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Research Tools for Folklore
Use these research tools to find information related to Folklore from sources such as scholarly articles, books and encyclopedias.
Archival Collections and Primary Source Databases
Article Databases, Indexes and Motif-Indexes
Bibliographies and Subject Guides
Biographical Sources
Book Review Sources
Dictionaries, Thesauri and Quotations
Directories
Dissertation and Thesis Sources
Encyclopedias and Almanacs
Handbooks and Manuals
Library and Book Catalogs
Organizations
Web Gateways and Search Engines
Archival Collections and Primary Source Databases
Resources that list, or provide access to, materials typically found in archives and used for primary source research. Examples include manuscripts, diaries, letters, first-hand accounts or documentary sources on a subject, person, event or issue.
Article Databases, Indexes and Motif-Indexes
Listings of articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, etc. Many include abstracts (article summaries). Some include, or link to, the full text of articles.
- Article Databases for Folklore
- Print Indexes for Folklore
- Abstracts of Folklore Studies. Austin, etc.: American Folklore Society, 1963-1975.
Anthropology Library GR 30.A2
Lists articles by the journal in which it appeared. Includes subject indexes.
- Asian Folklore Studies Comprehensive Index 1942-1991.
Anthropology Library GN 1.F6; All but most recent 5 years on JSTOR.
Several indexes to the first 50 years of Asian Folklore Studies.
- Internationale volkskundliche Bibliographie. International Folklore Bibliography. Bibliographie internationale des arts et traditions populaires. Berlin.
Doe Reference GR 30 .V6 1917-1999
Continues Volkskundliche Literature des Jahres 1911.
Especially strong for European ethnology and folklore but international in scope.
- Journal of American Folklore Centennial Index 1888-1994.
Anthropology Library GR 1 .J6
JSTOR and Project Muse.
Covers everything published in the journal. Also available through JSTOR (vol. 101, issue no. 402). Has author, title and subject indexing for the first decades of the journal.
- Motif-Indexes for Indexes for Folklore
- This is a representative list; please send suggestions for additions to it. The first two are classics in the attempt to classify folktales.
- Aarne, Antti. The Types of the Folklore: A Classification and Bibliography. Helsinki, Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1964.
Main Stack, Doe Ref, Moffitt GR 550 .A2
Classification by tale type of oral narratives from Europe and Western Asia.
- Thompson, Stith. Motif-Index of Folk Literature; a Classification of Narrative Elements in Folktales, Ballads, Myths, Fables, Mediaeval Romances, Exempla, Fabliaux, Jest-books and Local Legends. Rev. and enlarged ed. 6 v. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1989.
Anthropology Ref and Moffitt GR 72 .56 .T48 1989
Classic work of the classification of folk motifs. Available on web (UCB). Guide for using Stith Thompson.
- Azzolina, David S. Tale Type and Motif Indexes: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Garland Pub., 1987.
Anthropology, Doe Ref, Moffitt GR 74 .6 .A12 .A981 1987
- Baughman, Ernest Warren. Type and Motif-Indexes of the Folktales of England and North America. The Hague, Mouton & Co., 1966.
Anthro Ref and Doe Ref GR 67 .B3
- El-Shamy, Hasan M. Types of the Folktale in the Arab World: a Demographically Oriented Tale-Type Index. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2004.
Anthropology and Doe Ref GR 268 .A73 .E42 2004
- Goldberg, Harriet. Motif-Index of Folk Narratives in the Pan-Hispanic Romancero. Tempe : Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2000.
Main Stack PQ 6091 .G57 2000
- Goldberg, Harriet. Motif-Index of Medieval Spanish Folk Narratives. Tempe, AZ: Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, 1998.
Main Stack GR 230 .G57 1998
Covers a corpus of materials not indexed thoroughly by Stith Thompson.
- Jauhiainen, Marjatta. The Type and Motif Index of Finnish Belief Legends and Memorates. Helsinki : Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 1998.
Main Stack GR 1 .F53 v.267
Created out of the belief legend and memorate card file of the Finnish Literature Society Folklore Archives as it stood in 1997.
- Keller, John Esten. Motif-Index of Mediaeval Spanish Exempla. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1949. Anthropology GR 67 .K4
Main Stack GR 67 .K4
- The Yanagita Kunio Guide to the Japanese Folk Tale. Translated and edited by Fanny Hagin Mayer. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1986.
