Databases
The following databases contain a wealth of information on folk and fairy tales in addition to literary figures and their works:
Dissertation
Abstracts Online
Contains abstracts of dissertations on a wide range of academic subjects,
including literature. 1861-present.
Encyclopaedia
Britannica
Full text of the Encyclopaedia Britannica
Essay
and General Literature Index
An index to essays that appear in collections focusing on the social sciences
and the humanities.
Expanded
Academic Index (ASAP)
Periodicals covering all academic concentrations.
Gale's
Literature Resource Center
Full-text author biographies, critical essays, and more drawn from several
Gale resources, including Contemporary Authors, the Dictionary of Literary
Biography and the Literary Criticism sets.
GenderWatch
This is a full-text collection of international journals, magazines, newsletters,
regional publications, special reports and conference proceedings devoted
to women's and gender issues. Information on women authors and their books
can be found here.
Granger's
World of Poetry Online
Contains poetry citations, poems in full text, scholarly commentary on poems
and poets, biographical and bibliographical information and a glossary of
poetic terms.
JSTOR
Full-text access to back issues of scholarly journals in all fields.
LION
(Literature Online)
LION is a fully searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and
American poetry, drama and prose, 136 full-text literature journals, and other
key criticism and reference resources.
MLA
International Bibliography
This is the primary database for literary research and indexes scholarly articles
in literary journals, books and dissertations. Covers literature, language,
linguistics and folklore. Check CONSULS to see if we own the publication cited.
Project
Muse
Contains full text of scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences
and mathematics.
PsycArticles
Provides full text articles on current issues in psychology from respected
sources, spanning from 1987 to the present. PsycARTICLES includes more than
35,000 full-text articles from 49 journals published by American Psychological
Association and allied organizations.
PsycInfo
Index and abstracting for literature in psychology and related fields.
Wilson
Select Plus
Indexes/abstracts articles in the humanities, including philosophy, folklore,
linguistics, archeology, film, religion, and literature. Includes film and
book reviews.
Internet Resources
Aaron's
Folktales
Contains Folk Tales, Fairy Tales, Tall Tales, Trickster Tales, Animal Tales,
Myths, and Legends From Africa, Asia, Middle East Scandinavia, North America,
and South America
American
Fairy Tales
This site contains 12 fairy tales authored by Frank L. Baum.
Armenian
Fairy Tales
Contains sixteen stories; some are have charming illustrations.
Celtic
Fairy Tales
This is an exhaustive site of Celtic legends, myths, and fairy tales. "Celtic
Fairy Tales" and "More Celtic Fairy Tales" by Joseph Jacobs can be found here.
Cinderella
Project
The Cinderella Project form the University of Mississippi offers a dozen versions
of the famous fairy tale.
Fairy Tales: A Guide to Resources on the Web
Folk and Fairy Tale Web Site Links
Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts
Google Directory - Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy Tales and Stories
Little Red Riding Hood Project
Marvels and Tales - Journal of Fairy Tale Studies
Sources for the Analysis and Interpretation of Fairy Tales
Stories, Folklore, and Fairy Tales Theme Page
The SurLaLune Fairy Tale Pages
Tales of Wonder - Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World
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