Research Resources and Support
Library Resources
The Nordoff-Robbins Library (housed at the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Centre, London) has the largest specialist library in the UK. It contains a growing collection of research-oriented texts and material, and is available for us by students and professional colleagues (by appointment)
Archive of Research Dissertations
From 1996-2007 students on the MMT training programme at Nordoff-Robbins produced research dissertations as part of the programme. An archive of completed dissertations which achieved an agreed standard are available for public inspection in the Nordoff-Robbins Library.
Presenting the Evidence
The first edition of this in-house publication was launched at the 2004 APMT/BSMT conference. It has been prepared by the members of the Research Department, and targeted at the current needs of music therapists in relation to research. The 80-page Guide was developed from requests from Nordoff-Robbins music therapists in Placement and Outreach venues for help in responding to questions on evidence-based practice and clinical effectiveness. The Guide is the first of its kind to give detailed and practical help in this area, and was marketed to the international music therapy profession.
‘Presenting the Evidence’ has sold extremely well internationally and was cited as particularly helpful to music therapists by the chair of a symposium on evidence-based medicine and music therapy at the recent European Music Therapy Conference in Finland in 2004. It has helped to raise the international profile of the Research Department.
An updated e-version Presenting the Evidence II is being prepared. Meanwhile a PDF of the original publication – Presenting the Evidence (2004) is available as a download:
This publication was designed for fellow professionals needing access to advice and resources in relation to research evidence for the effectiveness of music therapy within different clinical areas. The updated version will allow a more flexible way of keeping this evidence up to date.
Since, as a small department, we are usually unable to respond to the many requests regarding research needs and advice, we hope that Presenting the Evidence I and II provide a basic resource.
In addition we suggest the following resources designed by others (both within the music therapy profession, and within interdisciplinary domains):
Suggested Links to other forms of music therapy research resources and support (see also Resources section of Presenting the Evidence)