Use the index in the last volume of multi-volume sets to save time and find more information.

Authors of Books for Young People.  Scarecrow Press, 1990.  
Main Level, Reference: R 809.89282 Au814

Dictionary of English Folklore [Oxford Reference Online]. Jacqueline Simpson and Steve Roud, Oxford U. Press, 2000.

A Dictionary of Symbols. Jean Chevalier and Alain Gheerbrant; translated from the French by John Buchanan-Brown. 
Main Level Reference: R 302.222 C427D

The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, St. Martin’s Press, 1997.
Main Level, Reference: R 809.38766 En19E  Excellent entry for "Fairytales." Also provides entries for Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and Beauty and the Beast (including Disney adaptations), as well as Puss-In-Boots, Cinderella, etc.

Encyclopedia of Folklore and Literature, Mary Ellen Brown & Bruce A. Rosenberg, editors, ABC-CLIO, c1998. 
Main Level Reference: R 803 En19E2

Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Tales, Music, and Art. Thomas A. Green, ed., ABC-CLIO, 1997.
Main Level Reference: R 398.03 F719F [2 vols]

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers. Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast, eds. 4th ed. St. James Press, 2001. 4 vols.

Medieval Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs.  Carl Lindahl, John McNamara, John Lindow, editors, ABC-CLIO, 2000.
Main Level Reference: R 398.03 M468M

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The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature [CREDO Reference], Continuum Pub., 2005.

A Dictionary of Superstitions  [Oxford Reference Online]  Iona Opie and Moira Tatem, editors. Oxford University Press, 1989.

Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender  [Gale Virtual Reference Library], Macmillan Reference USA, 2007. Includes entries for “Fairy Tales,” “Little Red Riding Hood," and “Big Bad Wolf.

Index to Fairy Tales.  Multiple volumes, with supplements. Main Level, Reference: R 016.398 Ea79I

Morphology of the Folktale,  2nd rev. ed.  V. Propp. University of Texas Press, 1975. Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 398.210947 P945M

Motif-Index of Folk-Literature; A Classification of Narrative Elements in Folktales, Ballads, Myths, Fables, Mediaeval Romances, Exempla, Fabliaux, Jest-Books, and Local Legends. by Stith Thompson. Revised and enlarged edition.Rosenkilde and Bagger Pub.[1955-58]. .Main Level Reference: R 398.012 T377M  (6 volumes).

The Storyteller’s Sourcebook: A Subject, Title, and Motif Index to Folklore Collections for Children.  1st ed.,  Margaret Read MacDonald. Neal-Schuman Pub., 1982.  Main Level Reference: R 016.3982 M145S

Biography Resource Center [Thomson Gale]  Includes reference works such as Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults, Newsmakers, Contemporary Authors Online, and Encyclopedia of World Biography.

Literature Resource Center [Thomson Gale]. Literature Resource Center is a comprehensive online source for literary criticism and other information about authors, their works, and literary topics. Includes biographical information from Contemporary Authors and Dictionary of Literary Biography series, as well as British Writers [Main Level Reference: R 820.9 B777B]. Also provides full-text content from the Scribner Writers Series, including Writers for Children.

Something About the Author. Gale Research. Main Level Reference: R 928.1 C737S Library has vol.1 (1971) to vol.182 (2008). Covers writers of children's and adolescent literature. Provides biographical information, as well as career information, bibliography, and "Sidelights" of the authors' works.

Folk and Fairy Tales: A Handbook.  D.L. Ashliman. Greenwood Press, 2004. Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 398.2 As35F  On RESERVE (at Main Level Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010semester.

Encyclopedia of European Social History from 1350 to 2000 (6 vols.) Peter N. Stearns, editor-in-chief. Scribner, 2001.  Main Level, Reference:  R 306.094 En19E

Contents: v. 1. Methods and theoretical approaches -- The periods of social history -- Regions, nations, and peoples -- Europe and the world -- v. 2. Processes of social change -- Population and geography -- Cities and urbanization -- Rural life -- State and society -- v. 3. Social structure -- Social protest -- Deviance, crime, and social control -- Social problems and social reform -- v. 4. Gender -- The family and age groups -- Sexuality -- Body and mind -- Work -- v. 5. Culture and popular culture -- Modern recreation and leisure -- Religion -- Education and literacy -- Everyday life -- v. 6. Biographies -- Contributors -- Index

Medieval France: An Encyclopedia. William W. Kibler & Grover Zinn, eds. Garland Pub., 1995. Main Level, Reference: R 944.003 M468M

Peasant and Community in Medieval England, 1200-1500. Phillipp R. Schofield. Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 307.720942 Sch63P

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. Modern Language Association, 2009.   
Main Level, Ready Reference Shelf (located behind Reference Desk) and
Reference: R 808.02 M72M [2 copies]

Humanities: Documenting Sources [Research and Documentation Online], Bedford/St. Martins, 2003.

