Encyclopedia of Folklore and Literature

1
Encyclopedia of Folklore and Literature

• Mary McMahon
• Winter 2005
• Library 150
• Week 9

2
Bibliographic Information

• Call Number R803 ENC
• Bibliographic Citation
• Editors Mary Ellen Brown Bruce A. Rosenberg
• Encyclopedia of folklore and literature /
  editors, Mary Ellen Brown, Bruce A. Rosenberg
  editorial assistants, Peter Harle, Kathy
  Sitarski. Santa Barbara, Calif. ABC-CLIO,
  c1998. xli, 766 p. ill. 27 cm.

3
About the Book

• Arrangement This book is arranged by alphabet.
• ScopeThis book covers authors, stories and
  themes of folklore.
• Currency Latest edition published in 1998.

4
Purpose

• Intended Purpose The book is intended as a
  starting point for students of literature.
• Additional Purposes This book would be an
  excellent tool for English teachers, avid
  readers, and historians.

5
Format

• The book comes in an hard back book. The book can
  be bought from amazon.com for 99. There is no
  CD-ROM version available. The book is available
  as an ebook on the world wide web at
  http//www.abc-clio.com/ for a fee, though they
  do offer a free trial.

6
Credentials and Reviews

• Author
• Mary Ellen Brown Ph.D., is a professor of
  folklore at Indiana Universitys Folklore
  Institute.
• Bruce A. Rosenberg, Ph.D., is a professor of
  American studies and English at Brown University.

7
Example typifying reference uses

• Who is Katharine Briggs and what was her
  specialty?
• Katharine Briggs was a writer whose specialty was
  fairy lore. She was author of many books on
  fairy lore, witchcraft and folklore.

8
Web Search

• Google searched for folklore and got back over a
  5.2 million results.
• Did an advanced search with folklore themes got
  back over 877 results.
• Did an advanced search with folklore authors and
  only got back 87.