Folklore Reference Collection at Indiana University
This guide will introduce you to indexes, bibliographies, encylopedias, and dictionaries useful for research in folklore and ethnomusicology.
When to use encyclopedias
There are encyclopedias on everything under the sun. They are especially useful when starting a research project to give the "lay of the land" of a subject. Most also provide lists of further reading.
General Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife by Call Number: GR35 .G75 2006 v.1-4ISBN: 0313328471Publication Date: 2005
Encyclopedia of Womens Folklore and Folklife by Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9780313340505Publication Date: 2008
Larousse Dictionary of World Folklore by Call Number: GR35 .J664 1995ISBN: 0752300121Publication Date: 1995
Folklore, Cultural Performances, and Popular Entertainments by Call Number: GR35 .F64 1992ISBN: 019506920XPublication Date: 1992Funk & Wagnalls standard dictionary of folklore, mythology and legend by
Call Number: GR35 .F9 v.1-2Publication Date: 1949International dictionary of regional European ethnology and folklore by
Call Number: GR35 .I62 v.1-2Publication Date: 1960The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales by
Call Number: ebook; click title to connectISBN: 9780313049477Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Regional Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of American Folklife by Call Number: GR105 .E53 2006ISBN: 0765680521Publication Date: 2006
The Penguin Dictionary of American Folklore by Call Number: GR105.34 .A94 1999ISBN: 0670887528Publication Date: 2000
The Mythical West by Call Number: e-book; click title to connectISBN: 1576075885Publication Date: 2002
Encyclopedia of American Folklore by Call Number: GR105 .W38 2007ISBN: 0816056994Publication Date: 2006
A Dictionary and Catalog of African American Folklife of the South by Call Number: GR110.A47 P93 1999ISBN: 0313279993Publication Date: 1999
Dictionary of Chicano Folklore by Call Number: e-book; click title to connectISBN: 1576074005Publication Date: 2001
A Dictionary of English Folklore by Call Number: e-book; click title to connectISBN: 0198607660Publication Date: 2005Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife by
Call Number: ebook; click title to connectISBN: 9780313350672Publication Date: 2010
African Folklore by Call Number: ebook; click title to connectISBN: 041593933XPublication Date: 2003
Celebrating Latino Folklore by Call Number: ebook; click title to connectISBN: 9780313343391Publication Date: 2012
Subject Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of Jewish Folklore and Traditions by Call Number: ebook; click title to connectISBN: 9780765682956Publication Date: 2013
Spirits, Fairies, Gnomes, and Goblins by Call Number: GR549 .R65 1996ISBN: 0874368111Publication Date: 1996
Medieval Folklore by
This two-volume set is an A-to-Z guide to the mundane and supernatural lore of the Middle Ages. Articles focus on the great myths and legends of the age, daily and nightly, customs and activities, religious beliefs of pagan, Christian, Muslim, and Jew, key works of oral and written literature, traditional music and art, holidays and feasts, food and drink, plants and animals (real and mythical).; The volumes contain surveys, written by leading experts, of the major medieval traditions, including: Arabic-Islamic, Baltic, English, Finno-Ugric, French, Hispanic, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Jewish, Scandinavian, Slavic and Welsh.
Call Number: onlineISBN: 1576074099Publication Date: 2002
Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion by Call Number: GT507 .E54 2010 v. 1-10ISBN: 9780195377330Publication Date: 2010-07-15
