The following selections are starting points for your research.
Reference Books:
Used to locate background information
Man, Myth, and Magic: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mythology [REF] BF 1411 .M25 1983
Dictionary of Symbols [REF] BL 603 .L5413 1991
The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend [REF] BL 303 .M45 1988
Funk and Wagnall's Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology and Legend [REF] GR 35 .F8
Circulating Books (Selective)
Bulfinch's Mythology BL310 .B82 1991
Library of the World's Myths and Legends [multi-volumne series, with various call numbers]
Mythology BL310 .H3 1942b C2
Parallel Myths BL 311 .B54 1994
Search the Library Catalog
Search the Library Catalog using some of the suggested subjects listed below. Subject headings consist of words, groups of words, or acronyms that are used to describe the subject of a work and are utilized in searching the catalog and other online databases to enhance retrieval.
Suggested Subject Headings
- Mythology: (Folklore, Geographic myths, myth, symbolism)
- Legends
- Animals, Mythical
- Folklore
Use the Library of Congress Subject Headings (set of red volumes at the Reference Desk) to find other related subject headings to search.
Most books on Mythology are classified as BF, BL, GR in the Library of Congress Classification System. You may wish to browse the shelves in this area. Look in both the Reference Collection and the General Collection.
Search the Library Databases for Articles
To find periodical and newspaper articles, select one of the databases listed under Online Databases from the GateWay Community College Library Home Page. Many of the articles are available full text and may be printed, e-mailed or saved to disk. Off-campus access is available to many of the databases.
Please keep in mind that the Library does not own every journal listed in these sources. To find out if the library does own a specific title perform a Title search in the Library Catalog or look up the magazine or journal title in GateWay's Periodical List. For those periodicals that we do not carry, Interlibrary Loan is available for requesting such resources.
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