Catalog Searches
These are basic searches for comics:
Searching the Catalogs for Books
To find books, you can search the three main catalogs:
- BGSU Libraries CatalogSearch for books, videos, music scores, CDs, journals & newspapers, and archival and special collections available at the BGSU Libraries.
- OhioLINK Library CatalogSearch for books, periodicals, electronic resources and other items in the 100+ OhioLINK member libraries.
- WorldCat (OCLC FirstSearch)WorldCat contains catalog records, locations, and library borrowing information for books, journals, videos, sound recordings, archival materials and more owned by millions of libraries all over the world.
How to find comics
Comics
The BPCL has over 50,000 comics, all of which can be searched in the library catalog. To find them, search by title, subject, or keyword (e.g. character). Try the box to the left for basic subject searches in the catalog. See below for other ideas and examples. Feel free to try your own keywords or subjects.
Comics in the BPCL are usually cataloged like periodicals. This means that individual authors and artists are not usually searchable, since the catalog record is for entire series'.
Searching by character - examples (try any character!)
- Keyword search for Spider-man comic books
- Subject search for Spider-man comics
- Keyword search for all Spider-man resources
Searching by artist/author - example (try any artist!)
- Author search for resources by Stan Lee, noted comic author/artist
Reference books on comics
See below for a selected list of books on comics.
Comics Through Time by Call Number: POP CULT REF PN6710 .C6675 2014 (4 vols.)ISBN: 0313397503Publication Date: 2014-09-01
The DC Comics Encyclopedia by Call Number: POP CULT REF PN6725 .D199 2008ISBN: 9780756641191Publication Date: 2008-09-29
The Encyclopedia of American Comics by Call Number: popref PN6725.E64 1990ISBN: 0816018529Publication Date: 1990-10-01
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture by Call Number: POP CULT REF E169.1 .S764 2013ISBN: 9781558628472Publication Date: 2013-05-17
Superhero Comics of the Silver Age by Call Number: popref PN6725.B385 1991ISBN: 0878337466Publication Date: 1991-11-01
The World Encyclopedia of Comics by Call Number: popref PN6710 .W6 1999ISBN: 0791048543Publication Date: 1999-06-01
