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Browse books on the psychology of musical behavior:

ML 3830
Physiological aspects of music -- Psychology
(Cabell Library, 3rd Floor)

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Psychological Foundations of Musical Behavior
Call Number: ML3830.R15 2012
Psychology of Music : from sound to significance
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: 2017
Considers music on a broad scale, from its beginning as an acoustical signal to its different manifestations across cultures.

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Music

Music Online
From Bach to the blues, this online resource provides authoritative information of all aspects of music world wide, with over 50,000 articles, 28,000 biographies, timelines, advanced search and browse features. Includes The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Grove Music Online, The Oxford Companion to Music and the Encyclopedia of Popular Music.
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (EBSCO)
Citations and abstracts to the international music literature. Indexes many foreign-language journals. Includes citations to dissertations and essays in books. Focuses on academic research.

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Music Index
Citations to the international literature on all aspects of music. Includes more than one million records from 650 music periodicals. Indexes book reviews, reviews of recordings and performances, and notes first performances and obituaries.

Psychology

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO)
A comprehensive database covering topics related to emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.

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PsychINFO (Psychological Abstracts)
APA database of abstracts for psychological literature. Includes journals, dissertations, reports, book chapters, and other scholarly documents. Covers 1887 - present (limited coverage from 1887 - 1926).

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