Online Resources
- Ashliman's Folklore and Mythology Electronic TextsAshliman's Folklore and Mythology Electronic Text is a section of his larger companion to Folk and Fairy Tales. In it you will find a number of tale types and various stories (with Ashliman's sources).
- The Child Ballads DatabaseThis is a database of Child Ballad recordings. The managers behind this database have helpfully included YouTube links to the recordings as available.
- Internet Archive (or Archive.org)The Internet Archive is an online repository that holds many recordings, print materials, scrapbooks, and other media. You may find transcriptions, audio, or other materials related to your story on this website.
- Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk Literature - HathiTrustHathiTrust has a number of digitized versions of the Thompson Motif-Index.
- UCSB English Broadside Ballad ArchiveA database of scanned ballads from England which can be searched by motif. The database also allows searches in the English Short Title Catalog (ESTC). The majority of the materials are 17th century and later.
Resources at Sherrod (Print and Online)
Many print materials will be listed under the [GR] LOC Subject Heading, which is the designation for Folklore. Here are a few books that may be helpful.
American Folktales: from the Collections of the Library of Congress by Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781317477235Publication Date: 2015-03-17
Folk and Fairy Tales by Call Number: GR550 .A77 2004 [2nd Floor], or OnlineISBN: 0313058598Publication Date: 2004-05-30
Storyteller's Sourcebook by Call Number: GR74.6 .M3 1982 (2nd Floor)ISBN: 0810304716Publication Date: 1982-03-01
