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Finding Resources on Myths Printable PDF version

Library Home page: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/library/

Search Strategy Handout: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/Eng1A/strategy.html

Subject Headings

Sometimes instead of searching by keywords, you may have better luck finding materials by consulting the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). This is important because you can sometimes get better search results. For example, articles, books, and web sites on “Myths” will usually be indexed under "Mythology." To browse such headings, they are in the four thick red volumes on the left side of the reference desk. The list below is a sample and is NOT complete.

Mythology
Legends
Religions
Animals, Mythical
Folklore
Gods
Goddesses
Dryads
Myth

Mythology, African
Mythology, Anglo-Saxon
Mythology, Arab
Mythology, Asian
Aztec Mythology
Mythology, Balinese
Mythology, Baltic
Mythology, Buddhist
Mythology, Celtic
Mythology, Chinese

Mythology, Classical
Mythology, Egyptian
Mythology, English
Eskimo Mythology
Mythology, European
Mythology, Germanic
Mythology, Greek
Mythology, Hindu
Hopi Mythology
Inca Mythology

Indian Mythology
Mythology, Indonesian
Inuit Mythology
Mythology, Iranian
Iroquois Mythology
Mythology, Japanese
Mythology, Jewish
Mythology, Korean
Maya Mythology
Mythology, Middle Eastern

Navajo Mythology
Mythology, Norse
Pawnee Mythology
Mythology, Roman
Mythology, Slavic
Mythology, Sumerian
Mythology, Tibetan
Mythology, Turkish
Mythology, Welsh
Mythology, Zulu

Sometimes, Names of Actual Mythical Figures or Deities will suffice. Below are a FEW examples. Notice sometimes you need to state “Deity” or “Mythology” to be more specific that you are searching for the mythical figure. When searching try combining terms that will work (Example: Isis AND deity or Isis AND mythology):

Rainbow Serpent Isis (Egyptian Deity) Pandora (Greek Mythology) Innana (Sumerian Deity)

Library Catalog:

Search the Library Catalog for your particular myth. You will locate your book by its call number

Subscription Databases: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/dblist.html. —To find articles related to your topic that originally appeared in magazines, journals, and newspapers. Originally published in print form.

EbscoHost Academic Search Elite A multi-subject database, covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, and much more! Tutorial available at: http://tinyurl.com/58ysq	Project MUSE Scholarly journal articles in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Literature Resource Center Click on Title or Keyword Search, then click on the folder tab that states “Literary Criticism, Articles, and Work Overviews.” Click on “Literary Criticism,” “Articles,” or “Work Overviews” to find articles relevant to your particular myth.	ProQuest Diversity Databases Click on “Search All Three,” and then find articles related to your particular myth.

Reference (Books and Web sites)

Man, Myth, and Magic	Reference: BF1407 .M34 1995
Mythology of All Races	Reference: BL25 .M8
Encyclopedia of Religion	Reference: BL31 .E46 2005
Who’s Who in Egyptian Mythology	Reference: BL2428 .M47 1978
Other Mythology Books	Reference: BL
Dictionary of Mythology, Folklore, and Symbols	Reference: GR35 .J6
Funk and Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend	Reference: GR35 .F8
Folklore: An Encyclopedia of beliefs, customs, tales, music, and art	Reference: GR35 .F63 1997
Dictionary of American Folklore	Reference: GR105 .T3
Public WWW Sites Selected by Librarians	http://tinyurl.com/35nps8
Encyclopedia Mythica	http://www.pantheon.org/mythica.html
Classical Myth: The Ancient Sources	http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/
INFOMINE: Social Sciences and Humanities	http://tinyurl.com/4se5j
Digital Librarian: Mythology	http://www.digital-librarian.com/mythology.html
Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts	http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html
Academic Info: Mythology Resources	http://tinyurl.com/5msmp
Ancient World Web	http://www.julen.net/ancient/
Bubl-Link: Mythology	http://www.bubl.ac.uk/link/m/mythology.htm
Public WWW Sites Selected by Librarians	http://tinyurl.com/35nps8

World Wide Web: Academic Searching
http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/onlineref/websearch.html
(Left side of the page)

tart your web search at these search tools, first:

Public WWW Sites Selected by Librarians http://tinyurl.com/35nps8
Chabot College Library has found reliable web sites that you can search at once with our custom Google search engine.

Resources by Subject http://tinyurl.com/7w2tb
Select a discipline and then select one of the search tools listed under “Public World Wide Web”

INFOMINE http://infomine.ucr.edu/
When searching, keep in mind that sites listed with a dollar sign after it ($) are premium subscriptions, Chabot College is NOT subscribed to, but all other sites are available for you to use.

World Wide Web: General Searching http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/Eng1A/Transue.html#search

If you must search the World Wide Web at large, search only by these methods—find sites by .pdf (making sure it’s a research article), or find sites ending with the domains, .gov (government websites), .org (non-profit organizational websites), and .edu (educational). You will STILL need to EVALUATE the sites you find. Educational sites like http://www.berkeley.edu/~pbailey/workingpoor.html that have a tilde (~) followed by a username such as ~pbailey are usually student home pages are not suitable for research.

When searching these sites, use the Web Evaluation Checklist: http://tinyurl.com/l6a52

Google (limited to PDF files)
http://tinyurl.com/5f294

SearchEDU

http://www.searchedu.com

Google (limiting to .org)

http://tinyurl.com/6yrp9

SearchGov

http://www.searchgov.com/

Map of Library: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/librarymap.html

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Subject Headings

EbscoHost Academic Search Elite A multi-subject database, covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, and much more! Tutorial available at: http://tinyurl.com/58ysq

ProQuest Diversity Databases Click on “Search All Three,” and then find articles related to your particular myth.

Reference (Books and Web sites)

Man, Myth, and Magic

Reference: BF1407 .M34 1995

Mythology of All Races

INFOMINE: Social Sciences and Humanities

Bubl-Link: Mythology

World Wide Web: Academic Searching http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/onlineref/websearch.html (Left side of the page)

Public WWW Sites Selected by Librarians http://tinyurl.com/35nps8 Chabot College Library has found reliable web sites that you can search at once with our custom Google search engine.

Resources by Subject http://tinyurl.com/7w2tb Select a discipline and then select one of the search tools listed under “Public World Wide Web”

INFOMINE http://infomine.ucr.edu/ When searching, keep in mind that sites listed with a dollar sign after it ($) are premium subscriptions, Chabot College is NOT subscribed to, but all other sites are available for you to use.

World Wide Web: General Searching http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/Eng1A/Transue.html#search

EbscoHost Academic Search Elite
A multi-subject database, covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, and much more! Tutorial available at: http://tinyurl.com/58ysq

ProQuest Diversity Databases
Click on “Search All Three,” and then find articles related to your particular myth.

World Wide Web: Academic Searching
http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/onlineref/websearch.html
(Left side of the page)

Public WWW Sites Selected by Librarians http://tinyurl.com/35nps8
Chabot College Library has found reliable web sites that you can search at once with our custom Google search engine.

Resources by Subject http://tinyurl.com/7w2tb
Select a discipline and then select one of the search tools listed under “Public World Wide Web”

INFOMINE http://infomine.ucr.edu/
When searching, keep in mind that sites listed with a dollar sign after it ($) are premium subscriptions, Chabot College is NOT subscribed to, but all other sites are available for you to use.