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Folklore

Pertains to the exploration of people's use of tradition in daily life as well as during times of crisis, celebration, and change. Combining the perspectives of the humanities and social sciences, it examines processes of individual creativity and of communication in diverse social and cultural settings using ethnographic, literary, historical, and cultural studies methods. Related subjects inlcude anthropology, humanities, social sciences, ethnomusicology and others.



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- about - Indexes material in modern languages, literature, linguistics and folklore.
  • Coverage: 1963-

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=159

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- about - Searches both Anthropological Literature and Anthropology Index, covering all subfields of anthropology, including folklore and ethnomusicology.
  • Coverage: late 19th century to present

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=444333

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IBSS: International Bibliography of the Social Sciences - about - Indexes anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology, and interdisciplinary research in social sciences.
  • Coverage: 1981-present

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=1758952

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Sagnanet - about - Icelandic sagas, German/Nordic mythology and tales of chivalry

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=3175131

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- about - Provides fulltext coverage of magazine, newspaper, and scholarly journals for almost every academic discipline.
  • Coverage: Varies by title

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=4

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FRANCIS - about - A multidisciplinary index especially strong in religion, art history, psychology, and literature, but 30% is devoted to the socal sciences including anthropology. It indexes journal articles, books, book chapters, and conference papers in French, English
  • Coverage: 1984-

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=96

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American Broadsides and Ephemera, Series I, 1760-1900 - about - Full-color digital facsimiles of 18th- and 19th-century American ephemeral publications (broadsides, ballads, programs, sermons, libretti, etc)
  • Coverage: 1760-1900

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=2440414

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Roud Index - about - Index to English-language songs published in books, journals, recordings, unpublished manuscript and tape collections, broadsides, chapbooks, songsters, etc. Includes Broadside Index and Folk Song Index.
  • Coverage: Late 19th and early 20th century
  • Alternate Title: Folk Song Index; Broadside Index

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=1352071

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Smithsonian Global Sound - about - Sound files of traditional music from around the world, plus notes, images, video, and lesson plans. Search by culture, genre, instrument, year, etc.

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=3045980

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- about - Current issues of American Anthropological Association's journals and bulletins as well as archived, full-text issues of all the AAA's journals, newsletters and bulletins.
  • Coverage: 1900s-present
  • Alternate Title: Anthro Source

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=1854915

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eHRAF World Cultures - about - Searchable full-text ethnographies on hundreds of ethnic, cultural, religious, and national groups worldwide. Use subject codes 53* (all arts), 538 (folktales), and 539 (folktale texts).
  • Coverage: Varies
  • Alternate Title: eHRAF Collection of Ethnography

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=113

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Black Short Fiction - about - 10,000 works by writers from Africa and the African Diaspora, including over 3,000 folktale texts from oral tradition.
  • Coverage: varies

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=1494404

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Humanities and Social Sciences Retrospective - about - Bibliographic index of scholarly journals in a broad array of the humanities and social sciences. Coverage: 1907-1984.
  • Coverage: 1907-1984
  • Alternate Title: Humanities & Social Sci Retro

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=976208

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Periodicals Index Online - about - Citations to articles in scholarly journals in a variety of languages, from their first issues through 1995
  • Coverage: First issues to 1995

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=170

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Instructional Support Services (ISS) Catalog - about - Established prior to World War II, supports the curriculum and contains approximately 8,074 educational videos, some DVDS, and well over 27,000 archival 16mm film titles.
  • Coverage: WWII-2006

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=3175126

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Chicago Manual of Style Online - about - The electronic version of the classic guide to documentary style.

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=2384486

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- about - A tool produced by the Google search engine that searches the contents of books that they have scanned.
  • Coverage: Varies

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=2918985

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Mass Observation Online - about - Field research into the cultural and social life of Britain from 1937 to 1965
  • Coverage: 1937 - 1965

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=5137280

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- about - Compiled by the Modern Humanities Research Association, ABELL contains more than 807,000 bibliographic records: monographs, articles, book reviews, essay collections, and dissertations published from 1920.
  • Alternate Title: ABELL

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=901735