Theme-Based Inquiry Seminars
The Comic Book
Dominic Bruni


Print Resources
Catalogs
Journal Articles
Internet Sites
Library Services

Background Information

Print
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture E169.1 .S764 2000
St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers PS374.S35 S68 1996
Magill's Cinema Annual PN1993.3 .M34
Contemporary Authors PN453.C63
Electronic
Contemporary Authors-A biographical guide to current weiters in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry. journalsism, drama motion pictures , television and other fields. Provide complete biographical and bibliograpical references for more than 100,000 authors in the U.S. and around the world
Catalogs
  • Polk Catalog -The online catalog contains the holding of Polk Library, including the main collection, government documents and the EMC.
  • Badgercat-Badgercat is a mega-library catalog containing more than 42 million records contributed by 15,000 libraries around the world. It contains full bibliographic descriptions and cataloging information for the following types of materials: books, serials, manuscripts, sound recordings, audiovisual materials, maps, music scores, and computer-readable files.
Journal Articles
  • MLA- The MLA International Bibliography, produced by the Modern Language Association, consists of bibliographic records pertaining to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore, and includes coverage from 1963 to the present.

  • Academic Search (EBSCO) -Academic Search is a general index which includes articles on a wide range of subject, indexing both popular and scholarly journals. Academic Search is a useful place to start your research. Academic Search indexes over 3,400periodicals many available full-text
  • Humanities Full-text (Wilson Journal indexes)-Index of scholarly journals in a wide range of fields in the area of the humanities, including Literature, History and Religion. Some full-text available.

Internet Resources
General
Comics Research.Org
DC Comics
Marvel Comics
Graphic Novels
Library Services