East Asian Library GR 340 .N52213 1986
Main Stack GR 340 .N52213 1986
Moffitt GR 340 .N52213 1986
Bibliographies and Subject Guides
Lists of materials in any format (books, articles, videos, web sites, etc.) organized around a common theme or topic. Subcategories as appropriate, i.e., chronological, language, geographic, etc.
- Baer, Florence E. Folklore and Literature of the British Isles: An Annotated Bibliography. Florence E Baer. New York, N.Y.: Garland Pub., 1986.
Doe Reference PR 149 .F64 .A12 .B341 1986
Originated as Berkeley dissertation.
- Bennett, Gillian and Paul Smith. Contemporary Legend: A Folklore Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1993.
Anthropology Library GR 78 .A12 .B46 1993
Doe Reference GR 78 .A12 .B46 1993
Main Stack GR 78 .A12 .B46 1993
- Carnes, Pack. Fable Scholarship: An Annotated Bibliography.New York: Garland Pub., 1985.
Doe Reference PN 980 .A12 .C37 1985
Moffitt PN 980 .A12 .C37 1985
Anthropology PN 980 .A12 .C37 1985
- Flanagan, Cathleen C. and John T. Flanagan. American Folklore: A Bibliography 1950-1974. Metuchen: Scarecrow, 1977.
Doe Refererence GR 105 .A12 .F55
Graduate Services GR 105 .A12 .F55
Music Library GR 105 .A12 .F55
- Görög, Veronika. Bibliographie annotée litterature orale d'Afrique noire. Paris: Conseil international de la langue francaise, 1992.
Main Stack GR 350 .A357 .G67 1992
Moffitt GR 350 .A357 .G67 1992
- Görög, Veronika. Litterature orale d'Afrique noire: bibliographie analytique. Paris: B.-P. Maisonneuve et Larose, 1981.
Anthropology Library GB 353 .A12 .G6 1981
- Haywood, Charles. A Bibliography of North American Folklore and Folksong. 2nd rev. ed, 2 vols. New York: Dover Publications, 1961.
Anthropology GR 105 .A12 .H37 1961
Main Stack GR 105 .A12 .H37 1961
- Jones, Steven Swann . Folklore and Literature in the United States: An Annotated Bibliography of Studies of Folklore in American Literature. New York: Garland Pub., 1984.
Doe Reference PS 169 .F64 .A12 .J6 1984
Main Stack PS 169 .F64 .A12 .J6 1984
- Kirkland, Edwin C. A Bibliography of South Asian Folklore. Bloomington, Indiana University Research Center in Anthropology, Folklore, and Linguistics. 1966.
Anthropology Library GR 265 .K5
South/Southeast Asia Library GR 265 .K5
- Melts, M. IA. Russkii folklor. Bibliograficheskii ukazatel'. Akademiia nauk SSSR, Institut russkoi literatury (Pushkinskii dom), Biblioteka akademii nauk. Leningrad: Akademiia, 1961.
Main Stack GR202 .R876 1961
- Mieder, Wolfgang. International Proverb Scholarship: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Garland Pub., 1982.
Anthropology Library PN 6401 .M543 1990
Main Stack PN 6401 .M543 1990
Moffitt PN6401.A12.M5
Suppl. 1-3, 1990-2001.
Anthropology Library PN 6401 .M543 1990
Annotated by key words.
- Mood, Terry Ann. American Regional Folklore: A Sourcebook and Research Guide. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2004.
Anthropology Library GR 105.34 .M66 2004
Moffitt Reference GR 105.34 .M66 2004
Main GR 105.34 .M66 2004
Divided into a section on the U. S. as a whole and then by geographical parts of the country. Each section begins with an overview essay written by a folklore scholar about folklore in that region, followed by a selective, annotated bibliography of books and related resources. Confusing index leads user to entries in the numbered bibliographies.
- Nederlandse volkskundige bibliografie; systematische registers op tijdschriften, reekswerken en gelegenheidsuitgaven. Antwerpen: Centrum voor Studie en Documentatie, 1964.
UCLA YRL Z5984 .N4 N28
- Richmond, W. Edson (Winthrop Edson). Ballad Scholarship: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Garland Pub., 1989.
Main Stack PN61110 .B2 .R53 1989
Moffitt PN61110 .B2 .R53 1989
- Schuursma, Ann Briegleb. Ethnomusicology Research: A Select Annotated Bibliography. New York: Garland Pub., 1992.
