CONSORT is the library catalog for four of the five Ohio Five Libraries, including Denison, College of Wooster, Kenyon, and Ohio Wesleyan. You can use it to find:
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In addition to the browsing call number ranges below, it can be useful to search by subject terms. Folklore and related terms are Free Floating subject headings. This means that you won't necessarily find Folklore as its own subject term, but you will find it in combination with other subject terms for geographic regions, ethnic, national, or occupational groups, or social life and customs. Try a CONSORT Search for Subject Heading with Folklore.
Another option is to browse the STACKS for books. You can do that by checking the library floor guide to see where you will find items for your subject. The library is organized by the Library of Congress Classification system and an outline of all the subjects can be found here. For example, if you were interested in Classics, you might browse the following subject areas:
GR 1-950 | Folklore |
3rd Floor |
GR 72-79 | Folk literature General Including folktales, legends | |
GR 81 | Folk beliefs, superstitions, etc. General | |
GR 99.6-390 | By region or country | |
GR 420-950 | By subject | |
GR 420-426 | Costume, jewelry | |
GR 430-488 | Folklore relating to private life Including dreams, love, children, nursery rhymes, etc. | |
GR 500-615 | Supernatural beings, demonology, fairies, ghosts, charms, etc. | |
GR 620-640 | Cosmic phenomena, weather lore | |
GR 650-690 | Geographical topics | |
GR 700-860 | Animals, plants, and minerals | |
GR 865-874 | Transportation, travel, commerce, etc. | |
GR 880 | Medicine. Folk medicine | |
GR 890-915 | Occupations | |
GR 931-935 | Signs and symbols | |
GR 940-941 | Mythical places | |
M 1627-1853 | Folk, national and ethnic music (Scores) |
President's Room |
M 1900-1985 | Songs of specific groups or on specific topics (Scores) | |
ML3544-3776 | Folk, national, and ethnic music | Music Reading Room, 3rd Floor |
MT950 | Music to accompany instruction in ballet, folk dancing, gymnastics, etc. | 3rd Floor |
PG 3100-3155 | Russian Folk literature Including texts |
2nd Floor |
PG 3100-3155 | General Folk literature Including texts | |
PN 980-995 | General Fables | |
PQ 781-841 | French Folk literature | |
PQ 4186-4199 | Italian Folk literature | |
PQ 6155-6167 | Spanish Folk literature | |
PQ 9121-9128 | Portuguese Folk literature | |
PR 951-981 | English Folk literature | |
PS 451-478 | American Folk literature | |
PT 881-951 | German Folk literature |
Level A |
PT 5351-5395 | Dutch Folk literature | |
PT 6200-6230 | Flemish Folk literature | |
PT 6540-6545 | Afrikaans Folk literature | |
PT 7088-7089 | Scandinavian Folk literature | |
PT 7420-7438 | Icelandic Folk literature | |
PT 7900-7930 | Danish Folk literature | |
PT 8600-8637 | Norwegian Folk literature | |
PT 9509-9542 | Swedish Folk literature |
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