Nazarbayev University LibGuides: Mythology and Folklore: Databases and Open Educational Resources

Databases

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for over one hundred journals, and searchable references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.
Coverage List:
https://www.ebscohost.com/titleLists/aph-journals.htm
AfricanFossils.org This link opens in a new window
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A digital collection of fossils and artifacts from our animal and human ancestors, as well as ancient stone tools. Artifacts from East Africa. Download models for 3-D printing and join the forum.
AnthroSource This link opens in a new window
AnthroSource is an online portal connecting more than 30 journals published by the American Anthropological Association. NU Library subscription offers access that covers the 2011-2015 issues.
JSTOR Archives Collection This link opens in a new window
Established in 1997, JSTOR is the largest provider of archived academic information. JSTOR provides both breadth of coverage spanning across 50 disciplines but what is even more important and rare, it tries to have complete runs of journals preserving journal pages exactly the way they looked when they were published. Overall, we are subscribed to 10 collections that include 1,358 titles and over 35,330,000 of scanned pages in PDF format. All journals archived by JSTOR were published at different times but the first content starts from 1665.
We have access to the following collections: Jstor Archive Collection Arts&Sciences Life sciences (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX)
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Project MUSE is a leading provider of digital humanities and social sciences content; since 1995, its electronic journal collections have supported a wide array of research needs at academic, public, special, and school libraries worldwide. MUSE books and journals, from leading university presses and scholarly societies, are fully integrated for search and discovery.
Proquest Ebook Central - Academic Complete This link opens in a new window
This is a multidisciplinary database with full-text books. You can't download books, but you can read and copy selected passages into Word document. If you create an account, you can also create your personalized bookshelf in order to organize books that you read frequently, highlight, and create notes.
Taylor & Francis Journals This link opens in a new window
Taylor and Francis Group’s journals encompass over 1,800 titles and as one of the world’s leading publishers of scholarly journals our content spans all areas of Humanities, Social Sciences, Science and Technology.
Taylor & Francis ebooks This link opens in a new window
The vast collection of eBooks in science, technology, engineering, medicine, humanities and social science, which are led by a global network of editors and authors.

Open Educational Resources

Bulfinch's The Age of Mythology by Bartleby.Com
Provides free access to Bulfinch Mythology.
Dictionary of Symbolism
This symbolism dictionary endeavors to provide some possible cultural significances of various symbols, and suggest ways in which those symbols may have been used in context. Most symbols are not code signals, like traffic lights, where red means stop and green means go, but part of a complex language in which green can mean jealousy or fertility or even both, depending on context. It is up to each of us to explore works of art sensitively, and decide for ourselves how the symbols in each work function. This website is offered as an aid in that enriching activity.
Encyclopedia Mythica
Encyclopedia Mythica is an internet encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and religion.
Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts
A guide to some myths and folklore by University of Pittsburgh.
Godchecker
A simple guide to some of the gods and goddesses around the world.
Symbols.com Online Encyclopedia
ymbols.com is a unique online encyclopedia that contains everything about symbols, signs, flags and glyphs arranged by categories such as culture, country, religion, and more.
Theoi Greek Mythology Project
"A site exploring Greek mythology and the gods in classical literature and art. The aim of the project is to provide a comprehensive, free reference guide to the gods (theoi), spirits (daimones), fabulous creatures (theres) and heroes of ancient Greek mythology and religion."
World Myths and Legends in Art
Useful guide on mythology and folklore from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

Professional Organizations

American Folklore Society
The American Folklore Society (AFS) serves the field of folklore studies, comprised of people and institutions that study and communicate knowledge about folklore throughout the world.
The Folklore Society
"The Folklore Society (FLS) is a learned society, based in London, devoted to the study of all aspects of folklore and tradition, including: ballads, folktales, fairy tales, myths, legends, traditional song and dance, folk plays, games, seasonal events, calendar customs, childlore and children's folklore, folk arts and crafts, popular belief, folk religion, material culture, vernacular language, sayings, proverbs and nursery rhymes, folk medicine, plantlore and weather lore."