''Western Folklore'' is a quarterly
academic journal
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for the study of
folklore
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published by the
Western States Folklore Society
Western may refer to:
Places
*Western, Nebraska, a village in the US
*Western, New York, a town in the US
*Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western world, countries that id ...
(formerly the California Folklore Society). It was established in 1942 as the ''California Folklore Quarterly'' and obtained its current name in 1947. It is indexed in
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Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in
Historical Abstracts
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Humanities Index
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Music Index
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Prepublication Online Data System
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Publications established in 1942
Folklore journals
Quarterly journals
English-language journals
1942 establishments in California
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