ENGL 340: Myth and Archetype (Capstone Course)

• Finding Articles and Other Information Sources (Beginning your Research)
• Electronic Journals for Classical Literature, Mythology and Folklore  
• Library Catalog (Books and other library materials)
• Full-Text Literary Databases
• Full-Text Electronic Books
• Selected Web Sites
• Selected Main Library Resources

The Best Resources for Finding Articles & Other Information

• Academic Search Premier  
  • Provides full text for over 1,250 journals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, and much more. 1984 - present.
• Anthropology Plus
  • Combines Anthropological Literature (Harvard University) and Anthropological Index (Royal Anthropological Institute). Indexes journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, and material culture. Late 19th century- present.
• Anthrosource
  • Searchable archive of all American Anthropological Association journals through 2003, with current issues of 11 peer-reviewed AAA titles.
• ARTstor
  • ARTstor's Charter Collection contains 300,000 digital images, with 500,000 images projected by 2006. ARTstor documents artistic traditions across time and cultures, embracing architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design.
• Ethnic NewsWatch
  • Articles, editorials, reviews, etc. from newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press. Search in English or Spanish. 1990- present.
• MLA Bibliography
  • Over one million citations to books, scholarly journals, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies from languages, literatures, linguistics and folklore. 1926 - present.
• Philosopher's Index
  • Indexes scholarly journals, book chapters, and books from philosophy and related fields: aesthetics, ethics, metaphysic logic, political philosophy, social philosophy, and philosophy of education, history, language, law, religion, and science. 1940 - present.
• Reader's Guide Retrospective
  • Full-text articles from general interest periodicals. Current coverage is 1890-1982.

Additional Useful Resources for Finding Articles & Other Information

• Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (1920-  present)
  • Over 860,000 searchable records of monographs, scholarly articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, and collections of essays and dissertations.
• Arts and Humanities Search
  • A citation index covering more than 8,000 titles from the world's leading arts and humanities journals. Includes the ability to search particular authors' works to find out who is citing them. 1980 to present.
• Essay and General Literature Index
  • Indexes essays and articles in collections published in the United States, Great Britain and Canada. Particularly useful for humanities and social sciences literature. 1985- present.
• The Nineteenth Century
  • Index to UNR Libraries' Nineteenth Century microfiche collection (C23), published between 1801-1900. See our user guide to the collection.
• Nineteenth Century Masterfile
  • Series I: Index for 19th century USA and British periodicals. Series III: Indices for the New York Times Index, 1863-1905 (full-text available from ProQuest); New York Daily Tribune Index, 1875-1906; Palmer's Index to the Times (London), 1880-1890; Index to the Oregon Spectator, 1846-1854.
• WorldCat
  • A catalog of library materials in all formats from libraries all over the United States and the world. Contains more than 40 million items.
     

Full-Text Literary Databases

• Book Review Index Online Plus  
  • Over 5 million book review citations from magazines and scholarly journals, with links to full-text for over 630,000 reviews.
• LION-Literature Online
  • A searchable library of English and American literature, poetry, Shakespeare, the Bible, and literary reference sources.
• Literature Resource Center (Gale)
  • Comprehensive literary database for biographical and critical coverage of major authors, including fiction, drama, and poetry throughout history. Drawn from Contemporary Authors & Dictionary of Literary Biography and many other literary reference sources.
• Middle English Compendium
  • Electronic versions of: The Middle English Dictionary; HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse, based on the MED bibliographies; and a Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse, as well as related links.

Full-Text Electronic Books

• ACLS Humanities E-Book
• The Best of the Argonauts: The Redefinition of the Epic Hero in Book One of Apollonius' Argonautica
• Bible (King James)  (ie: Egypt, idols)
• Encyclopedia Mythica
• Epic of Gilgamesh
• Many Ramayanas: The Diversity of a Narrative Tradition in South Asia
• Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
• netLibrary (interdisciplinary e-book collection)
• Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• The Two-Headed Deer: Illustrations of the Ramayana in Orissa
• Unbiased Editing in a Diverse Society (netLibrary)
• Women and Goddesses in Myth and Sacred Text (table of contents only, online)
• Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary (via netLibrary)
   

Selected Web Sites

• The Camelot Project at the University of Rochester
• Genesis and Enuma Elish Creation Myth Comparisons
• Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
• Resources for the Study of Beowulf
   

Selected Main Library Resources

• Reference Microform Collections
• Selected Films - Multimedia Center, Lower Level 2
• Selected Reference Books
• Call number ranges for browsing (Lower Levels 1 & 3)
• Selected Children's Books (Juvenile Alcove, main floor)

 

Main Reference Microform Collections

Consult "Indexes to Microform Collections" in the Main Reference Department in Getchell Library. Please ask for assistance at the Reference Desk.
The Eighteenth Century	Microfilm S269 (Use the "keyword" search in library catalog: "eighteenth century microfilm" + a specific topic)
Hags, Queens, and Harlots: Women from Ancient Irish Myth in Yeats and Joyce (doctoral thesis by Caitriona Moloney, 1994; UC-Davis)	Microfiche M180
History of Women	Microfilm C24
The Nineteenth Century Collection  (use its online index)	Microfiche C23
Sabin's Dictionary of Books - America	Microfiche C14

