Research Guides: Literary Genres: Theme: Folk &amp; Fairy Tales

Background & Reference Information

Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales
Gives a broad, multicultural survey of folk and fairy tales from around the world.
The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales
Covers all aspects of the Western fairy tale tradition, from medieval to modern.

Cambridge Companions Complete Collection This link opens in a new window
Includes the Cambridge Companion to Fairy Tales.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Full-text of articles for the full-runs of many seminal journals. See all JSTOR's Folklore titles.
Library Catalog - Advanced This link opens in a new window
A subset of Library Search that finds only materials owned by SMU Libraries, such as books, journals, movies, etc.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Modern Language Association's index to literature
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text online access to all journals published by the Johns Hopkins University Press.
ProQuest One Literature This link opens in a new window
Literary criticism, authors' biographies, reference resources with citations
WorldCat This link opens in a new window
Find books, journals, and archival collections from libraries around the world. Request items through interlibrary loan. Great for English majors because many records include a book's table of contents.

Shows all the records in the library catalog with this subject heading.