Library Home Page > Research Topics fairy tales This guide is an introduction to the research process that, while not being an exhaustive list of information resources available, should be helpful in getting started in your research about fairy tales.  Below you will find pointers to suggested research terms about fairy tales, materials in the library catalog about fairy tales, websites relevant to fairy tales, and links to library databases that contain information about fairy tales.  Please use our email reference service, contact us at (310) 434-4254, or visit us in the library at the reference desk if you need further assistance. Go to:    Suggested Research Terms    Materials in the Library Catalog     Websites    Library Databases Suggested Research Terms One of the really helpful things when searching for information about a topic is a short list of terms related to a topic.  We think the following terms will help with your research about fairy tales: Bruno Bettelheim Carl Jung Sigmund Freud archetypal patterns in fairy tales Brothers Grimm Charles Perrault Andrew Lang Hans Christian Andersen Back to top of page Materials in the library catalog related to fairy tales We have the following materials in the library catalog related to fairy tales: fairy tales fairy tales history and criticism childrens stories childrens stories psychological aspects psychology Back to top of page Websites on fairy tales The following websites will help you with your research on fairy tales:   Fairy Tales: Project Gutenberg Offers texts of such prominent "fairy tales" as Cinderella, The Frog Prince, Aladdin, and Rumpelstiltskin through the University of Maryland's Reading Room: "The Project Gutenberg Philosophy is to make information, books and other materials available to the general public in forms a vast majority of the computers, programs and people can easily read, use, quote, and search." Includes links to related sites. The Cinderella Project :University of Southern Mississippi The story of Cinderella is recounted in many cultures and remains one of the most archetypical of fairy tales. This web page is a "text and image archive containing a dozen English versions of the fairy tale. The Cinderellas presented here represent some of the more common varieties of the tale from the English-speaking world in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries." The Little Red Riding Hood Project: University of Southern Mississippi Similar to the Cinderella Project, this site is a "text and image archive containing sixteen English versions of the fairy tale. The Little Red Riding Hoods presented here represent some of the more common varieties of the tale from the English-speaking world in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries." Back to top of page Library Databases relevant to fairy tales The following Santa Monica College Library online databases may contain material relevant to fairy tales.  Databases may include magazine, newspaper and journal articles.  Please note: you must be a Santa Monica College student, faculty or staff member to use these services. Academic Search Premier, MasterFile Premier Academic Search Premier and MasterFile Premier provide full text for over 6200 periodicals including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. Magill On Literature and Authors Critical analyses and plot summaries of the most studied works in the history of literature. Includes information on over 1,500 notable authors. Magill On Authors covers long and short fiction writers, poets, dramatists and philosophers. Philosophy and Religion Collection Covers such topics as epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy, world religions, biblical studies, religious history. Includes more than 300 full text journals. Encyclopedia Americana Includes 45,000 articles, plus thousands of hypertext links to web sites featuring additional data. It is updated quarterly. Encyclopedia, Funk and Wagnalls New World Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. JSTOR Back issues of over 300 scholarly journals in a wide variety of disciplines: African American Studies, African Studies, Anthropology, Archeology, Art and Architecture, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, Geography, History, Language & Literature, Latin American Studies, Mathematics, Music, Middle East Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Slavic Studies, Sociology and Statistics. NetLibrary Over 10,000 electronic books (e-books) from leading university, trade and professional publishers. Titles across all subject areas. Includes an extensive collection of e-books in the public domain, featuring classics in literature and history. (One maximum simultaneous user per book) Researched and evaluated by: ap 6/12/02 Back to top of page