LibGuides: POPC 2700: Popular Literature: Home

Books about science fiction writers

Our hours are more limited than the main floor, but we're open late on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.
We're an archive/repository, so most of our materials cannot be checked out.
Most of our collection is not open for browsing. You need to request materials at our reference desk with your university ID or a photo ID. You will also need to fill out a request form.
The reference collection is open for browsing! It's the best place to get started with popular culture research.
We have a copier and a scanner available for copying/scanning materials that cannot be checked out - you just need a BG1 card for the copier.

Literary Reference Center Plus (EBSCO)
Detailed information on the most-studied authors and their works, including plot summaries, literary criticism, authors' biographies, articles from literary journals, and book reviews.
Literature Resource Center (Gale)
Information about major literary authors and their works, including biographies, critical essays, summaries of works, and full text journal articles.
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database
Over 300,000 children's book reviews and related information including best books lists, annually-updated state reading lists, teaching tools, and reading measurement programs. Avoid using Chrome when using this database.

Humanities International Complete
Index to scholarly articles covering topics such as history, music, literature, philosophy and religion.
JSTOR
Over a thousand full-text scholarly journals and books covering all subjects in the humanities, sciences and social sciences. History, economics, art, literature, and mathematics are particularly strong. All journal titles are archived back to the first issue, many dating from the early 1800s.
MLA International Bibliography
A detailed index to journal articles, books, book chapters and dissertations published on subjects in modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics.