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FYS - The Graphic Novel as Art and Literature - Zurko (2015): Finding Books

CONSORT

Search the CONSORT CATALOG for items held by CONSORT Libraries. Consort is a shared catalog for the following schools: The College of Wooster, Denison University, Kenyon College, and Ohio Wesleyan University. You can request books held in other CONSORT libraries directly through the CONSORT system. These items take an average or 2-4 working days to be delivered to our library. You will receive a message on your @wooster.edu account to let you know when items have arrived. They will be placed on hold for you at the Gault Reserves Desk.

OhioLINK

Search the OhioLINK CATALOG for items held by OhioLINK Libraries. You can request books held in other OhioLINK libraries directly through the OhioLINK system. These items take an average or 2-4 working days to be delivered to our library. You will receive a message on your @wooster.edu account to let you know when items have arrived. They will be placed on hold for you at the Gault Reserves Desk.

EXAMPLE--PRINT BOOK RESOURCE

There are many print resources available in WOO MAIN that will be useful for researching topics in this course.  One title that you may want to look at is The Graphic Novel: An Introduction​ by Jan Baetens and Hugo Frey.  If you look at the link to the record, you will see that it is available in 2 CONSORT schools.  If WOO's copy is checked out, you can request a copy from DEN.  If all copies are checked out, you can check out a copy from OHIOLINK.

You can go to the shelf to find the book under the CALL NUMBER PN6710.B235 2015 and other books on the same topic will be shelved in the same area.  

 

Also, you can follow the SUBJECT LINK Graphic Novels--History and Criticism within the record to find out what other titles have been assigned this subject link.

 

Keywords

Some keywords to consider for this course:

•graphic novels

•cartoons

•comics

•commix

•manga

•[names of individual artists, authors, films]

LC Subject Headings

Books in the CONSORT and OhioLINK catalogs are assigned Library of Congress (LC)

Subject Headings. Here are some subject headings to consider for this course:

 

•BECHDEL, ALISON, 1960-

•CARTOONING--FICTION

•COMIC BOOKS, STRIPS, ETC.

•GRAPHIC NOVELS

*IRAN--HISTORY

•IRAN--SOCIAL CONDITIONS--1979-1997

•MOORE, ALAN, 1953-

•SATRAPI, MARJANE, 1969-

•SPIEGELMAN, ART

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