Urban legends are modern tall tales circulated by word of mouth and the Internet that some accept as truth, despite the conspicuous lack of specific details. Use the following sources to learn more about urban legends and the issues surrounding them.
An electronic version of the popular resource by folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand. Includes synopses of hundreds of urban legends with discussion of the legends' histories.
A collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, statistical sources, biographical tools, thesauri, books of quotations, image collections, etc., that may be searched collectively or individually.