Writing Center, Presbyterian College
Citation styles, writing guides, and scheduling an appointment with a tutor.

The Annotated Brothers Grimm. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm; edited with a preface and notes by Maria Tatar.  W.W. Norton, 2004. Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 398.20943 An 78A
On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010 semester.

The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales. Maria Tatar, editor.  Norton, 2002. Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 398.2 An78A  On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010 semester.

The Blue Fairy Book.  Andrew Lang. Grosset & Dunlap [n.d.]  Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 398.4 L25B     On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010 semester.

Celtic Fairy Tales. Joseph Jacobs. Dover Publications,1968. Routledge, 1989.  Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 398.21 J153C  On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010 semester.

Don't Bet On The Prince: Contemporary Feminist Fairy Tales In North America And England.  Jack Zipes, ed. Routledge, 1989. Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 398.2082 D719D    On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 20109 semester.

The Girl Who Married A Lion: And Other Tales from Africa.  Alexander McCall Smith. Pantheon Books, 2004. Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 398.20968 M124G   

On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010 semester.

The Golden Carp, And Other Tales From Vietnam.   Lynette Vuong.  Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1993. Lower Level, Curriculum Collection: CL 398.2109597 V982G

On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010 semester.

Grimm's Fairy Tales. Illustrated by Noel Pocock. Children's Classics, 1988. Lower Level, Curriculum Collection: CL 398.2 G883G3 On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010 semester.

Irish Fairy Tales. James Stephens. Collier Books, 1962.  Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 398.209415 St44I   On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010 semester.

Japanese Fairy Tales. Grace James. Mayflower Books, 1979. Lower Level, Curriculum Collection: CL 398.2 J233J   On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010 semester.

Rare Treasures From Grimm. Trans. Ralph Manheim. Doubleday, 1981. Lower Level, Curriculum Collection: CL 398.2 G882G3 M314R 

On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010 semester.

Russian Fairy Tales. A.N. Afanasev. Pantheon Books, 1975. Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 398.20947 Af16R   On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010 semester.

The Brothers Grimm and Their Critics. Christa Kamenetsky. Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 398.092243 K128B  On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010 semester.

The Brothers Grimm : From Enchanted Forests To The Modern World. Jack Zipes. Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 398.092243 Z67B

On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010 semester.

Clever Maids: The Secret History of the Grimm Fairy Tales. Valerie Paradiz. Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 398.20943 P211C

On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010 semester.

Fairy Tale Romance: The Grimms, Basile, and Perrault. James M. McGlathery. Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 398.209 M176F

On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010 semester.

The Feminine In Fairy Tales. Marie-Louise von Franz. Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 398.2082 F857F   On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010 semester.

Folk and Fairy Tales: A Handbook. D.L. Ashliman. Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 398.2 As35F   On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010 semester.

From The Beast To The Blonde: On Fairy Tales And Their Tellers. Marina Warner. Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 398.2 W246F  

On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010 semester.

Good Girls and Wicked Witches: Women in Disney’s Feature Animation. Amy M. Davis. Lower Level, Circulating Collection: 741.58 D29G

On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010 semester.

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales, Children, And the Culture Industry. Jack Zipes. Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 398.2 Z68H

On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010 semester.

The Hard Facts of The Grimms’ Fairy Tales.  Maria Tatar.  Princeton U. Press, 1987. Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 398.21 T187H

Mirror, Mirror On The Wall : Women Writers Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales. Kate Bernheimer, editor. Anchor Books, 2002. Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 810.99287 M679M    On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010 semester.

Morphology of the Folktale. Vladimir Propp.  University of Texas Press, 1975. Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 398.210947 P945M On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010 semester.

Postmodern Fairy Tales: Gender And Narrative Strategies.  Cristina Bacchilega. U. of Pennsylvania Press, 1997. Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 398.2 B12P

On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010 semester.

Tales From Eternity; The World Of Fairytales And The Spiritual Search. Rosemary Haughton.  Seabury Press, 1973. Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 398.2 H292T

On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010 semester.

The Uses Of Enchantment: The Meaning And Importance Of Fairy Tales. Bruno Bettelheim.  Knopf, 1976. Upper Level, Circulating Collection: 398.45 B466U

On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010 semester.

