Research Resources and Support
Library Resources
The Nordoff Robbins Library (housed at the Nordoff Robbins London Centre) has the largest specialist library in the UK. It contains a growing collection of research-oriented texts and material, and is available for use by students and professional colleagues (by appointment).
Download a booking form from this page and return to us if you would like to make use of the library.
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 was 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 Regional 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.
The updated and revised Second Edition of Presenting The Evidence (2009) is now available and can be downloaded from the Research homepage.
Suggested Links to other forms of music therapy research resources and support (see also Resources section of Presenting the Evidence):