 

Selected Films (Multimedia Center, Lower Level 2)

Beowulf and Old English Literature (1984)	V448
Lancelot du lac (1995)	V7522
The Legend of Arthur (1988)	V10296
Le Morte d'Arthur: the legend of the king (1994)	V10511
Transformations of Myth Through Time: The Soul of the Ancients (Vol. 1, 1989; The World of Joseph Campbell)	V3425-V3427 (3 videotapes)
Transformations of Myth Through Time: The Western Way (Vol. 3, 1989; The World of Joseph Campbell)	V3431-V3432 (2 videotapes)

 

Selected Reference Books

Ancient Greek Authors (DLB)	REF PS 129 .D5 Vol. 176
Arabic Literary Culture, 500-925 (DLB)	REF PS 129 .D5 Vol. 311
Arthurian Name Dictionary	REF DA 152.5 .A7 B78 1999
Atlas of Holy Places & Sacred Sites	REF BL 580 .W55 1996
Atlas of the Classical World	REF DE 29 .H63 Oversized
Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England	REF DA 152 .B58 1999
Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England	REF DA 152 .B58 1999
Cassell's Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol & Spirit	REF BL 795 .H6 C65 1997
Clowns & Tricksters	REF GR 524 .C48 1998
Concordance to Beowulf	REF PR 1585 A2 B4
Dictionary of Literary Symbols	REF PN 56 .S9 F47 1999
Dictionary of Pagan Religions	REF BL 31 W4
Dictionary of Symbolism	REF AZ 108 .B5313 1992
Encyclopedia of Arthurian Legends	REF DA 152.5 .A7 C64 1991
Encyclopedia of Creation Myths	REF BL 325 .C7 L44 1994
Encyclopedia of Islam	REF DS 37 E523
Encyclopedia of Religion (M. Eliade)	REF BL 31 .E46 1987
Genealogical Chart of Greek Mythology	REF BL 785 .N44 2003
Illustrated Book of Signs & Symbols	REF CB 475 .B78 1996
Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan	REF DS 805 .K633 1983
Legend & Lore of the Americas before 1492	REF E 61 .A72 1993
Legends of the Earth, Sea and Sky	REF BL 435 .A53 1998
Medieval Folklore	REF GR 35 .M43 2000
Medieval Japanese Writers (DLB)	REF PS 129 .D5 Vol. 203
Multicultural Dictionary of Literary Terms	REF PN 41 .C28 1999
Mythology of All Races	REF BL 25 M8 1964 (13 vols.)
New Century Classical Handbook	REF DE 5 N4
New Encyclopedia of Islam	REF BP 40 .G42 2001
Old and Middle English Literature (DLB)	REF PS 129 .D5 Vol. 146
Oxford Classical Dictionary	REF DE 5 .O9 1996
Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt	REF DT 58 .O94 2001
Who's Who in Classical Mythology	REF BL 715 .R66 1997
Who's Who in Non-Classical Mythology	REF BL 303 .S9 1993

 

Selected Children's Books, Juvenile Alcove, Main floor)

Encyclopedia of Folk Heroes	juv GR 35 .S4 2001
Japanese Fairy Tales	juv PZ 8 O99 Jap
The Jatakas Tales of India	juv PZ 8.2 J318
The Lilac Fairy Book (Ireland, Wales)	j PZ 8 L15 Li4
Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends	juv PZ 8.1 .F89 O1 2002
Olive Fairy Book (India)	j PZ 8 L15 Ol5

 

Call Number Ranges for Browsing (lower levels 1 and 3)

Beowulf	PR 1580 - PR 1585; Z 2012
Bible as Literature; folklore in the Bible	BS 535 - BS 625
Celtic Culture & Mythology (Ireland, Scotland, Wales)	D 70; GR 147; PR 182
Chinese Mythology	BL 1801 - BL 1825; GR 335
Classical Mythology (Greece and Rome)	BL 720 - BL 725
Gilgamesh	PJ 3771
Goddesses; Women in Myth	BL 325
Hindu & Indian Mythology	BL 1105 - BL 2003
Japanese Mythology	BL 2202; DS 855; GR 335- GR 830
King Arthur and the Grail, etc.	BF 1999; DA 152.5; DA 690; PN 685- PN 686; PR 328 - PR 468; PR 1119;  PS 3552; Z 8045
Middle Eastern Mythology	BL 311 -BL 2455
Polynesian Mythology	BL 2600 - BL 2620; GN 670; GR 375 - GR 380
Russian, Slavic & Hungarian Mythology	BL 930- BL 940; GR 136' GR 158
Tricksters	GR 524; LB 1042; PL 2327; PN 56.5