Music Library ML 128 .E8 .A12 .S4 1992
Descriptive annotations of nearly 500 publications appearing since 1960.
- Simmons, Merle Edwin. Folklore Bibliography for 1973, for 1974, for 1975, for 1976. Bloomington: Published for the Folklore Institute by the Research Center for Language and Semiotic Studies, Indiana University, 1975-81.
Main Stack GR 1 .I55 no.33 (28, 29, 31)
Bibliography covers books and articles published in or relating to the folklore of the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Spain, Portugal and other Spanish or Portuguese-speaking areas. Continues the annual Folklore Bibliography (covering 1938-73) found in Southern Folklore Quarterly.
- Szwed, John F. Afro-American Folk Culture: An Annotated Bibliography of Materials from North, Central, and South America, and the West Indies. Philadelphia: Institute for the Study of Human Issues, 1978.
Anthropology Library GR 103 .A12 .S98
Doe Reference GR 103 .A12 .S98
Main Stack GR 103 .A12 .S98
Old but still valuable because of its broad coverage.
Biographical Sources
Information about people, including biographical dictionaries, profiles of people or "Who's Whos," personal narratives, and other resources with significant biographical information.
Book Review Sources
Listings of book reviews in journals, magazines, newspapers, etc. included in article databases and indexes, book review indexes, or review journals.
Dictionaries, Thesauri, and Quotations
General and subject-specific dictionaries in any language, dual language dictionaries, thesauri, dictionaries of quotations, and acronym lists.
- Electronic Resource Finder
- Print Resources
- Briggs, Katharine M. A Dictionary of British Folk-tales in the English Language Incorporating the F.J. Norton Collection. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1970-71. 2 vols.
Doe Reference GR141 .B69
Anthropology GR141 .B69
Moffitt GR141 .B69
- Dictionary of Superstitions, edited by Iona Opie and Moira Tatem. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Anthropology Library BF 1775 .D531 1989
Doe Reference BF 1775 .D531 1989
Main Stack BF 1775 .D531 1989
Most of the superstitions are from England and Eire. Focus is on 18th-19th centuries.
- Funk and Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend, ed. by Marian Leach. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1972.
Doe Reference GR35 .F82
Anthropology Reference GR35 .F82
- Gerlach, Walter. Das neue Lexikon des Aberglaubens. Frankfurt am Main: Eichborn, c1998.
Main Stack BF 1775 .G47 1998
- Gill, Sam D. and Irene F. Sullivan. Dictionary of Native American Mythology. Denver, Colo.: ABC-CLIO, 1992.
Doe Reference E 98 .R3 .G46 1992
Main Stack E 98 .R3 .G46 1992
Covers 1,300 stories, characters, ceremonies, terms, themes, and symbols drawn from Native American mythology and ritual.
- Laurioz, Hubert. Dictionnaire des superstitions. Paris : Albin Michel, 1998.
Main Stack BF 1775 .L38 1998
- Leeming, David Adams. A Dictionary of Asian Mythology. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Main Stack BL 1005 .L46 2001
- The Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs, rev. by F.P. Wilson. 3rd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1970.
Doe Reference PN6421 .O9 1970
Anthropology Reference PN6421 .O9 1970
- Sax, Boria. The Mythical Zoo: An Encyclopedia of Animals in World Myth, Legend, and Literature. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO , 2001.
Doe Reference GR 705 .S344 2001
Covers real and imaginary animals from world myth and legend. Comprehensive index.
- Scheub, Harold. A Dictionary of African Mythology: The Mythmaker as Storyteller. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Doe Reference BL 2400 .S24 2000
Selection of 400 myths arranged by name of principle character. Extensive bibliography.
- Simpson, Jacqueline and Steve Roud. A Dictionary of English Folklore. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Doe Reference GR 141 .S573 2000
1,250 entries about people, customs, animals, plants, minerals, legends, music, games, places, dates, dances, birds, numbers, gestures, life-cycle events, colors, and other subjects of folklore including modern phenomenon.
Directories
Alphabetical or subject listings containing names, addresses, and identifying data of persons, organizations, publications, web sites, etc.
- Print Resources
- Bartis, Peter. Folklife Sourcebook: A Directory of Folklife Resources in the United States. 2nd ed., rev. and expanded. Washington: Library of Congress, 1994.
