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Folklore : Databases and E-Journals

This guide presents resources and tips useful for students in folklore classes. Topics covered include folklore, folklife, and folkways.

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Thomas Durkin
Social Work / Social Sciences
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School of Social Work Building
1350 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706
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Welcome/About the Folklore Guide

Welcome to the Folklore LibGuide. This guide is designed to cover the various facets of the study of folklore, including: folktales, folklife, folkways, and material culture.

Please note that most of the resources listed here are also available from the Main Libraries Web Site.

If you have any questions, please contact Tom Durkin. (Additional contact information at left).

Core Folklore Research Tools

Additional Literature Databases and E-Journals Useful for Folklore Research

All of these databases can be found in the Database Library. If you are trying to find the e-journal for a specific journal title, please try Citation Search.

Databases Relevant to Folk Art, Crafts, and Material Culture

Databases Relevant to Folk Music/Dance and Ethnomusicology

Databases Relevant to Food/Cooking

Additional Helpful Anthropology Literature Databases

All of these databases can be found in the Anthropology/Archaeology list of databases in the Database Library.

Gender & Women's Studies Resources

General Multi-Topic Research Databases

General Reference Databases

These resources, as well as a variety of others are available on the Database Library list of Reference Sources. They are general in scope, and not limited to the study of Folklore.

Getting Dissertations

Using the links below, you have a variety of options for locating dissertations. Please note that UW-Madison dissertations are kept in Memorial Library. It usually takes up to a year for a completed dissertation to be added to the library collection. You can look for UW-Madison dissertations in the Library Catalog.