fairyTales and Film in the Modern World

Fairy Tales and Film in the Modern World

Research Sources & Tips

I. Course Reserves

Check out the Course Reserves.

II. Overviews

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales.

The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales. / edited by Jack Zipes.

The Enchanted Screen: the Unknown History of Fairy-tale Films. / Jack Zipes.

The Cambridge Companion to Literature on Screen / edited by Deborah Cartmell and Imelda Whelehan.

The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. / edited by John Clute and John Grant; contributing editors: Mike Ashley ... [et al.]; consultant editors: David G. Hartwell, Gary Westfahl.

St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers / editor, David Pringle.

III. Fairy Tales and Film

A. Use Library Catalogs to find books

1. Tufts Libraries Catalog

2. WorldCat (beyond Tufts)

Path of Discovery in the Catalog

1. Find a title/author (assigned readings/Course Reserves);

2. Note the descriptive language of the Catalog record.

3. Use that language in further searches

e.g. Click on subject/author in the record to see further results and related topics.

Author	Zipes, Jack, 1937-
Title	The Enchanted Screen: the Unknown History of Fairy-tale Films
Publisher	New York: Routledge, 2011.
Subject	Fairy tales in motion pictures.
Subject	Fairy Tales -- film adaptations

B. More Searches & Results

(note the search pattern; modify to your own needs)

An Author Search (the leading scholar of fairy tales and related topics)

Zipes, Jack, 1937-

Subject Browse (subject headings found in results of the above search)

Fairy tales in motion pictures.

Fairy Tales -- film adaptations

Fairy Tales

Fairy Tales -- history and criticism

Literature and Folklore

Symbolism in Fairy Tales

Fantasy literature

Fantasy films

Animated films -- History and criticism

Children's films -- History and criticism

Children's films -- Political aspects

Film Adaptations -- History And Criticism

Motion pictures and literature.

Film remakes

Children's television programs

Fantasy television programs

On particular authors/filmmakers or Fairy Tales

Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863 -- Criticism and interpretation.

Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703 -- Criticism and interpretation.

Cinderella

Walt Disney

Advanced Keyword Search (limit search results to books)

"fairy tale*" and (film* or cinema* or "motion pictures")

television* and child* and (fairy or fantasy)

Searching the Catalogs/databases is like learning a second language, but there are only 4 or 5 basic rules.

1. AND in between keywords and phrases;

2. Quotation marks around a phrase.

3. film* searches for film, films, etc.

4. "or" and ( ) nest related/varied expressions.

IV. More Specific and Current Discussions

A. Use Subject Databases to find Journal Articles:

1 & 2. JSTOR and Project Muse

JSTOR is a favorite with its full texts in core journals of all disciplines. Project Muse does not include exactly the same JSTOR journals, but it has more recent and current articles on many topics.

Expand your search into more databases and from various perspectives

3. Academic OneFile
All subjects; a convenient Quick Start.

4. Film, Television and Cultural History

Limit Your Results

Peer Reviewed

**Search across these five databases, Film & Television Literature Index, Communication & Mass Media, America: History and Life, Historical Abstracts (non-U.S.) and Women's Studies

5. Literature (MLA)
MLA is the principal bibliographic tool for literary studies.

6. When use GoogleScholar, set your Library Links to access Tufts full texts.

B. Finding Full Texts

1. Click on the button in your search results screen to a window of three sequential options:

a. link to the digital full text when available;

b. link to a Library Catalog search for the print journal;

c. link to ILliad for requesting the article when the above two options are negative.

2. Search for a journal directly here:

a. Tufts Library Catalog (including e-journals)

b. Electronic journals list

c. Use ILliad to request your article, if Tufts does not have your journal.

C. Request Articles/Books

Set up for your ILliad account

Use ILLiad, our Interlibrary Loan Service, to request articles, books and other materials that are not available at Tufts.

D. Newspapers:

LexisNexis Academic

Factiva (more international coverage)

Appendix I: A Few Core Journals

A. A Few Core Film Studies Journals:

PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art

Cinema Journal

Film & History: an Interdisciplinary Journal of Film & Televsion Studies

Film History

Film Quaterly

The Velvet Light Trap

Wide Angle

Journal of Film and Video

Discourse

Camera Obscura

Framework: the Journal of Cinema and Media

The Moving Image

Projections

Quarterly Review of Film and Video

B. A Few Journals for Fairy Tale & Folktale Research:

Marvels & Tales

The Lion and the Unicorn

Folklore

Appendix II. Writing and Citing

A Short Guide to Writing about Literature by Sylvan Barnet. Ref: PE1479.C7 B3

Writing about Literature (handout from Writing Center at UNC.)

MLA Style (for citing sources)