Resources: Music Therapy Resources

AMTA Bibliographies

• Autism Spectrum Disorders: Music Therapy Research and Evidenced-Based Practice Support
• Habilitation: Music Therapy Research and Evidenced-Based Practice Support
• Special Education: Music Therapy Research and Evidenced-Based Practice Support
• Music Therapy in Mental Health - Evidenced-Based Practice Support
• Williams Syndrome: Recent Research on Music and Sound
• Music Therapy Interventions in Trauma, Depression and Substance Abuse: Selected References and Key Findings

Theses

• Theses Canada Portal—Index from 1965 to present; full text from 1998.

Journals

Music Therapy Journal Holdings

• British Journal of Music Therapy [1995- ] http://tinyurl.com/BJMThcmu
• British Society for Music Therapy Bulletin. [1987- ]
• Canadian Association for Music Therapy Newsletter/Bulletin. [2002-2007]
• Canadian Journal of Music Therapy = Revue canadienne de musicothérapie [CD-ROMs, 1973-79; 1993-2002] http://tinyurl.com/CJMTcmu [Academic Search Premier, 2009- ]
• Journal of Music Therapy [2006- ] http://tinyurl.com/JMThcmu
• Music Therapy Perspectives [1982- ] http://tinyurl.com/MTPcmu

Other Music Therapy journals searchable online

• Nordic Journal of Music Therapy [2007- ] http://tinyurl.com/NJMTcmu
• Qualitative Inquiries in Music Therapy [2005- ] http://tinyurl.com/QIMTcmu
• Revista Musica Hodie (Portugese) [2012- ] http://tinyurl.com/RMHcmu

Indexes to Journal Articles

• AMTA database (full-text) — Accessible only at the CMU Library. Includes the following journals:
  • Journal of Music Therapy (1964–2008)
  • Music Therapy (1981–1996)
  • Music Therapy Perspectives (1982–1984; 1986–2008)
  • Fultz Research (1998–2008)
• Music Therapy World (2 CD-ROMs) indexes and databases — includes the following journals:
  • Australian Journal of Music Therapy (1990-2002) full-text
  • British Journal of Music Therapy (1987-2002)
  • Canadian Journal of Music Therapy (1973-79; 1993-2002)
  • Journal of Music Therapy (1964-2002)
  • Music Therapy (1981-1996)
  • Music Therapy Perspectives (1982-2002)
  • Music Therapy Today (2001-2003) full-text
  • New Zealand Society of Music Therapy (1987-2002)
  • Nordic Journal of Music Therapy (1992-2003)
  • Voices (2001-2003)

Online or CD Article Databases

• Academic Search Premier (many full-text articles) http://tinyurl.com/zxf2yt6
• American Music Therapy Association database (PDF files, available on Library computers only) Journal of Music Therapy [1964-2008]; Music Therapy [1981-1996]; Music Therapy Perspectives [1982-1984, 1986-2008]
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ; peer-reviewed, open access research articles) http://www.doaj.org/
• Google Scholar (links to research articles—some full-text—and books) https://scholar.google.ca/
• Grove Music Online (until March 31, 2025)
• JSTOR (archive of research journals on a wide range of subjects) https://tinyurl.com/JSTORcmu

Web Resources

• Conrad Institute for Music Therapy Research
• Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy

Associations & Institutes

• American Music Therapy Association
• Australian Music Therapy Association
• British Association for Music Therapy
• Canadian Association of Music Therapists
• Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund
• International Association for Music & Medicine
• Manfred and Penny Conrad Institute for Music Therapy Research
• Music Therapy Association of British Columbia
• World Federation of Music Therapy

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