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Mythology and Folklore Subject Guide

Encyclopedias

American Folklore: An Encyclopedia
--Reference Stacks-- GR 101 .A54; also available online
Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities
--Reference Stacks-- BL 782 .C67
Encyclopedia of Easter, Carnival, and Lent
--Reference Stacks-- GT 4935 .G85
Encyclopedia of Folk Heroes
--Reference Stacks-- GR 35 .S4
Encyclopedia of Folklore and Literature
--Reference Stacks-- PN 41 .E48
Encyclopedia of Greco-Roman Mythology
--Reference Stacks-- BL 715 .D56
Encyclopedia of Urban Legends
--Reference Stacks-- GR 105.34 .B78
Medieval Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs
--Reference Stacks-- GR 35 .M43 (2 Vol.)
South Asian Folklore: An Encyclopedia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
--Reference Stacks-- GR 302 .S68

Handbooks

Handbook of American Folklore
--4th Floor Stacks-- GR 105 .H36
Handbook of Egyptian Mythology
--Reference Stacks-- BL 2441.3 .P56
Handbook of Norse Mythology
--Reference Stacks-- BL 860 .L56
The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales
--Reference Stacks-- PN 3437 .O94

Dictionaries

A Dictionary of Asian Mythology
--Reference Stacks-- BL 1005 .L46
A Dictionary of Folklore
--Reference Stacks-- GR 35 .P5
Dictionary of Chicano Folklore
--Reference Stacks-- GR 111 .M49 C37
A Dictionary of English Folklore
--Reference Stacks-- GR 141 .S59
Dictionary of Native American Mythology
--Reference Stacks-- E 98 .R3 G46
The Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion
--Reference Stacks-- BL 715 .O94

Style Manuals

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
--Ready Reference-- LB 2369 .G53
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
--Ready Reference-- BF 76.7 .P83
APA Style Guide to Electronic References, 2007
--Ready Reference-- PN171. F56 .A63 2007; also available online

Bibliographies

MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures
--3rd Floor Bound Serials (1969-1989) and Reference Stacks (1990-2002)-- P 1 .M65

Indexes and Databases

Academic Search Complete-- Indexes, abstracts and provides selected full-text of articles published in scholarly publications from many disciplines.

AHSearch-- Indexes articles in arts and humanities journals and in selected social science and science journals.

JSTOR-- Indexes, abstracts and provides full-text of scholarly journal articles in the fields of ecology, economics, education, finance, history, mathematics, political science and population studies.

Literature Resource Center-- Provides full-text of biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of the work of more than 90,000 authors from every age and literary discipline.

MLA International Bibliography-- Indexes articles from literary and language journals, books essay collections, conference proceedings, dissertations and bibliographies. Provides links to small selection of full-text articles.

Project Muse-- Indexes, abstracts and provides full-text of scholarly journal articles in the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, and gender studies.

ProQuest Research Library-- Indexes, abstracts and provides selected full-text of popular and scholarly periodicals from many disciplines.

Sociological Abstracts-- Indexes and abstracts articles from scholarly journals covering sociology, anthropology, criminology, demography, education, law, social psychology, and urban studies.

Internet Sites

American Folklife Center -- American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. This is a major source for ethnographic documentation, including online digital archives at the Library of Congress. Includes the Alan Lomax collection, among others.

American Life Histories -- American Life Histories at the Library of Congress. Works Projects Administration (WPA) Records from 1936-1940. Can be searched by state.

Folklife in Louisiana -- Folklife in Louisiana. Information on folklife in Louisiana. Website sponsored by the Louisiana Division of the Arts.

Bulfinch's Mythology -- Bulfinch's Mythology at Bartelby.com. Online text of a popular work on mythology.