Course-Related Guide --
German Literature in Translation: Fairy Tales
These links provide
information, texts, and other resources to serve as starting
points in your research on topics in German language and
literatures. Suggestions
for additions to this list that might be particularly helpful for
classes or activities may be sent to
Benjamin Harris, the
library's liaison for the German section of the Department of
Modern Languages and Literatures.
General Resources
Use reference resources to help focus on a topic, develop keywords
for searching, and to locate subject-specific bibliographies.
The following resources are available in the library's reference
book collection in the Information Commons.
● Index to Fairy Tales, Myths, and Legends
(includes supplements and updates; GR 550 .E37)
● Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales (PN 3437 .O94 2000)
Searching for Books and Book Chapters
Your instructor will have placed many helpful
books on reserve at the library's circulation desk.
Depending on your topic, books and book chapters in addition to
those on reserve might be helpful. Use the library catalog to search for books on
your topic. Conduct keyword searches using author names,
book titles, or particular subjects. The following are examples
of books on German fairy tales were located during a keyword
search of the library catalog:
● Deutsche Sagen: herausgegeben von den Brüdern
Grimm (PT 915 .D44 1944)
●
Flights of Fancy: new perspectives on inner emigration in German
literature (PT 405 .F54 2003)
●
Mirror, Mirror On the Wall: women writers explore their favorite
fairy tales (PS 508 .W7M57 1998)
● Terrors of Childhood in Grimm's Fairy
Tales (PT921 .K84 2005)
Note: The Coates Library has a collection of children's books
located on the second floor. If you have difficulty finding a
particular title related to fairy tales, you will want to make
certain that the book is not a part of our children's
collection.
Searching for Articles
Use databases to find journal articles, magazines articles, and
newspaper articles on your topic. The following databases may be
particularly helpful for this course. When you find useful
keywords in your search, make note of these and use the same
words and combinations of words in other search situations.
Academic Search Complete
Designed specifically for academic institutions, this is the
world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly,
multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300
full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed
journals. In addition to full text, this database offers
indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a
total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports,
conference proceedings, etc.
JSTOR
Full-text scholarly journals in multiple disciplines,
coverage typically excludes the most recent 3-5 years.
Literature Resource Center
Contains information and biographical data on classical and
contemporary authors and their work.
MLA International Bibliography
Major citation index to critical scholarship in literature,
language, linguistics, and folklore. Some full-text articles.
Project Muse
Full-text articles from scholarly journals in the arts,
humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
Internet Resources
Internet resources should be evaluated before
they are included in a scholarly project. Web resources are
not always helpful to students and scholars because
(1) website addresses and contents change, making it difficult for a
reader to verify or refer to the source;
(2) websites are difficult to evaluate, often due to missing
information related to authority, currency, and accuracy;
(3) and website authors do not always use materials with
consideration to copyright law.
The following sites have been evaluated by your Trinity librarian,
but you should always consult with your instructor before using web
resources in your projects or essays.
Folklinks
An extensive collection of links to other sources;
consistently updated since 1997.
Folklore
and Mythology Electronic Texts
Search for texts by name or see the "Germanic Myths, Legends, and Sagas"
section.
Folk and Fairy: Sources for the Analysis and
Interpretation of Folk and Fairy Tales
Online bibliography to sources that analyze and interpret fairy tales from
different perspectives, such as feminist analyses or psychoanalytic
interpretation.
German Studies Web
"[...] designed to provide access to scholarly resources in German Studies,
including all German-speaking countries. The resources organized here have
undergone a selection and evaluation process. [...] The German Studies Web
is part of the Western European Specialists Section Web of resources for
West European studies."
Marvels and Tales: Journal of Fairy Tale Studies
Find full text of recent publications and abstracts for
previously published articles; the library has a subscription to the journal
from 2001 to the present.
Mything
Links
Annotated
and illustrated collection of links related to fairy tales and myths by
Professor Kathleen Jenks.
Projekt Gutenberg
German database of online books; also see the
Project Gutenberg.
SurLaLune Fairy Tale Pages
Timeline of fairy tale literature and other resources.
Get Books and Articles from Other Libraries
Many times, your research might benefit from
books and articles that have been published but that are
unavailable at the Trinity library. In these cases,
use ILLIAD, the library's online interlibrary loan system.
It is easy to use and since so much of the process is automated,
you can receive items quicker than once was possible.
However, you should still allow time to receive the item (books in
particular, since they must travel through the mail system).
Cite Your Sources
Refer to the
library's pages for citing sources.
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