Articles and databases
Many of the databases useful for researching mythology and folklore generally are also good places to look for articles about symbols and iconography.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR allows you to search across approximately 2,000 journal titles from more than 50 disciplines. It contains complete backfiles of scholarly journals starting with the first issues, many of which date back from the 1800s. Although the majority of titles do not have the most recent 3 to 5 years available in full text, there are some which have the current issues available.
Note: Additional content has been permanently added to JSTOR, including archived journal collections and primary resources. Searches performed using the databases page link will include results from the additional sources, as will the link above. - Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Full text database of journals in disciplines such as art, literature, history, political science, and economics. Some full text will come from the JSTOR database, in PDF format.
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Good database for most research topics and contains lots of full text, peer reviewed articles. More than 18,000 of the journal titles indexed are peer reviewed and almost all of the full text is. Provides searchable cited references for more than 1,000 journal titles so you can easily see what sources a given article cites.
Encyclopedias and other reference resources
The Penguin Dictionary of Symbols by Call Number: General Collection GR931 .C4413 1996Publication Date: 1997-03-01
Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography by Call Number: General Collection N7560 .E53 1998Publication Date: 1998-04-01
The Continuum Encyclopedia of Animal Symbolism in Art by Call Number: General Collection GR705 .W47 2004Publication Date: 2003-11-13
The Illustrated Dictionary of Symbols in Eastern and Western Art by Call Number: General Collection N7740 .H35 1994Publication Date: 1995-02-14
Books about symbols, signs, and iconography
Find more books about symbols and iconography in OneSearch using search terms like "signs and symbols," "symbolism," or "iconography."
Messages, Meaning, and Symbols by Call Number: General Collection, P91 .M3764 2006Publication Date: 2006-03-03
Symbols and Meaning by Call Number: General Collection, GN452.5 .W66 2005Publication Date: 2005-04-07
