ANT 426 Native North American Folklore Fall 2009 Course Guide

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

Online Databases

• JSTOR - archive of scholarly journal articles
• 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
   

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)
• WABIB (CD-ROM) (Ask at Reference Desk)
• Ethnographic Bibliography of North America REF Z1209.2.N67 M87 1975 
• 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

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