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Psychology
of Music
Psychology 475
INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC PSYCHOLOGY
RESOURCES
* What are Catalogs and Indexes?
* How do you find Books in K College and WMU?
* How do you find Journal Articles in Scholarly
Sources?
* How does the Web fit in?
How to Find:
Books | Journal
Articles | Web
Sites | Citing Sources
FINDING BOOKS ABOUT THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSIC
Using Catalogs to locate books:
1.) Ariadne
- Search by Keyword
- Find and Use Subject Headings
- Browse the shelves by Call
Number
3.)
WestCat - Western Michigan's catalog
Examples of Books available at 'K'
Hours for Western's
Waldo Library (Main Library) 387-5059
Directions to
Western's Libraries
Western's
Maybee Music and Dance Library in Dalton Center
Note: Don't forget to use Print and Online Bibliographies
FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES ABOUT THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSIC
Scholarly journals and Popular Magazines/Newspapers
Scholarly Journals
- Authors are scholars or researchers in their fields.
- Authors cite their sources in footnotes, endnotes, and
bibliographies.
- Individual issues have little or no advertising.
- Articles must go through a peer-review process.
- Articles usually report original scholarly research.
- Most illustrations are charts, figures, or graphs.
- Authors use the specialized language or jargon of the
discipline.
Examples:
Social Psychology Quarterly
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Psychological bulletin
Popular Magazines
- Authors are free lance writers or magazine staff members.
- Authors may mention sources, but rarely cite them in notes
or bibliographies.
- Individual issues contain many advertisements.
- There is no peer review process. Articles are reviewed
by editors or publishers.
- Illustrations are numerous and colorful.
- Articles are meant to inform and entertain an educated
audience.
- Language is written for the general adult audience (no
specialized jargon).
Examples:
Newsweek
Scientific American
Psychology Today
Scholarly or Not?
Use Ulrich's Periodicals Directory (Ref. Desk Z6941
.U5)
Look for section called "Document Type"
Document Type MUST say "Academic/Scholarly Publication"
to be considered scholarly!
Journal List
From the Music Cognition Group of the Ohio State University
See the complete
list with journal descriptions from the Music Cognition
Group
- Music Perception [WestCat]
- Psychology of Music [WestCat]
- Musicae Scientiae
- Psychomusicology [WestCat]
- ESCOM Newsletter
- Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
[Ariadne]
[WestCat]
- Perception & Psychophysics [WestCat]
- Contemporary Music Review [WestCat]
- Journal of Experimental Psychology - Human Perception
and Performance
[Ariadne]
[WestCat]
- Journal of Research in Music Education [WestCat]
[OmniFile]
- Journal of New Music Research [WestCat]
- Journal of Experimental Psychology - Learning,
Memory, and Cognition [Ariadne]
[WestCat]
- Systematic Musicology
- International Computer Music Conference Proceedings
- Empirical Studies in the Arts
- Computer Music Journal [Ariadne]
[WestCat]
- Music Theory Spectrum [WestCat]
- Music Theory Online
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Electronic periodicals in Psychology and related fields.
This site maintains a relatively complete index of psychologically-related
electronic journals, conference proceedings, and other periodicals.
Journal Indexes
Off-Campus Access
to Licensed Resources
PsycINFO
< about
>
Title List
Journals on Psychology and related fields.
Produced by the American Psychological Association.
Covers publications from 1887 to the present.
For help in selecting the best terms for searching PsycINFO,
use:
Thesaurus
of Psychological Index Terms (Reference Z695.1 .P7
T48 1997)
See the: Psychology
Research Guide: Finding Articles and the
Music Research Guide: Finding Articles for other online
indexes
Do you have access to a journal?
1.) Ariadne
(print)
- Title search on Title of
the Journal to locate print journal
2.) Online Journals at K
- Title search on Title of
the Journal to locate article in a Full Text
Database
3.)
WestCat - Western Michigan's catalog
Note: Don't forget to use Print and Online Bibliographies
FINDING WEB SITES ABOUT THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSIC
To find Web sites, use search engines and web indexes. See
Finding Web Sites and Web
Indexes and Directories.
See also Web Sites by Subject.
WorldCat
< about
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WorldCat contains bibliographic citations for high-quality
Web sites on a variety of subjects. When you search WorldCat
for Web sites, remember to check the box for "Internet
Resources" in the section called "Limit type to".
Sites are selected according to a collection development policy
that emphasizes quality, authoritativeness, and durability.
See
the Library's
Finding Web Sites Guide for Search Engines and Search
Tool
- Music Web
Sites
- Psychology
Web Sites
See the Following Web Sites:
Music
Cognition Resource Center (Ohio State):
- Organizations
-
Conferences
- Researchers
Use these points to evaluate the credibility of Websites:
1. Accuracy
How reliable is the information? Are there editors and
fact checkers?
2. Authority
What are the author's qualifications? Is the publisher
reputable?
3. Objectivity
Is the author trying to sway opinion? Is the information
free from bias?
4. Currency
Is the publication date indicated? Is the source up
to date?
5. Coverage
Does the site cover the topic comprehensively, or are
there information gaps?
Sites that provide guidance on evaluating Websites:
CITING YOUR SOURCES
See: How
to Cite Sources
See also Citing
Sources for help in citing print and electronic resources
in various bibliographic styles (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.)
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association
5th ed., Washington, DC : American Psychological Association,
2001.
(Ref. BF 76.7 .P83 2001)
See the APA site on Electronic Reference Formats
for citing electronic resources:
http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html
Understanding Citations in the APA style:
Book citation:
| |
Bolles, R. C. (1993). The story of
psychology: A thematic history. Pacific Grove, |
| Calif. : Brooks/Cole Pub. Co. |
Journal Citation:
| |
Stoving, R. K., Hangaard, J., Hansen-Nord,
M., & Hagen, C. (1999). A review |
| of endocrine changes in anorexia nervosa.
Journal of Psychiatric Research, 33 (2), |
| 139- 152. |
Chapter in a Book:
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McGuffin, P., & Katz, R. (1993). Psychopathology:
Genetic and experiential |
| factors : Genes, adversity, and depression.
In R. Plomin & G. E. McClearn (Eds.), |
| Nature, nurture, & psychology (pp.54-85).
Washington, DC : American Psychological |
| Association. |
APA
Format
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
See the APA site on Electronic Reference Formats for
citing electronic resources:
http://www.apa.org/journals/webref.html
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