Folklore

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Basic Reference Sources

A bibliography of North American folklore and folksong REF Z5984.U5 H3 
Folklore : An encyclopedia of beliefs, customs, tales, music, and art  REF GR35 .F63 1997
American folklore: An encyclopedia  REF GR101.A54 1996
American regional folklore: A sourcebook and research guide REF GR105.34.M66 2004
African folklore: An encyclopedia REF GR350.A33 2004
Greenwood encyclopedia of African American folklore REF GR111.A47G74 2006
Annual bibliography of English language and literature INDEX PN2.M58 (Each volume includes a chapter on "Traditional culture, folklore and folklife")
Motif index of folk literature; a classification of narrative elements in folktales, ballads, myths, fables, mediaeval romances, exempla, fabliaux, jest-books, and local legends REF GR67.T52
Encyclopedia of folklore and literature REF PN41.E48 1998
Ethnographic Bibliography of North America REF Z1209.2.N67 M87 1975 

Online Databases

• JSTOR - archive of scholarly journal articles
• Arts & Humanities Citation Index - access to high impact research journals
• America: History and Life - bibliographic index of over 490,000 periodical literature about the history of the United States and Canada
• Academic Search Premier - includes scholarly full-text articles
• MLA International Bibliography - index to scholarly research in literature, language, linguistics, and folklore
• Electronic HRAF - searchable texts of primary source materials on world cultures.
• Maine Folklife Center Archives - bibliographic records of Maine folklore and folklife
• WABIB (CD-ROM) (Ask at Reference Desk)
   

Print Sources

• General index [to the] annual reports of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, vols. 1-48 (1879-1931)  Gov.Doc. SI 2./930/31 (Ask at the Reference Desk)
• Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Collection   (In Special Collections 3d Floor)

Check the card catalog in Special Collections for material about Maine Indian folklore.

Use URSUS to locate books and journals in the library. You may also request books and articles from other libraries through Interlibrary Loan. Use appropriate subject headings.

Key terms:

• Folk literature
• Folk narrative
• Myth
• Indians of North America -- folklore
• Folklore
• Indian mythology -- North America
   

Where to go for assistance:

• Ask at the Reference Desk:  Hours
• Ask a Librarian: Virtual Reference

If you wish to email a query or make an appointment with the Librarian, contact Joe Fernandez.

Revised: 01/28/2008
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