Research Guides: Folklore

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Folklore Articles in Magazines, Journals, and Newspapers

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Project Muse
A humanities and social science based database that houses journals primarily published by Johns Hopkins University Press, Duke University Press, and Oxford University Press. Its folklore collection includes the Journal of American Folklore, Marvels & Tales, and Oral Tradition.
Coverage: 1995 - present
Project Muse Tutorials
JSTOR : the Scholarly Journal Archive
An archive of journals that spans many disciplines. Provides high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. Its folklore collection includes Bealoideas, Folklore, and Journal of Folklore Research. Most articles are available full-text.
JSTOR : the Scholarly Journal Archive Tutorials
Academic Search Premier
Academic Search Premier Mobile
Contains full text articles from nearly 4,600 journals, including more than 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for all 8,144 journals in the collection. PDF back files to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for 1,000 titles. The majority of full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color.
Provided by the KYVL
Sociological Abstracts
Sociological Abstracts (EBSCOhost)
Sociological Abstracts Mobile (EBSCOhost)
Provides abstract information on international literature in sociology and related disciplines. Includes abstracts for articles and book reviews from more than 1800 journals. It also includes abstracts for books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers.
Coverage: 1952 - present
Sociological Abstracts Tutorials
America: History and Life
With selective indexing for 1,700 journals from 1964 to present, this database is a bibliographic reference tool for students and scholars of U.S. and Canadian history. Articles from here would cover folklore in the Americas and includes regional sociological journals.
Coverage: Updated quarterly

The Folklore Research Guide is maintained by Ellie Jones. Suggestions and comments are welcome.