Getting Started
This guide is intended for students who are enrolled in Literature 105, or for those interested in researching mythology in literature.
Reference works are an excellent way of getting background information on your topic. They're usually trustworthy because they've been written and reviewed by subject experts.
Databases -- Reference
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Gale Literature This link opens in a new windowFind literary criticism, author biographies, overviews of texts, and more. This database searches Gale resources, with a new interface:Literature Criticism Online, Something About the Author Online, and Gale Virtual Reference Library.
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Gale Ebooks This link opens in a new window
Search and display the full-text of reference books.
Subjects: Many subjects, including History, Education, Film, Health, Science, Social Science
Info type: encyclopedia and reference book entries.
List of sources.
eBooks -- Reference
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The Cambridge Companion to Greek MythologyClick title, then scroll down to see links to individual chapters.
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Storytelling: an Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore
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Call Number: online book; click title to viewPublication Date: 2015Brings past and present cultures of the world to life through their stories, oral traditions, and performance styles. Combines folklore and mythology, traditional arts, history, and literature. -
Motif-Index of Folk-Literature: a Classification of Narrative Elements in Folktales, Ballads, Myths, Fables, Mediaeval Romances, Exempla, Fabliaux, Jest-books, and Local Legends
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Call Number: Online and print editions availablePublication Date: 1960"...the indispensable tool of all folk narrative scholars."
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Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals and Beliefs
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Call Number: online book; click title to viewPublication Date: 2002Puts Scandinavian mythology in place in history and explains each mythological term in detail.
Websites -- Reference
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Theoi ProjectProvides a "free reference guide to the gods (theoi), spirits (daimones), fabulous creatures (theres) and heroes of ancient Greek mythology and religion."
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Greek & Roman MythologyClick on the colored tiles for information about Homer, Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, Greek Tragedy and Remythologizing. (Courtesy of Dr. Peter T. Struck)
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Encyclopedia MythicaM.F. Lindemans' online encyclopedia of mythology, folklore and religion.
Print Books -- Reference
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World Mythology
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Call Number: BL311 .W66 1993, Reference Collection - 2nd Floor WestPublication Date: 1993 -
The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology
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Call Number: BL783 .H37 2008, 3rd FloorPublication Date: 2008
Get Research Help
Humanities Librarian
Robert Stevens
Contact:
103-A Halle Library
734.487.2513
rsteven5@emich.edu
Use the Schedule Appointment link (above), email or call for assistance with library research.
734.487.2513
rsteven5@emich.edu
Use the Schedule Appointment link (above), email or call for assistance with library research.