Anthropology Library GR 37 .B37 1994
Main Stack GR 37 .B37 1994
- Higher Education Programs in Folklore and Folklife
List of U. S. institutions granting degrees and minors or concentration.
Dissertation and Thesis Sources
Sources for locating masters theses and doctoral dissertations.
- Electronic Resource Finder
- Print Resources
- Dundes, Alan. Folklore Theses and Dissertations in the United States. Austin : Published for the American Folklore Society by the University of Texas Press, 1976.
Anthropology GR 65 .A12 .D8
Doe Reference GR 65 .A12 .D8
Music Library GR 65 .A12 .D8
- Gillis, Frank. Ethnomusicology and Folk Music: An International Bibliography of Dissertations and Theses. Middletown, Conn : Published for the Society for Ethnomusicology by the Wesleyan University Press, 1966.
Music Library ML 128 .E8 .G5
- Kerst, Catherine Hiebert. Ethnic Folklife Dissertations from the United States and Canada, 1960-1980: A Selected Annotated Bibliography. Washington, D.C.: American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, 1986.
Main Stack GR105.A12.K471 1986
Encyclopedias and Almanacs
General or subject-specific encyclopedias, almanacs, and other collections of factual information.
- Electronic Resource Finder
- Print Resources
- Bachtold-Staubli, Hanns. Handworterbuch des deutschen Aberglaubens, herausgegeben unter besonderer Mitwirkung. Berlin und Leipzig, W. de Gruyter & Co., 1927-42.
Main Stack BF 1434 .G4 .B3
- Brunvand, Jan Harold, ed. American Folklore: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland Pub., 1996.
Anthropology Library GR 101 .A54 1996
Moffitt Reference GR 101 .A54 1996
North American folklore and does not include Native American folklore. Scholarly, signed articles with information about contributors. Most articles include a bibliography.
- Brunvand, Jan Harold. Encyclopedia of Urban Legends. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2001.
Anthropology Library GR 105.34 .B78 2001
Main Stack GR 105.34 .B78 2001
Brunvand has published several volumes on urban legends; this one, consisting of over 500 entries and 150,000 words, is long but lacks references to texts of the legends and has a rather short bibliography.
- Encyclopedia Mythica
Online access to over 7,000 articles about myths of many countries.
- Encyclopedia of Folklore and Literature, ed. Mary Ellen Brown and Bruce A. Rosenberg. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1998.
Anthropology Library PN 41 .E48 1998
Doe Reference PN 41 .E48 1998
Signed articles of varied quality and depth.
- Enzyklopädie des Märchens: Handwörterbuch zur historischen und vergleichenden Erzahlforschung. Berlin; New York: de Gruyter, 1977-
Main Stack GR 72 .E58
Will be complete in 12 volumes. Long, signed articles with bibliographies.
- Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Tales, Music, and Art. Edited by Thomas A. Green. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1997.
Anthropology Library GR 35 .F63 1997
Doe Reference GR 35 .F63 1997
2 volume collection of signed articles by experts on the topic. Included bibliographies.
- The Folklore of American Holidays. Edited. by Hennig Cohen and Tristram Potter Coffin. 3rd ed. Detroit: Gale Research, 1999.
Doe Reference GT 4803 .F65 1999
Arranged in chronological order, this volume describes 140 holidays celebrated in the United States and gives the folklore associated with each.
- The Folklore of World Holidays. Edited by Margaret Read MacDonald. Detroit: Gale Research, 1992.
Doe Reference GT 3930 .F65 1992
Main Stack GT 3930 .F65 1992
- Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend. Edited by Maria Leach. New York, Funk & Wagnalls, 1972.
Anthropology Library GR 35 .F82
Doe Reference GR 35 .F82
Reissue with minor corrections of 2 vol. edition of 1949-50. Still useful reference work with entries on customs and beliefs. Theory and folklore study information is historical rather than reflective of current thought.
- Medieval Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs, ed. by Carl Lindahl, John McNamara, and John Lindow. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 2000. 2v. Reprinted in 1 vol. in 2002 by Oxford University Press.
Doe Reference GR 35 .M43 2000
Moff Reference GR 35 .M43 2000
Focus is on European folklore of 500-1500 A. D. Over 300 signed entries written by experts in the field, including Berkeley’s internationally known expert, John Lindow. Each article has a bibliography.
- Mercatante, Anthony S. and James R. Dow. The Facts on File Encyclopedia Of World Mythology And Legend. 2nd ed. New York : Facts on File, 2004.
