Databases for Finding Articles and Books
ZSR Homepage Search & Primo
A good place to start for many topics.
- MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new windowCovers journal articles in the fields of literature and folklore comprehensively. Also includes references to individual book chapters, which is an important way of publishing in this field. You might want to limit your search to English.
- Gale Literature This link opens in a new windowHas some literature criticism, but its best feature is the overviews of works.
- Film and Television Literature Index This link opens in a new windowIf your topic is film adaptations.
Search Tips
Watch out for variant spellings of names of works, characters, etc.
In MLA and other databases, frequently English-language articles use the original language name for a work. Example: Nibelungenlied in addition to The Song of the Nibelungs.
Use a * to cut off a word at its stem, e.g. Rumpelstil* will retrieve Rumpelstilzchen or Rumpelstiltskin
Type the word AND (or use the second row) if you want to enter more than one word that is not an exact phrase.
If you can't use a star to search for spelling variants, use OR
(brier OR briar) AND rose
A truly comprehensive search for this family of works would be
(brier OR briar) AND rose
OR
Dornröschen OR "Belle au bois dormant" OR "sleeping beauty"
Search operators AND OR NOT must be ALL CAPS to work in the Homepage/Primo search.
Books in the Main Stacks
In the Main Stacks, books relevant to this course cluster in several different areas.
- Fairy Tales as Folklore are shelved in GR550-560 (Reynolds 7)
- Fairy tales as a general fiction genre are covered in PN3437 (Reynolds 5)
- Specific fairy tales (or other works inspired by them) are shelved throughout P, depending on the nationality and era of the author. (Reynolds 2-5)
