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Researching Fairy Tales

April  2003

 Fairy Tales | Books about Fairy Tales  | Books in the General Collection

Reference Books || Articles about Fairy Tales | Book Reviews

 

LOCATING FAIRY TALES

Library Catalog (Library Catalog)
SUBJECT search:  Fairy tales (may subdivide by country or be a translation)
AUTHOR search:  Andersen, H. C.; Grimm, Jacob; Grimm, Wilhelm

Children's Literature:  An Annotated Guide
Selected books in CSUS Library's Juvenile collection are categorized by country of origin; many entries are fairy tales and folklore.  To access this page:  Homepage / Research Resources / Subject Guides

 

LOCATING BOOKS  ABOUT FAIRY TALES

Books in the General Collection

Aarne, A., and Thompson, S.  The types of the folktale:  A classification and bibliography.  Z5983 .F17 A2 1961 (Checked out and recalled)
Arbuthnot, M. H., and Sutherland, Z.  Children and books.  PN 1009 A1 A7 1972.
Bettelheim, B.  The uses of enchantment:  The meaning and importance of fairy tales. GR 550 .B47 1976.
Georgiou, C.  Children and their literature.  PN 1009 A1 G4.
Heuscher, J. E.  A psychiatric study of fairy tales:  Their origin, meaning and usefulness.  GR 550 H4.
Propp, V.  Morphology of the folktale.  GR 550 P7613 1968.
Zipes, J.  Breaking the magic spell:  Radical theories of folk and fairy tales.  GR 74 .Z56 1979.

Library Catalog:  search by these Subject Headings:
Fairy tales - History and criticism
Literature, Comparative - Themes, motives
Children's literature
Children's stories - Psychological aspects
Folklore and children
Psychoanalysis and folklore
Mythology - Psychological aspects
Obedience
Conformity

Major Call Numbers:  GR 550; PN 1009

Reference Books

Abstracts of folklore studies.  Ref GR 1 .A52
Folklore.  Ref GR 35 .F63 1997.
Funk and Wagnall's standard dictionary of folklore, mythology, and legend.  Ref GR 35 .F82.
Dictionary of mythology, folklore, and symbols.  Ref GR 35 .J6
Larousse dictionary of world folklore.  Ref GR 35 .J664 1995
Motif index of folk literature.  Ref GR 67 .T52
Storytelling encyclopedia.  Ref GR 72 .S76 1997
A guide to folktales in the English language.  Ref GR 74. 6 .A8x 1987
American folklore:  An encyclopedia.  Ref GR 101 .A54 1996
Dictionary of American folklore.  Ref GR 105 T3
Dictionary of Chicano folklore.  Ref GR 111 .M49 C37 2000
Index to fairy tales 1987-1992.  Ref GR 550 .I73 1994

LOCATING ARTICLES ABOUT FAIRY TALES

CSUS Library Homepage/Databases    

Expanded Academic ASAP.  Multidisciplinary database which indexes 3000+ periodicals.  Includes some full-text articles.
Project Muse.  Full-text of 40+ journals in the fields of literature, philosophy, history.
MLA International Bibliography.  Database for literature.
ERIC.  Database for education.
PsycINFO.  Database for psychology.

Journals in book stacks
Children's Literature:  Annual of the Modern Language Association.  Vol. 1 - Vol. 26.  PN 1009 .A1 C514.    (Indexed in MLA database)
The Lion and the Unicorn.  Vol. 5 - Vol. 23.  PN 1009 .A1 L54.  (Fulltext in Project Muse database and indexed in MLA).

BOOK REVIEWS

To find reviews of Bettelheim's The Uses of Enchantment:

Database:  Expanded Academic ASAP

Print:  (Use volumes for years 1976 and 1977; then go to "Periodicals" area to find periodical  on shelf)
Book Review Digest.  Ref AI 3 . B66x
Book Review Index.  Ref AI 3 .B664x
Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature.  Ref AI 3 .R4


Prepared by Ginny Orenstein, Reference Librarian
March, 2001; revised April 2003


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