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Music: The Search for Resources

Search Strategy and Search Terms

The Library has numerous electronic databases that provide full text access to articles in magazines, newspapers, trade publications and scholarly journals.Where to start will depend on the research you are doing and the type of information you need to find.

Please review the Research Guide entitled HOW DO I ... ? " for further information.

You might want to gather general information about your topic by using a general reference source, like an encyclopedia or dictionary.

These materials will give you ideas on focusing your searches.  You should compile a list of broad terms, narrow terms, related terms, synonyms, key ideas, key theorists, and key thinkers.  

You might use terms that describe a disability, or a population, such as

            Children with Disabilities (youth, or adolescent or teenaged) (infant or toddler)

            Music Therapy and Aged (or elderly)

            Physiological Aspects and Music

            Psychological Aspects and Music

            Music therapy or therapists or art therapy or therapists

            Expressive therapies

            Experiential approaches