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Psychology of Music
Psychology 475

Psychology 475 Syllabus
Psychology 475 Calendar
Psychology Research Guide  
Music Research Guide  

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
    • Search by Keyword
    • Find and Use Subject Headings
    • Browse the shelves by Call Number
    • Waldo Library: Hours and How to get to Western
    4.) WorldCat and 5.) Interlibrary Loan
    • Search by Keyword
    • Find and Use Subject Headings
    • Order item through Interlibrary Loan
      ($1 per filled request waived during Library Renovation)

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] [Wilson Select]
  • 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
  • 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
    4.) Interlibrary Loan
    • Order item through Interlibrary Loan
      ($1 per filled request waived during Library Renovation)
    • Use *only* when the journal is not available through Ariadne, Electronic Journals, or WestCat.

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 >
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:

  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