Getting Started in the LibraryThis library guide points you in the direction of some basic library resources for completing library assignments and writing research papers in this course. Many of these resources are available from the library's homepage at http://www.lib.ipfw.edu/, so you may want to bookmark both the homepage and this guide.
Here are some resources to get you started:
Gaining an OverviewTo develop and refine your search, it often helps to consult a specialized dictionary, encyclopedia, handbook, textbook, guide, or bibliography. These tools are designed to offer an overview of your topic or research problem written by an expert. They may provide an historical perspective, a chronology of events, definitions of terms or concepts, or bibliographic references leading to the literature in a particular field of study. Many useful reference works are now available online. These handy e-reference collections are accessible via Find Resources By... Subject, Title, or Type on the library's homepage.
Selected Reference Works for this CourseHandbook of Music Psychology, 2nd ed. (Reference ML3830 .H2 1996)
Encyclopedia of Psychology, 8 vols. (Reference BF31 .E52 2000)
Selected Journals for this CourseJournal of Music Therapy online, 1996-present (Periodicals ML1 .J784, 1964-present)
Journal of Research in Music Education online, 1953-present (Periodicals ML1 .J6, 1967-present)
Music Education Research online, 1999-one year ago (Periodicals ML1 .J6)
Music Educators Journal online, 1990-present (Periodicals ML1 .M82, 1968-present)
Music Therapy Perspectives (Periodicals ML3920 .M8995, 1982-present), index available from APT Online
Music Therapy Today (available online, 2001-present)
Teaching Music online, 1994-present (Periodicals ML1 .T43, 1993-present)
Searching IUCAT for Books and PeriodicalsSearch IUCAT Catalog (Indiana University's online library catalog), to find books and periodicals (scholarly journals, popular magazines, newspapers, and other serials), or library materials such as music CDs, electronic resources, and videos. Materials at the Fort Wayne Helmke Library are designated by the library location FORTWAYNE.
IUCAT searches from on-campus computers will show only materials held by the IPFW Fort Wayne Helmke Library. To search all IU libraries, choose ALL from the Select Library pull-down menu on the search screen.
Sometimes IUCAT will lead you to articles in periodicals, but the most efficient way to locate articles is to use a periodical database or index to search many periodicals simultaneously.
Learning about IUCATSave time in the long run by investing a half-hour with our interactive Searching IUCAT Tutorial. It is an easy way to grasp fundamental search techniques and try your hand at practice searches designed to reinforce your knowledge. Also check our other IUCAT Guides for help in using IUCAT to your best advantage.
Choosing the Type of SearchUse the default Basic Search search option to find important keywords or phrases in an IUCAT record, in any order. Choose this search when you are unsure of the exact author or title of works on your topic.
Choose the Begins With (Browse) option from the box labeled More IUCAT Searches to find words or phrases exactly as typed, letter-for-letter, searching from left to right. Choose this search to find known authors or titles. Step 1. Enter term(s) in Title, Author, or Keywords Anywhere search boxes.
Step 2. Under Library, leave Fort Wayne Helmke Library as default, or change to ALL.
Step 3. Click the Search button.
Keyword Search ExamplesKeywords Anywhere will search for words anywhere in a record. This search is the default when the Enter key is used instead of clicking the button.
Example: music therapy or dance therapy
Author will search for first or last names in any order in the author fields of a record. Included are personal names, organizations, agencies, corporations, conferences, etc.
Example: dossey barbara (finds works by Barbara Dossey, yields the same results as barbara dossey)
Title will search for important words in the title. Do not use initial articles: a, the, la, das, etc.
Example: mozart effect (finds The Mozart Effect)
Example: music therapy adolescents (finds Multimodal Psychiatric Music Therapy for Adults, Adolescents and Children)
Subject will search for important words in the official Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH).
Example: music and (therapy or psychology)
Finding Periodicals in IUCATStep 1. Choose Periodical Title Search from the box labeled More IUCAT Searches.
Step 2. Enter the periodical title. Choose Keyword or Exact depending on the search you need.
Step 3. Select the correct record from the Search Results screen.
Step 4. In the IUCAT record look for the URL (for Electronic Resources available Online) or Holdings (for printed periodicals) to find what specific years and volumes are available at IUCAT's FORTWAYNE location.
Step 5. When the library owns the printed volumes you need, write down the call number and location. The call number and IUCAT Shelving Locations will help you determine where an item will be shelved in the library. Or if the resource is available online, follow the URL link to the full-text content.
Locating Books and Periodicals in the LibraryBooks, printed periodicals, and other library materials are shelved in Library of Congress Classification (LC) call number order. The call number and IUCAT Shelving Locations will help you determine on which floor of the library an item will be shelved.
Searching for Periodical ArticlesThe most efficient way of finding a high-quality periodical article , is to search a periodical database or index that provides descriptive abstracts, subject indexing, and often, the full-text content of articles. Check out the interactive Finding Articles Tutorial to learn the basics of choosing and searching the Academic Search Premier database. Below is a selection of databases useful for your course. For a complete list, see the library's Find Resources By... page. Select a resource by Subject, Title, or Type (choose Abstracts, Databases, & Indexes).
