Research Guides: Anthropology: Folklore

Folktales

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MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Indexes critical literary and language scholarship and provides access to journals and serials, books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies.
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Provides citations and abstracts for journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, association papers and reviews in sociology, social science, and policy science.

Folklore
Folklore began with volume 1 in 1889, and continued our earlier journals Folk-Lore Record and Folk-Lore Journal.
Journal of American Folklore
The Journal of American Folklore, the quarterly journal of the American Folklore Society since the Society's founding in 1888, publishes scholarly articles, notes, and commentaries directed to a wide professional audience.
Journal of Folklore Research
The Journal of Folklore Research, provides an international forum for current theory and research among scholars of traditional cultures.

American Folklife Center
Online access to some of the holdings of the American Folklife Center, America's first national archive of traditional life, and one of the oldest and largest of such repositories in the world.
Folkstreams
Streaming documentary films on American Roots cultures. Topics include music, ethnic and immigrant cultures, festivals, foodways, arts and crafts, customs, dance, and more. Some films have accompanying essays, and there is a portal for educators.
Encyclopedia Mythica
The award-winning internet encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and religion. Here you will find everything from A-gskw to Zveda Vechanyaya, with plenty in between.
Internet Sacred Texts Archives
Online books about religion, mythology, folklore and the esoteric. The site is dedicated to religious tolerance and scholarship.