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Department
of Folk Studies and
Anthropology: Folk Studies
Departmental Research Guide
This research guide relays some basic information on library
and information resources pertaining to the concerns of this
department, as provided by University Libraries and/or sites
on the World Wide Web.
1.
LC Call Nos. - - - 2.
Finding Articles - - - 3.
Reference Collection - - - 4.
Folk Studies Faculty - - - 5.
Professional Societies - - - 6.
Web Sites
1.
To Shelf-Browse for Books (using main Library
of Congress Subject Divisions)
Books
on subjects associated with this field are shelved under
the call number ranges listed below. Use TOPCAT
to search for specific items in the collection, or more
narrowly-defined subjects.
Folklore (general, including folktales, legends),
GR72-GR79 ------- Folk Beliefs, Superstitions, GR81 -------
By Region or Country, GR100-GR390 ------- Folklore Relating
to Private Life (including dreams, love, children, nursery
rhymes), GR430-GR487 ------- Supernatural Beings (Demonology,
Fairies, Ghosts, Charms), GR500-GR615 ------- Cosmic Phenomena,
GR620-GR690 ------- Geographical Topics, GR650-GR690 -------
Animals, Plants, Minerals, GR700-GR860 ------- Transportation,
Travel, Commerce, GR865-GR874 ------- Medicine, Folk Medicine,
GR880 ------- Occupations, GR890-GR910 ------- Signs and Symbols,
GR931-GR940
2.
To Find Journal and Magazine Articles (using indexing/abstracting/full-text
services)
The following services are recommended for use by first-year
students and non-majors:
FirstSearch
databases:
- MLA:
The Modern Language Association database is an index
for Literature, Language, Folklore, Linguistics, and various
other humanities fields.
- ERIC:
The largest and most comprehensive U.S. national bibliographic
database devoted to education, provides access to thousands
of education-related journal articles and documents dating
back to 1966.
Also cites articles devoted to folklore.
- ArticleFirst:
All-subject database indexes almost
13000 journals and magazines from 1992 onward, including
some ninety percent of the ones University Libraries carries
in hardcopy.
The following services are recommended for use by advanced
students and researchers:
- JSTOR:
Provides the full text/full image web access of the complete
archival collections of some humanities journals, up to
the most recent three to five years.
- Project
Muse:
"Provides online, worldwide, institutional subscription
access to the full text of over 100 scholarly journals in
the arts and humanities, social sciences and mathematics."
These three
FirstSearch-based
databases are available to graduate students and faculty, and
to undergraduates by special permission only:
- Art & Humanities
Citation Index (AH Search)
- WilsonSelectPlus:
Full-text articles in science, humanities, education and
business.
- PerAbs:
Periodical abstracts from general and academic journals,
many including full-text.
Special
resource: TDNet
Electronic Journal Finder [use to access Libraries'
electronic journals, magazines, and newspapers, as well as
some indexes and databases containing full-text articles;
includes a comprehensive A-Z listing of titles]
3.
Reference Materials in the Helm Library and Elsewhere
The following are recommended for use:
- In
Helm Library: A dictionary of English folklore
GR141 .S57 2000 ------- Folklore: an encyclopedia of
beliefs, customs, tales, music, and art GR35 .F63 1997
------- Popular beliefs and superstitions: a compendium
of American folklore GR110 .O48 P82 ------- Medieval
Folklore: an encyclopedia of myths, legends, tales, beliefs,
and customs GR35 .M43 2000 ------- Folklife sourcebook:
a directory of folklife resources in the United States and
Canada GR37 .B37 1986 ------- Encyclopedia of folklore
and literature PN41 .E48 1998 ------- Sidewalks of
America: folklore, legends, sagas, traditions, customs,
songs, stories, and sayings of city folk GR105 .B57
------- Tidbits of Kentucky folklore GR110 .K4 W542x
- Extensive
Kentucky Library and Museum holdings of a variety of kinds
of materials
4.
Folk Studies Faculty Web Pages
Folk
Studies Faculty: http://www.wku.edu/folkstudies/pages06/faculty.php
5. Related Professional Societies (for
professional news, careers/jobs, memberships, etc.)
6. Websites Recommended by Folk Studies
Faculty
Myths,
Legends & Folklore
Music
General
& Miscellaneous
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