tales encyclopedia urban folklore. The following are some of the available
folktales/folklore resources from the SCC Library: American Folklore: An
Encyclopedia.
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FOLKTALES & FOLKLORE BOOKS Click on Books & More on the SCC Library Web page. You may search by author, title, subject, or keyword. The Request Item link will allow you to request any available title be sent from another Maricopa Community College Library to SCC for your use. Be sure you have a valid SCC library card. Sample topics for a subject, keyword, or keyword phrase search include:
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The following are some of the available folktales/folklore resources from the SCC Library: American Folklore: An Encyclopedia American Folktales: From the Collection of the Library of Congress Archetypes and Motifs in Folklore and Literature: A Handbook Complete Gods and Goddesses of Egypt The Dictionary of Imaginary Places Dictionary of Mythology Encyclopedia of Folk Heroes Encyclopedia of Food and Culture (3 vols.) Encyclopedia of Urban Legends Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Tales…(2 vols.) Folklore of American Holidays Folklore of World Holidays Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife Greenwood Library of American Folktales Harper’s Encyclopedia of Mystical & Paranormal Experience Man, Myth & Magic: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mythology, Religion, and the Unknown Nectar & Ambrosia: An Encyclopedia of Food in World Mythology Spirits, fairies, gnomes, and goblins: An Encyclopedia of the Little People Storyteller’s Sourcebook: A Subject, Title, and Motif Index to Folklore
Ref GL 101 .A54 1996 Ref GR 105.5 .A44 2004 Ref GR 72.56 .A73 2005 Ref BL 2450 .G6 W56 2003 Ref GR 650 .M36 2000 Ref GR 35 .J6 1961-1962 Ref GR 35 .S4 2001 Ref GT 2850 .E53 2003 Ref GR 105.34 .B78 2001 Ref GR 35 .F63 1997 Ref GT 4803 .F65 1999 Ref GT 3930 .F65 1999 Ref GR 111 .A47 G74 2006 Ref GR 35 .G75 2006 Ref GR105 .G75 2006 Ref BF 1407 .G85 1991 Ref BF 1407 .M34 1995 Ref GR 498 .A53 2000 Ref GR 549 .R65 1996 Ref GR 74.6 .M3 2001
Collections for Children Storytelling Encyclopedia: Historical, Cultural, and Multiethnic Approaches to Oral Traditions Around the World Traditional Storytelling Today: An International Sourcebook
Ref GR 72 .S76 1997 Ref GR 72 .T73 1999
MAGAZINES & JOURNALS Online Databases To search for articles in magazines or journals, click on Magazine & journal articles on the SCC Library Web page. Many articles are available full-text and can be printed, saved, or emailed. Available databases which you should consider in order to locate articles on folktales & folklore include: EBSCOhost InfoTrac LexisNexis Wilson Omnifile If the full text of an article is not available in our online databases, you may check to see if SCC subscribes to the periodical. Click on SCC Periodical List on the SCC Library Web page. Copies of articles can be requested from other libraries; please check with the librarian at the Information Desk for assistance.
WEB RESOURCES American Folklife Center http://www.loc.gov/folklife/ The American Folklife Center Societies http://www.loc.gov/folklife/source/societie.html American Folklore http://www.americanfolklore.net/ The American Folklore Society (AFS) http://www.afsnet.org/ Encyclopedia Mythica http://www.pantheon.org/areas/folklore/ Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html Folklore, Myth and Legend http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/storfolk.html Folklore Society http://www.folklore-society.com The Magic Web: Mythology and Folklore http://www.johnadcox.com/Mythology_and_Folklore.html Regional Folklore and Mythology http://www.pibburns.com/mythregi.htm Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural http://www.folklife.si.edu/index.html Heritage Yahoo’s Directory of Mythology http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Mythology_and_Folklore/ and Folklore Ask a Librarian at the Information Desk if you need assistance with your research. - OR If you are not in the Library, you can chat with a Librarian 24/7 online!
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