Databases for this Course
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
Content: | Provides abstracts and indexing of articles in nearly 8,000 popular magazines, scholarly journals, and major newspapers, updated daily, in a wide range of fields including business, education, science and technology, health sciences, humanities, and social sciences, with nearly 4,000 titles available full text. Limit to scholarly, peer-reviewed articles or full-text articles only, if desired. Indexing coverage varies, with full-text content for some titles beginning 1975 or earlier, and most titles indexed from the 1990s. A complete list of titles covered is available. |
Access: | Database available to authorized IPFW users (on or off campus). Database available to authorized IPFW users (on or off campus). Other Indiana residents with an Internet service provider not based in Indiana (AOL, MSN, EarthLink, etc.) must first register for an INSPIRE password account. |
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CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature) (Ovid)
Content: | Provides monthly updated indexing of 1,200 English-language nursing journals, publications from the American Nurses' Association and the National League of Nursing, and primary journals from allied health disciplines, including consumer health, biomedicine, and health sciences librarianship, covering 1982 to present. Most articles include abstracts, and some also provide full text with graphics. CINAHL also provides access to healthcare books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of professional practice, educational software and audiovisual materials in nursing. An online guide is available. For more details about CINAHL, select the information symbol  from the database selection screen. |
Access: | Database available to authorized IPFW users (on or off campus). IPFW library owns the printed index 1956-1997 (Reference Z6675 .N7 C8). IU Libraries' license allows 25 simultaneous users systemwide. |
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Education Full Text (Wilson)
Content: | Offers abstracts and indexing of articles for more than 600 English-language periodicals, monographs and yearbooks. As the name implies, over 250 of the titles are provided full text, cover to cover, as far back as 1994 with indexing back to 1983. Notable features include the ability of limiting searches to only peer reviewed or full-text items and links out to Web sites cited in an article. The database is updated daily. |
Access: | Database available to authorized IPFW users (on or off campus). IPFW's license allows an unlimited number of simultaneous users. |
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ERIC (EBSCOhost)
Content: | The ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education, to provide extensive access to education-related literature. ERIC contains more than 1,000,000 abstracts of ERIC documents and journal articles on education research and practice from over 1,000 education journals dating back to 1966. ERIC documents, identified by ED number, are mostly non-journal materials such as unpublished research, reference materials, school board policies, theses, or curriculum guides. Many of these are available full text (dating back to 1993) via a link to the Institute of Education Sciences ERIC Web site. One advantage of using the EBSCOhost interface is the ability to search it concurrently with the Professional Development Collection (EBSCOhost) which provides an array of full-text content. |
Access: | Database available to authorized IPFW users (on or off campus). Other Indiana residents are authorized to use the State of Indiana's Inspire Project link to access this database. Users with an Internet service provider not based in Indiana (AOL, MSN, EarthLink, etc.) must first register for an INSPIRE password account. IPFW library owns the printed Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) semiannual and annual cumulations 1969-1991 (Reference Z5813 .C8). |
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IngentaConnect
Content: | Content: Billed as the "most comprehensive collection of academic and professional publications," IngentaConnect is an aggregator database providing access to two types of content. The Fax/Ariel Content portion of this database (formerly known as CARL Uncover, Uncover Reveal) provides access to the tables of contents from nearly 29,000 popular, trade, and scholarly journals published since 1988, and updated daily. Search the database by publication title, by keywords in the title or abstract (if an abstract is available), or by author. Although there is no proper full-text or subject search capability, the sheer size of the database makes it a very comprehensive periodical database. IPFW faculty, staff, and students may establish a free account to receive weekly search alerts or the tables of contents of particular periodicals by e-mail. The Electronic Content portion of the Ingenta database provides subscriber access to more than 6,000 full-text periodicals. IPFW currently subscribes to approximately 50 full-text titles through IngentaConnect, which are coded with an  icon. A Browse Publications search offers the option to limit your search to Subscribed Publications and Free Content Only. Articles needed for rush delivery may be ordered from the fax/Ariel database using a credit card. |
Access: | Database available to authorized IPFW users (on or off campus). |
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Medline (Ovid)
Content: | Produced by the National Library of Medicine, Medline indexes over 3,500 national and international journals covering all areas of medicine, 1966 to present. Most records include abstracts. Many titles include full text and graphics. New articles are stored in MEDLINE(R) In-Process & Other Indexed Citations and are added to Medline on a weekly basis when they have been indexed with MeSH headings. OLDMEDLINE contains records from 1950 to 1965. |
Access: | Database available to authorized IPFW users (on or off campus). |
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PsycINFO (CSA)
Content: | An international database treating psychology and related disciplines such as social work, psychiatry, pharmacology, medicine, nursing, education, law, linguistics and business. Items included are journal articles, books, book chapters, reports, theses and dissertations. Most citations contain abstracts and many include cited references. Coverage begins in 1887. Updated weekly. Documents included are articles in more than 35 languages from an international selection of more than 1,700 journals and other serials, and conference papers, books and dissertations. A journal list is contained in the database. |
