can limit by material type or date, or browse the results:
An individual record shows where to find the item. You can send yourself a text message with this information.
If you want to find other titles like this one, you can click on an individual subject heading, such as Music Therapy or Music--Physiological Aspects. You can also create a citation by clicking on Cite This Title (choose the APA style from the list).
This particular title is checked out (you can tell because there is a due date instead of "in library." You can place a hold on any item that is checked out and the patron must immediately return it to the library. To place a hold, click on this button:
Then enter your Portal ID and password. Once the item has been returned, you will receive an email.
Most music therapy books are in Music & Media, but some titles are in the core of the 2nd floor with education titles, or in the core of the 3rd floor with medical/nursing titles. Bound journals are on the 4th floor and materials for educators are in the Teacher Curriculum Center (TCC) in the garden level of the library.
To find out if the library has a particular journal or magazine, you can search by title and limit to periodicals/serials using the search box on the Library homepage.
Then you'll see a screen like this:
The first title will show you where to find the print version. To access this journal electronically, choose the fourth or fifth record:
Then choose the database that includes the year that you need. In this example, you would only choose General OneFile if you needed an article from 1983 to 1988.
Databases
Many of the Library's databases have good resources for music therapy research. For more information, see the recommended databases for Music and Psychology.
You can access all of the databases remotely by logging in with your Portal ID and password:
Here is a sample list of results (search on music therapy and eating disorders) from EBSCOHost, which includes PsycInfo, PsycArticles, ERIC, and other useful databases. Some records will have full text and others will have only the abstract. You can set limits on the left and right columns of the screen based on subjects and dates.
If the full text is not available for the article you want to see, click on the 
button or the "Find Text" link to see if the full text is available in another database.
International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP) has full-text articles from the Journal of Music Therapy and other related titles. Here is a sample search on trauma and music therapy:
From the list of results you can view the full text of individual articles or set further parameters on the right side of the screen.
Citing your sources
You need to use APA style for citing sources in your research paper. Sometimes you can email yourself a citation from a database (from EBSCOhost, for example), but the library has guides to help you.
Citing Your Sources gives guidance, including an APA Style Guide created by Eric Garcia. This is a great resource if you are unsure of formatting.
Please contact Lindsay Hansen if you need help with your research or have any questions.
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