LibGuides: Urban Legends: Articles

Recommended Multi-Subject Databases

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Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
(EBSCO) - Includes both scholarly and popular sources, updated daily.
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America: History & Life with Full Text This link opens in a new window
(EBSCO) - Includes articles from scholarly journals covering American and Canadian history. Try searches using general terms (e.g. “urban folklore”) and terms relevant to specific legends (e.g. "vanishing hitchhiker").
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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A database that covers history, classics, literature and other subjects. Includes a number of current and older folklore journals.
PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
(ProQuest) - Includes articles from scholarly journals covering psychology, social behavior, and health sciences. Try searches using general terms (e.g. “urban folklore”) and terms relevant to specific legends (e.g. "vanishing hitchhiker").
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
(ProQuest) - Identifies articles, conference papers, books, and dissertations in sociology and related fields.

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