Access: | Database available to authorized IPFW users (on or off campus). IPFW's license allows an unlimited number of simultaneous users. |
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Web of Science
Content: | The Web of Science provides access to the Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index published by the Institute for Scientific Information. These unique citation indexes scan the content (including cited references) of nearly 9,000 major journals published worldwide. Updated weekly. Each record offers access to the author's abstract (when available), words in article titles (thus, limited subject analysis), and most importantly, the author's full bibliography (list of cited references or bibliographic footnotes). Use Cited Reference Search to find articles that cite an author or a work anywhere in the indexed source journals from 1955 to present. Use General Search to find articles by topic, author, journal, or address; IPFW's license provides access to articles published in the 9,000 source journals only from 1995 to present. Use the Help feature or Information for New Users to learn more about citation searching, including techniques for eliminating self-citations, finding articles that make reference to or include illustrations of works of art and music scores (implicit citations), or how to use the Times Cited feature to trace citation networks. Searches can be saved and run as search alerts. Results can be marked to print, save, e-mail, or export directly into bibliographic management software such as EndNote. A Master Journal List is available after authentication. |
Access: | Database available to authorized IPFW users (on or off campus). |
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Is Your Article Scholarly or Popular?University instructors often ask students to use articles from scholarly journals rather than from popular magazines for their research assignments. The following Is Your Journal Scholarly? (PDF) summarizes major differences between scholarly journals and popular magazines. Which type of source have you located?
What about Full Text?Full text means that the text of the article is available in PDF or HTML digital format. Graphics and tables are not automatically included unless the database producer has rights to publish them. Many of the library's licensed databases offer the full-text content of periodical articles. IPFW students, faculty, and staff now have access to more than 20,000 full-text journals. Find them in E-Journal Finder.
When an article you need is not available full text in the database you are using, choose  to see all of your delivery options. You may be able to access the full-text content in another database, request the article from another library through Document Delivery Services, or make a photocopy of the article if the printed periodical is owned by Helmke Library.
When a Resource is Not Available in the LibraryRequest Delivery is an IUCAT feature that allows IPFW faculty, students, and staff to request materials held by other Indiana University Libraries and to have them delivered to Helmke Library (see the IUCAT Request Delivery Fact Sheet).
You may also request any item that is not available at Helmke Library through Document Delivery Services (DDS). DDS borrows books and provides photocopies of periodical articles from other library collections. The service is free for IPFW faculty, staff, and students.
Searching the InternetFor some information needs, the Internet may supplement library resources. To begin an Internet search, try one of the many search engines on our Internet Search site. One that works well is Google, which ranks results by number of links leading to a site. The section on Subject-Oriented Tools includes directories that have evaluated and selected sites for specific subject areas, such as the Librarians' Index to the Internet.
Because the World Wide Web is a massive, tangled directory of knowledge producers, research, facts, and entertaining tidbits of information, you must be critical about the material you find there. Quality and validity are not assured when anyone can publish anything, anytime, without the benefit of scholarly peer review. There are many useful guides and tutorials to help you understand how to navigate and evaluate Web sites, including Is Your Web Site Credible?
Finding Internet Sites for this CourseThe American Music Therapy Association has added abstracts for articles in the Journal of Music Therapy and Music Therapy Perspectives under the Researching Music Therapy link on the AMTA homepage. Access is provided by year and volume/issue or through an author index. Two sites which focus on music and music therapy are CAIRSS for Music, a bibliographic database of music research literature in music education, music psychology, music therapy, and music medicine, developed by a researcher at the University of San Antonio, Texas; and Voices: a World Forum for Music Therapy an online news and discussion fourm, developed by Sog og Fjordane University College, the Nordic Journal of Music Therapy and the World Federation of Music Therapy. One site which presents a case study and commentary on research with human subjects in music therapy is the Online Ethics Center. You may also try searching the Internet through one of the many search engines on the IPFW Library's Internet Resources and Guides page. One that works well is Google which ranks results by number of links leading to a site.
Style Guides and Useful Tools for WritingA variety of style guides are on reserve at the Service Desk on the first floor. These tools help you organize and write your paper, and format in-text references and bibliography lists. For more information, also see our Style, Publishing, & Writing Guides.
And Finally, Ask a LibrarianLibrarians and skilled information assistants are always available to assist you. Visit the Service Desk to meet an information assistant who will help you get started. You are welcome to make an appointment with Your Subject Librarian if you need more in-depth assistance.
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buhrd@ipfw.edu
2101 E. Coliseum Blvd.
Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499
260-481-5759
Fax: 260-481-6509
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Reference & Information Services Librarian; Liaison to College of Visual & Performing Arts, Communication, Journalism; University Archives Coordinator
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