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- American Folklife Center: Library of Congress
- One of the world's major collections and a mega Web site with links to a large
number of carefully selected links to reources for anthropology, ethnomusicology, folklore, and folklife.
Numerous collections and presentations also are provided online. Keywords: folklore, folklife, anthropology,
ethnomusicology
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- American Folklore Society
- The chief American folklore oraganization. Publishes the Journal of American Folklore. A link to About Folklore provides a good introduction
and a bibliography, with passages quoted, of major works on the subject. Keywords: folklore, folklife
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- Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage: Smithsonian Institution
- Established to promote the understanding
of contemporary grassroots cultures in the United States and
abroad. Among other things the Center produces the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Smithsonian Folkways
Recordings, and the Smithsonian Global Sound Web project. Keyworks: folklore, folklife, folk music
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- Folk Art: A Basic Guide to Research
- A Web guide provided for students in English 12 by the Sloane Art Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Covers electronic and print resources available for the study of folk and outsider art and discusses how to find
books and journal articles. A useful introduction for anyone beginning research. Keywords: folk art, outsider art
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- Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts
- Links to a huge selection of tales, myths, legends, and other information, in English
and translated to English from other languages.
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- Folklore Collections in the Libraries of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- An excellent overview and guide to the wealth of resources available on the UNC campus for research on
the many facets of folklore. Keywords: folklore, folklife
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- Folklore Society
- The prime association for Great Britain, based at the Warburg Institute in London. Provides links to a large
number of other organizations and useful Web sites. Keywords: folklore, folklife
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- Google Directory: Folk Medicine
- Links to a wide variety of U.S. and international Web sites with information on folk and traditional medicine, alternative treatments,
home remedies, medicinal uses of herbs, and other topics. Keywords: folk medicine, traditional medicine
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- MLA International Bibliography
- The standard source for searching for articles, books, and essays on languages and literature worldwide. Good for locating literary criticism on folklore and fairy tales and includes research in related fields. Check out our Quick Reference
pages for
Literature, History, Religion,
Art, and Music for links to article databases and other resources for those
subjects. Keywords: folklore, folklife, folk tales, fairy tales, literature
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- Société Internationale d'Ethnologie et de Folklore--International Society for Ethology and Folklore--SIEF
- SIEF is an international scholarly organization with the major purpose of facilitating cooperation among scholars working
within European Ethnology, Folklore Studies and adjoining fields. Links are provided to Websites for
academic disciplines, universities and other academic institutions, organizations, journal, publishers,
museums, and other areas of interest. Keywords: folklore, folklife, ethnology
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- Southern Folklife Collection: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- One of the nation's foremost archival resources for the study of American folk music and popular culture.
The collection is especially rich in materials documenting the emergence of
old-time, country-western, hillbilly, bluegrass, blues, gospel, Cajun and zydeco musics. Resources include
recordings, photographs, ephemera, periodicals, and manuscript materials. Keyords: folklore, folklife,
folk music, country music, bluegrass
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- TAPNET: Traditional Arts Programs Net
- From the National Endowment for the Arts, links to information on federal, state, and local programs,
projects, and funding opportunities. Keywords: folklore, folklife, folk art, folk music, funding, grants
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