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The International Association for Music and Medicine

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The American Music Therapy Association
The mission of the American Music Therapy Association is to advance public awareness of the benefits of music therapy and increase access to quality music therapy services in a rapidly changing world. Find out more about music therapy on www.musictherapy.org

Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy
Voices is a nonprofit organization intended to support music therapy practice around the world to encourage and nurture discussion, collaboration and development of music therapy practice internationally. Read articles, moderated discussions and access research resources about clinical music therapy around the globe at http://www.voices.no

New York State Education Department's Office of the Professions
This Website contains the laws, rules and regulations on being a licensed creative arts therapist in the State of New York. Creative arts therapy includes music therapists, art therapists, dance therapists, drama therapists and poetry therapists. Find out about licensing requirements at http://www.op.nysed.gov/catlic.htm

Medline
Medline is designed to help answer health questions and provide the latest news, combining authoritative information from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Search for articles on music therapy and medicine at http://medlineplus.gov

MD Consult
MD Consult, a service of leading health care and medical science publishing house Elsevier, contains electronic information resources for physicians and health care professionals. Search for articles and research studies on music therapy in medicine at http://www.mdconsult.com

CINAHL Information
CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) provides databases and information services covering nursing and allied health literature. Search for articles and research studies on music medicine and music therapy at http://www.cinahl.com

APA Online PsycINFO
The PsycINFO database contains abstracts of psychological literature and research studies, including music therapy and music medicine literature, from the 1800s to the present. Gain access and read more about PsycINFO at http://www.apa.org/psycinfo/

Songs of Love
Songs of Love foundation is a nonprofit organization that collaborates with artists to produce free original songs for hospitalized children and teens. Each song is an intimate musical portrait tailored for each child. To obtain a song or find out more visit http://www.songsoflove.org

The American Music Therapy Association
The mission of the American Music Therapy Association is to advance public awareness of the benefits of music therapy and increase access to quality music therapy services in a rapidly changing world. Find out more about music therapy on www.musictherapy.org

TherapyTimes.com
Therapy Times.com is the only all-inclusive community Web site for therapeutic professionals in the healthcare industry. Therapy Times’ mission is to provide an online daily resource for nutrition, physical, occupational, speech, respiratory, music and pediatric therapists to improve patient care and further their careers. http://www.therapytimes.com

British Journal of Music Therapy
This Journal was begun in 1987 by a group of music therapists from the Association of Professional Music Therapists (APMT) and British Society for Music Therapy. The new Journal, which is produced jointly by the APMT and BSMT, contains articles written by music therapists on clinical work, theoretical issues and research and is published twice yearly. It is the policy of the BJMT to include a wide range of articles, reflecting the broad spectrum of ideas and approaches to music therapy in this country, as well as in other countries worldwide. http://www.bsmt.org/journal.htm

Nordic Journal of Music Therapy
Nordic Journal of Music Therapy (ISSN 0809-8131) is a peer-reviewed journal published two times a year. It covers music therapy in the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and the Baltic Countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and it has subscribers and authors from all over the world. The Journal Includes Philosophical Articles, Qualitative and Quantitative Research Articles, a Series of Classical Articles, Texts from Practice, Dialogues, Reviews, and Overviews of New Texts in the field of music therapy. http://www.njmt.no

Australian Journal of Music Therapy
This is the website of the Australian music therapy association, with links to their peer-reviewed journals.
http://www.austmta.org.au

Music Therapy World
Music Therapy World includes a newsletter, database of articles, downloads, discussion board and information on the World Federation of Music Therapy and European Music Therapy Confederation.
http://www.musictherapyworld.de/

New York Public Library: Video Gallery Cataloging Data: Phoebe Jacobs
Phoebe Jacobs, currently vice-president of the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation and continues to promote the appreciation of jazz music. http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/scl/MULTIMED/JAZZHIST/pjcat.htm

The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation
Satchmo.net is the official site of the Louis Armstrong House & Archives. The mission of the Louis Armstrong House & Archives is to preserve and promote the cultural legacy of Louis Armstrong. This includes making the materials in the archives available to everyone, serving as a reference source for researchers, presenting concerts and educational programs about his life, and operating his home as a historic house museum. Major funding for the Louis Armstrong House & Archives is provided by the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation. http://www.satchmo.net/