Folklore

ONLINE LIBRARY CATALOGS

Five College Catalog
Find books, journals, and media collections held by UMass Libraries and the Five Colleges.

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The combined catalogs of most U.S. libraries.
Content is freely available for use by all.

OTHER RESOURCES

UMass Interlibrary Loan
Borrow books held outside the Five Colleges or request copies of articles and materials from any library.

Online exhibitions, journals, digital repositories & archives

Pioneer Valley Folklore Society
This local society lists nearby events including a Song & Story Swap held on the first Saturday of each month.

American Folklore Society
Publishers of Journal of American Folklore; this site features forums, guides and resources

Center for Southern Folklore
Online galleries, festival and archive information documenting the people and celebrations of the Southern United States

Folklore Forum
This freely accessible journal from Indiana University includes articles from scholars in many parts of the country

Keepers of Tradition
Sponsored by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, this site is an online companion exhibit celebrating the history and folklife of Massachusetts

Utah State University (digital repository)
Digital collections of Utah State University Library [for collection items, click here.]

Folklore

The W.E.B. Du Bois Library has created this guide to direct library patrons to accurate and reliable sources for information about Folklore.

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Databases

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly journals from all academic disciplines - an excellent starting point for multidisciplinary research projects. 3,200 full-text journals. Coverage from 1975 to present.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
AnthroSource This link opens in a new window
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The full text of articles in 32 journals published by the American Anthropological Association, some dating back to the nineteenth century.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
ARTstor This link opens in a new window
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More than two million digital images of works of fine art, architecture and design.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
ERIC This link opens in a new window
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Education journal articles (EJ references) and ERIC documents (ED references), 1967-present. EDs before 1997 are requestable using the Microforms Request page and usable in the Microforms Vewing Room in the LC.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
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A collection of several hundred current subject encyclopedias.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
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An index to journal articles and other scholarly literature on literature, literary theory and criticism, linguistics, folklore, and (since 1996) film, 1920s -
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
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Entries from over 100 Oxford University Press subject and language dictionaries, guides, and concise companions.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.

Revision History

This guide was created by Jocelyn Charpentier, Drew Griffin, Kirsten Wilder Andrews, Rachael Victoria Theriault, Caitlin Kelley, Jackie Penny, et al. (Summer 2011)

The guide was revised Fall 2012 by Melissa Graham and Spring 2015 by Nicole Meaney.