Beauty: A Retelling Of The Story Of Beauty & The Beast. Robin McKinley. Harper & Row, 1978. Lower Level, Curriculum Collection: CL 398.2 M215B

On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010 semester.

The Boardwalk Princess. Arthur A. Levine and Susan Guevara. Tambourine Books, 1993. Lower Level, Curriculum Collection: CL 398.21 L578B (adaptation of “Brother and Sister")

On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010 semester.

Dawn. Molly Bang. Mulberry Books, 1991. (adaptation of “The Crane Wife"). Lower Level, Curriculum Collection: CL 398.2 B224D On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010 semester.

Elves, Fairies & Gnomes: Poems. Selected by Lee Bennett, illus. Rosekrans Hoffman. Knopf, 1980. Lower Level, Curriculum Collection: CL 821 El86E

On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010 semester.

The Stinky Cheese Man And Other Fairly Stupid Tales. Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith.  Viking, 1992. Lower Level, Curriculum Collection: CL 398.2 Sci27S

On RESERVE (at Circulation Desk) for Spring 2010 semester.

Willa [an American Snow White]. Davenport Films; produced by Tom and Mimi Davenport; directed by Tom Davenport; screenplay, Gary Carden. Lower Level, Music & Movies Room. DVD 792.1 W66W  

Locating Books		back to top
THOMCAT     Use THOMCAT, our online catalog, to locate books in Thomason Library. You can search by author, title, word, or subject. Search for a person, as AUTHOR or SUBJECT, with last name, then first name:                  Perrault Charles   [as AUTHOR]     Perrault Charles   [as SUBJECT]     Tatar, Maria        [as AUTHOR] SUBJECT searching requires use of Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). The terms below are examples of subject headings related to this course:               Subject searches in Thomcat (Thomason Library Catalog)   Fairy Tales   Fairy Tales -- History And Criticism   Fairy tales -- Germany -- History and criticism   Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703 -- Criticism and Interpretation   Literature and Folklore   Basile Giambattista Ca 1575 1632 Criticism And Interpretation   Symbolism In Fairy Tales     Folklore Great Britain   Folklore Germany   Subject Searches in the PASCAL catalog (Partnership Among South Carolina Academic Libraries )   Fairy Tales -- History and Criticism  (Note increase in number of titles vs. Thomcat )   Basile Giambattista Ca 1575 1632 Pentamerone   Sleeping Beauty Tale Adaptations   Fairy Tales Arab Countries   Fairy Tales Italy History And Criticism Subject searching is an effective and precise method of searching the catalog, however, KEYWORD searching has benefits, also. If you are unsure of the exact title or the correct subject heading to use, try a KEYWORD search using two or three of the most significant words from the title or subject you are trying to find. Place phrases in "quotation marks." Connect words with AND, OR, NOT to focus your search. Try truncation at the end of a word stem to retrieve singular, plural, and other variations of the word.  Use an asterisk (*) to truncate from 1 to 5 characters. Use a double asterisk (**) to include word endings with an unlimited number of characters. KEYWORD SEARCHING TIPS Expanding Search Results • Use Truncation · Add * to the root of a word to truncate or expand a term: magic* = magic, magical, magician •Use Synonyms and Related Terms · Use OR between similar/related terms to retrieve EITHER term folklore OR folk tale* myth* OR legend* OR lore “La Gatta Cenerentola” OR "Cinderella Cat" Narrowing Search Results · Use AND between words to narrow your search: Perrault AND fairy tales wolf AND red riding hood Combining "AND with "OR" terms Group "OR"words in parentheses (nesting) when combined with "AND" terms      Sleeping Beauty AND (film* OR movie*) Use "quotes" around a phrase (in ThomCat, PASCALcat, InfoTrac databases, JSTOR, and Project MUSE) "wonder tales" "Cinderella Cat" Try KEYWORD searching with ThomCat, other library catalogs, & library databases PASCALCAT    back to top If you need books in addition to those found at Thomason Library, try your search here for books in other academic libraries in SC.Through PASCAL Delivers, you can order books online for delivery within 3-4 working days. This service for current PC students, faculty, and staff is a project of PASCAL- Partnership Among SC Academic Libraries. Borrowers will be notified by e-mail when requested items arrive at Thomason Library. Click here for searching and ordering tips. WorldCat and Interlibrary Loan     WorldCat, a catalog of books and materials at libraries worldwide. Try searching WorldCat to find ALL books available on a topic. Materials available at Thomason Library are highlighted and others can be borrowed through ILL or searched in PASCALCAT. Interlibrary Loan (ILL) - ILL is available to PC students, faculty and staff in order to share resources between libraries. Check link for instructions.                        LEFT: "Cinderella." Arthur Rackham, Illustrator. 1919.  RIGHT: " Puss Comforts His Master, the Miller's Son.” Walter Crane. (ca.1873) Watercolor on paper.  Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.   Images source: ARTstor Image Database
