|
|
Research Guide
Expressive Therapies
Library Research / Art Therapy /
Music Therapy / Professional Associations
/ Journals Online / Discussions
Library Research
Search Tips
Avoid using the terms "expressive therapies" or "inter-modal" in your search
statements. Instead use any of the following:
- art therapy - often refers to more than one modality
- therap* and art
- cancer and art
- patient and art
- trauma and art
- creative arts therap*
- art therap* and music therap*
Truncation
Using an * at the end of a word or word root tells the computer to search
for variant endings. Therap* = therapy, therapies, therapeutic. Don't use
for art because art* finds unrelated words like, article, artificial, arthurian,
etc.
(In the FLO catalog, use ? instead of *)
Journals
Lesley University has an excellent collection of print journals in the various
arts therapies. They can be easily browsed in the library. (A librarian would
be pleased to help you find the right shelves to browse.) Most - but not all
- art therapy journals are indexed in library databases. A very few are available
full-text online. To verify if a journal is either in print at Lesley or in
a library database, see our online Journals
List.
Library Databases
Access the databases through the myLibrary tab in myLesley.
Need help? Go to "Get
Started."
- Academic Search Premier
A wonderful place to start, as it offers the full text of the American
Journal of Art Therapy from 1990 to the present. Any search for "art
therapy" will include results from this journal.
- Wilson OmniFile
This multi-disciplinary database offers full-text articles from the Journal
of Music Therapy from 1996 to the present. Any search for "music therapy"
will include results from this journal.
- PsycINFO
A scholarly psychology database that includes some references to expressive
therapies topics. This is not a full-text database, but provides links to
some articles from other databases.
- Medline
A scholarly medical database with references to articles on the art therapies
in medical journals.
Books & Videos
Lesley University has an extensive collection of books and videos in the
various arts therapies.
- FLO Catalog
Search the FLO Catalog for references to books and videos. Once again, the
subject heading "art therapy" is broadly applied.
- Getting books from off-campus
Students in the US are invited to go to their public library to request
that a Lesley book be sent by Interlibrary
Loan. Students in Israel have
access to an excellent focused book collection at the AIPI library.
Art Therapy
-
"An international resource and exchange for anyone interested in the healing
potential of art, especially environmentalists, social activists, artists,
health care practioners, and those challenged by illness." Note especially
the exhibit pages of Artists' Work.
-
Presented by OncoLink at the University of Pennsylvania, this online gallery
offers artwork and poetry by cancer patients.
-
Draw Bridge provides "arts programs for homeless children in an environment
that fosters their sense of childhood, joy, creativity and exuberance." An
online gallery offers examples of homeless children's artwork.
-
This site "contains patient's art work and personal comments about living
with a chronic illness. The work was produced by children and adolescents
in various art therapy groups and individual sessions at the National Jewish
Medical and Research Center in Denver, Colorado."
-
Exhibit of patient art work, offered by POMAR, the Brazilian Journal of
Art Therapy.
-
"Dedicated to encourage healing through the arts, Survivors Art Foundation
is committed to empowering Trauma-Survivors with Effective Expressive Outlets
via Internet Art Gallery, Outreach Programs, National Exhibitions, Publications
and Development of Employment Skills."
-
This personal web site features samples of patient artwork created in
group therapy sessions. Barber also describes the therapeutic use of various
arts media.
-
"Online collection representing emerging and established artists with
disabilities."
Music Therapy
-
Offered by board certified music therapist Andrea Frisch, this site provides
background information on music therapy, both psychotherapeutic process
and history, as well as who benefits from treatment.
-
An online community and publication forum with free access.
Professional Associations
Journals Online
-
Offers online index and abstracts of articles.
-
The online journal of the National Expressive Therapy Association, published
full-text online.
-
This print journal offers some full-text articles online.
-
-
Offers selected articles from current issue, book reviews, and discussion
forums.
Online Discussions
-
Moderated by Martin Perdoux and Cathy Malchiodi, this online forum is
open to anyone interested in discussing the professional practice of creative
arts therapies.
-
Moderated by members of the American Music Therapy Association, "the Music
Therapy ListServ is a discussion forum where people can discuss the use
of music to restore, maintain, and improve mental and physical health."
updated 04/19/07 | 10:15 AM
|
![[top]](http://www.lesley.edu/img/template/newnewimages/toppage.gif){kind=small}
