MVCC Libraries: Fairy Tales/Myths and Legends: Books & Media

Books

If you cannot find what you are looking for in the MV Catalog, you can search other libraries using the links below:

(Please see the Librarian for instructions on how to order books from these other sites. You will need to use Interlibrary Loan.)

WorldCat This link opens in a new window
WorldCat is a union catalog that itemizes the collections of 72,000 libraries in 170 countries and territories which participate in the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) global cooperative. It is built and maintained collectively by the participating libraries.

Interlibrary Loan
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If you would like to browse our stacks below is a list of call numbers to search by:

PZ 7 - General children’s fiction	PZ 8 - Fairy tale
PZ 8.1 - Folktales, legends, myths	PZ 8.2 - Fables
PZ 8.3 - Poems for children, stories in rhyme	PZ 10 - Non-fiction

Blue Fairy Book
By Andrew Lang, published in 1891.
Fairy Tales on Project Gutenberg
Has links to multiple ebooks containing fairy tales.

Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales
This is an eBook from the CREDO Reference database. Use the search box to search for the fairy tale or author within the title.
Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales
eBook within Gale eBooks database

CREDO Reference This link opens in a new window Provides full-text online versions of hundreds of top quality reference books in all major subjects from art to medicine, psychology to history, and technology to literature. Includes bilingual and biographical dictionaries.
Gale Virtual Reference Library (now Gale eBooks) This link opens in a new window GVRL (now called Gale eBooks) is a collection of reference books that are searchable together or title by title. Subjects covered include, but are not limited to history, philosophy, religion, science, business, information & publishing, literature, law, medicine, education, technology, careers, and biography. For a list of titles currently available, click on Title List at top right of screen.
EBSCO eBooks Academic Collection This link opens in a new window Extensive collection of eBook titles. Hundreds of thousands of titles available across all major subject areas. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO USE GOOGLE CHROME AS YOUR BROWSER.

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These resources will allow you to search or view videos on Fables/Fairy Tales/Myths and Legends

Films on Demand This link opens in a new window Films On Demand is our Web-based digital video delivery service that allows you to view streaming videos from Films Media Group. Choose from thousands of high-quality educational titles in dozens of subject areas.
Kanopy This link opens in a new window One of the largest academic streaming video collections in the market, containing tens of thousands of educational titles, and also U.S. and international feature films. Kanopy partners with over 800 producers. New titles are added continuously. Subjects cover all academic disciplines and include technical training videos. Video links may be embedded into instructional courseware systems like Blackboard. Some titles include transcripts and closed captioning.