Doe Reference BL 303 .M45 2004
Moffitt Reference BL 303 .M45 2004
Covers over 3000 myths and legends from around the world, though the preponderance of entries are on those arising from Europe.
- Slatta, Richard W. The Mythical West: An Encyclopedia of Legend, Lore, and Popular Culture. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2001.
Anthropology Library GR 109 .S53 2001
Doe Reference GR 109 .S53 2001
Articles on the West as mythologised in literature, art, Hollywood, television, and on the Internet.
- Seal, Graham. Encyclopedia of Folk Heroes. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO , 2001.
Main Stack GR 35 .S4 2001
Emphasis on heroes from Europe, North America, China, Japan, parts of Africa and Australia. Excludes gods and goddesses but includes real people when larger than life and heroes and heroines of fairy tales and story cycles. Four indexes and a bibliography.
- Thompson, Sue Ellen. Holiday Symbols and Customs. 3rd ed. Detroit, MI: Omnigraphics, 2003.
Doe Reference GT 3930 .T48 2003
Arranged alphabetically by the holiday or event. Each entry includes information about the holiday, the folklore associated with it, and list of resources for further research.
Government Information Sources
Listings of publications and other information published by authority of a governmental body, whether federal, state, local, or foreign, and of intergovernmental organizations, such as UNESCO, etc. Many of these sources include the full text of the items.
Handbooks, Manuals and Yearbooks
Collections of information designed to help practitioners in a specific field or profession, or in the case of yearbooks, to provide annually cumulated information in brief descriptive and statistic form.
- Electronic Resource Finder
- Print Resources
- Archetypes and Motifs in Folklore and Literature: A Handbook, ed. by Jane Garry and Hasan El-Shamy Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 2005.
Anthropology Library GR 72.56 .A73 2005
Doe Reference GR 72.56 .A73 2005
Articles written by experts on the basic thematic elements universally found in folklore and literature.
- Ashliman, D.L. Folk and Fairy Tales: A Handbook. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2004.
Anthropology Reference GR 550 .A77 2004
Moffitt GR 550 .A77 2004
Succinct and understandable introduction to the scholarly study of Indo-European folk and fairy tales.
- The Emergence of Folklore in Everyday Life: a Fieldguide and Sourcebook, ed. by George H. Schoemaker. Bloomington, Ind.: Trickster Press, 1990.
Anthropology Library GR 45.5 .E48 1990
Moffitt GR 45.5 .E48 1990
Created by graduate students in the Folklore Institute at Indiana University for use by undergraduates.
- Brunvand, Jan Harold. Folklore: A Study and Research Guide. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1976.
Anthropology Library GR 45.B78 1976a
Moffitt GR 45 .B7
Music Library GR 45 .B78
Older but still useful description of folklore resources.
- Handbook of American Folklore, ed. by Richard M. Dorson et al. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1983.
Anthropology Library GR105 .H36 1983
Main Stack GR105 .H36 1983
Moffitt GR105 .H36 1983
- Steinfirst, Susan. Folklore and Folklife: A Guide to English Language Reference Resources. 2 v. New York: Garland Pub., 1992.
Anthropology Library GR 66 .A12 .S74 1992
Doe Reference GR 66 .A12 .S74 1992
Moffitt Reference GR 66 .A12 .S74 1992
Extensive (over 2500 entries), annotated list of many books and articles, most published before 1987. Most of the works covered are written in English, but coverage is international.
Library and Book Catalogs
Listings of books and other items belonging to a particular library or, as with union catalogs, a group of libraries, and usually containing information on the location and subject classification of each item. This category also includes national bibliographies, or lists of all books published in a particular country.
- UC Berkeley, UC Systemwide, WorldCat and RLG Union Catalogs
- Cleveland Public Library. John G. White Dept. of Folklore, Orientalia, and Chess. Catalog of Folklore, Folklife, and Folk Songs. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1978.
Anthropology fGR 30 .C55 1978
Main Stack fGR 30 .C55 1978
- Lloyd, Timothy and Hillary Glatt. Folklife Resources in the Library of Congress. Rev. ed. Washington : American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, 1994.
Main Stack GR 37 .B33 1994
Organizations
Listings of subject-related associations, learned societies, or professional organizations.
Web Gateways and Search Engines
Broad, subject-related sites and subject-specific search engines available without restriction on the World Wide Web.
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