Locating Articles & Criticism:		back to top
Reference Sources & Criticism
Literature Resource Center [Thomson Gale] Search the Contemporary Authors and Dictionary of Literary Biography databases, as well as full-text criticism from the Contemporary Literary Criticism Select database with one query. Contains full-text journal articles from more than 250 literary journals, critical essays, author biographies, and definitions of literary terms from Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature. Journal Articles   back to top Academic Search Premier - Humanities [EBSCOhost] Search this subset of full text peer-reviewed humanities journals indexed in the Academic Search Premier database. Academic OneFile  [Thomson Gale] Multidisciplinary full-text articles from scholarly sources MLA International Bibliography  [EBSCOhost] Use for literature and language topics. Indexes critical literary and language scholarship and provides access to journals and serials published worldwide, as well as books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies. Nearly 45,000 records are added annually. JSTOR                           An archive of over 350 full-text journals can be searched at this site. Other PC databases link to JSTOR articles through Journal Finder, which guides the user to full-text articles. As an archive, JSTOR does not provide the most current three to five year issues of the journals as specified by the publishers in their agreements with JSTOR. Project MUSE Basic Undergraduate Collection   Current and recent volumes of over 100 core journals in the humanities and social sciences. Key Journals     back to top Marvels and Tales An international forum for folktale and fairy-tale scholarship and serves as a central forum for the multidisciplinary study of fairy tales. Introduces new areas of fairy-tale scholarship, as well as research that considers the traditional fairy-tale canon from new perspectives. The Folk-Lore Journal (1883-1889) continues The Folk-Lore Record (1878-1882) Asian Folklore Studies   (continues Folklore Studies ) Founded in 1942 in Beijing as Folklore Studies, the journal was renamed Asian Folklore Studies in 1963 in order to highlight its close relationship to Asian cultures. It is a semi-annual journal published by the Anthropological Institute of Nanzan University in Nagoya, Japan. The journal publishes contributions on any topic related to folklore, yet a special effort is made to include research by Asian scholars and folklorists related to Asian cultures. Western Folklore Western Folklore is the journal of the Western States Folklore Society (formerly the California Folklore Society). The journal, which began publication in 1942 as the California Folklore Quarterly, is devoted to the description and analysis of regional, national, and international folklore and custom, and to the development and critique of folklore theory.
Journal Finder		back to top
Journal Finder provides access to PC's electronic and print journals, magazines, and newspapers in one convenient location. Browse Journal Finder by title or subject. When browsing or searching, you can read articles from any journal that is available in the Full-text resources online group of results. Choose a database in this group based on the dates available and the time frame in which you are interested. Library article databases are inter-connected by Journal Finder, which will lead you to the full-text of an article when available.
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Fables, Fairy Tales, Stories and Nursery Rhymes   SurLaLune Fairy Tales  SurLaLune Fairy Tales features 49 annotated fairy tales, including their histories, similar tales across cultures, modern interpretations and over 1,500 illustrations. Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts.  Edited and/or translated by D.L. Ashliman, U.of Pittsburgh. c1996-2008. Image Sources               back to top ARTstor Image Database High resolution images from galleries, museums, and other repositories. Bridgeman Art Library Archive [CREDO Reference]. Bridgeman Art Library, 2008. An outstanding archive of images drawn from collections throughout the world. Every subject, concept, style and medium is represented, from the masterpieces of national museums to the hidden treasures of private collections. Fine art as well as design, antiques, maps, architecture, furniture, glass, ceramics, anthropological artefacts and many others are featured in the collection. CAMIO (Catalog of Art Images Online) OCLC's Catalog of Art Museum Images Online — is a growing online collection documenting works of art from around the world, representing the collections of prominent museums. CAMIO highlights the creative output of cultures around the world, from prehistoric to contemporary times, and covering the complete range of expressive forms. (from website)   SurLaLune Illustration Gallery Web site featuring annotated full-text fairy tales. Image gallery provides over 1,500 illustrations.
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