NOTE: Materials shelved in reference collections must be used within the libraries. They do not circulate.

Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend UGL/SEL reference collection: BL303 M45 1988 Encyclopedia of Folk Heroes UGL/SEL reference collection: GR35 S4 2001 Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend UGL/SEL reference collection: GR35 F82 9 (2-volume set) Index to Fairy Tales, 1987-1992 Lockwood Library reference collection: GR550 S67 1994

Index to Fairy Tales, 1973-1977, Including Folklore, Legends, and Myths in Collections Lockwood Library reference collection: GR550 I73 1979 Index to Fairy Tales, Myths, and Legends Lockwood Library reference collection: GR550 E2 1926 Mythologies UGL/SEL reference collection: BL311 D513 1991 (2-volume set) Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales Lockwood Library reference collection: PN3437 O94 2000

There are four basic ways of searching for books and other materials in BISON (the UB Libraries online catalog): by author, title, keyword, or subject heading. Each of these search methods are demonstrated below. For additional assistance, review the BISON Help page, or Ask Us.

Sample AUTHOR search:	zipes, jack david
Sample TITLE search:	hero with a thousand faces
Sample KEYWORD search:	fairy tales and grimm
Sample SUBJECT search:	fairy tales--history and criticism

Browsing for Books
All books in the Arts and Sciences Libraries are shelved according to the Library of Congress Classification System , which assigns a specific sequence of call numbers for each academic discipline. This allows for easy browsing of the library collection. To look through the books about fairy tales, folklore and mythology, go to the reference or circulating collections in Lockwood Library or in the Undergraduate Library, and find the shelves with call numbers that correspond to the subject matter that is listed below:

For books about...	Call numbers begin with...
Fairy tales	PN
Folklore	GR
Legends	GR
Mythology	BL

The periodical databases listed below are specific and general sources for finding refereed and popular literature on fairy tales, folklore and mythology. Students can use these databases to search through thousands of newspapers, magazines, and journals all at once, and to find articles that are specifically about their research topic. For additional searching assistance, review the ASL Finding Articles guide, or Ask Us .

	Academic Search Premier A multidisciplinary periodical database that provides coverage from over 8,200 scholarly, trade, and general-interest publications.
	JSTOR Full-text periodical database that provides coverage from over 450 scholarly journals. Subject coverage includes art and art history, folklore, language and literature, and other areas related to the arts and humanities.
	Literature Online Provides full text of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama, and prose, plus biographies, bibliographies, criticism and reference materials.
	Literature Resource Center Provides biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Covers over 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors.
	MLA International Bibliography Contains citations to books, journal articles, and dissertations published on literature, modern languages, linguistics, and folklore.
	Project Muse Provides full-text online editions of over 100 scholarly journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

NOTE: These databases are restricted to current UB students and staff. Current UB students and staff connecting off-network will be prompted for a user name and password.

The following web sites were selected by librarians as being among the best Internet resources for information on fairy tales, folklore and mythology. For additional web assistance, review the Using Web Resources page, or Ask Us.

• Web Sites
  • Aesop's Fables
    
  • Classic Fairy Tales.com
    
  • Encyclopedia Mythica
    
  • Fairy Tales: University of Maryland
  • Fairy Tales: Online
    
  • Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts
    
  • Grimm Fairy Tales Menu
    
  • Jean Hersholt: The Complete Andersen
    
  • Legends - Fairy Tales
    
  • Mythology
    
  • Myths & Legends
    
  • Tales of Wonder: Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World
    
• Online Journals & Zines
  • Fables: Folklore and Speculative Fiction
    
  • Marvels & Tales