Library Guides: MUTH 110: Intro to Music Therapy: Finding Articles

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JSTOR (including ARTSTOR)
Provides full-text access to a broad range of resources about the humanities, sciences, and social sciences, including primary sources, images, articles, and books. Does not contain the most recent journal articles.

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You can search these databases if you find that a broader approach is not enough. Think about your topic and what perspective might be most helpful. Might an education lens be useful if your population is children? Do you want to look at something more medical if your population is dealing with a physical health issue? Etc.

APA PsycInfo
Provides access to a comprehensive index for publications in psychology and related fields, containing more than 1.7 million citations and abstracts of journal articles, book chapters and books, technical reports, and dissertations.
Education Source
Provides indexing, abstracts, and citations for over 4 million resources like journal articles, conference papers, and periodicals. It spans all levels of education, from early childhood to higher education.
MEDLINE with Full Text
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Contains a diverse mix of scholarly literature, clinical training videos, reference materials, and evidence-based resources for nursing and allied health students and professionals.

Data

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Statista
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ICPSR
Maintains a data archive of more than 250,000 files of research on the social and behavioral sciences, including 21 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields.
Historical Statistics of the United States
Provides data from the Millennial edition, 2006.

Data.gov
One-stop-shop for publicly available data from the US Government and various government agencies. Datasets in agriculture, business, climate, education, science, and much more, with filters to refine your searches.