Collins Memorial Library: Collins Library Zine Collection: Research Zines

Featured Books

Girl Zines: Making Media, Doing Feminism by Alison Piepmeier; Andi Zeisler
Call Number: PN4836 .P54 2009 Print Books

ISBN: 9780814767528

Publication Date: 2009

Alison Piepmeier argues that these quirky, personalized booklets are tangible examples of the ways that girls and women 'do' feminism today.
Notes from Underground: Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture by Stephen Duncombe
Call Number: Click on title above for online access

ISBN: 1934620378

Publication Date: 2008

Duncombe pays full due to the political importance of zines as a vital network of popular culture and analyzes how zines measure up to their utopian and escapist outlook in achieving fundamental social change.
Sometimes You Have to Make Your Own History by Lyz Bly (Editor); Kelly Wooten (Editor)
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ISBN: 1936117134

Publication Date: 2011

Activists, archivists, librarians, and scholars address the following issues and topics: the practical material challenges of documenting and archiving contemporary activism; theoretical perspectives and conversations; zines; and the work of activists who employ creative, artistic, and cultural approaches to work for social justice.
The World of Zines: a guide to the independent magazine revolution by Mike Gunderloy; Cari G. Janice
Call Number: PN4836 .G6 1992 Print Books

ISBN: 9780140167207

Publication Date: 1992

Gives a history of the independently produced underground magazine and describes four hundred of the most bizarre and interesting, with directions on publishing one's own.
Punk, Fanzines and DIY Cultures in a Global World: Fast, Furious and Xerox by Paula Guerra (Editor); Pedro Quintela (Editor)
Call Number: Click on the title above for online access

ISBN: 9783030288754

Publication Date: 2019

Covering the UK, Portugal, Greece, Canada, Germany, Argentina, France and Brazil, as well as a wide range of standpoints, this book contributes to a more global understanding of the fanzine phenomenon.
A Girls's Guide to Taking over the World by Tristan Taormino (Editor); Karen Green (Editor); Ann Magnuson (Introduction by)
Call Number: Request from SUMMIT

ISBN: 9780312155353

Publication Date: 1997

A collection of writing from the world of girl zines.
Writing a Riot: riot grrrl zines and feminist rhetorics by Rebekah J. Buchanan
Call Number: PN4836 .B83 2018 Print Books

ISBN: 9781433123917

Publication Date: 2018

Buchanan argues that zines are a form of literacy participation used to document personal, social, and political values within punk. She examines zine studies as an academic field, how riot grrrls used zines to promote punk feminism, and the ways riot grrrl zines dealt with social justice issues of rape and race.
Zines! by V. Vale
Call Number: PN4888.U5 Z56 1996 v. 1-2 Print Books

ISBN: 9780965046909

Publication Date: 1996-06-01

A comprehensive guidebook to the zine movement of self-publishing, covering aspects such as layout and design, promotion, marketing and distribution.
Zines in Libraries: selecting, purchasing, and processing by Lauren DeVoe (Editor); Sara Duff (Editor)
Call Number: Z692.Z56 Z56 2022 Print Books

ISBN: 9780838938041

Publication Date: 2022

This resource offers top-to-bottom guidance for collection development and acquisitions staff, administrators, catalogers, and access services librarians in understanding and processing zines for library collections.
Zines in Third Space by Adela C. Licona
Call Number: PN4878.3 .L47 2012 Print Books

ISBN: 9781438443720

Publication Date: 2013

Develops third-space theory by engaging with zines produced by feminists and queer people of color.

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Using Library of Congress Subject Headings

Books in Primo are assigned Library of Congress Subject Headings. In many ways, subject headings are a form of tagging, in that they represent the content of the material and provide ways for you to efficiently locate more materials that are conceptually related.

Here are several examples:

Zines

Zines -- Publishing

Underground periodicals

Underground press publications

Film

$100 & A T-Shirt: A Documentary About Zines in the Northwest by Joe Biel, Nickey Robo and Rev Phil Sano
Call Number: Request from SUMMIT

Publication Date: 2008

Illuminates the world of self-publishing and serves as a cultural analysis of what makes the thriving sub-culture of zinesters tick. Biel interviews about 70 zine makers, ex-zine makers, and readers from the northwest as they discuss the impetus to create zines, their genesis, self-publishing history, intricacies of the zine community, resources available for zine makers, and the genre's future.

Featured Resources

Zines
An international peer reviewed journal dedicated to studies of amateur and do-it-yourself media of any kind, from fanzines to webzines, perzines to science zines, artzines to poezines, etc.
Signs, Vol. 35, No. 1, Autumn 2009
Special issue of the journal Signs, on feminist zines

Recommended Databases

There are several databases from which to choose when you are seeking scholarly work.

Don't forget, recommended subject databases for each discipline can also be found on the "articles" tab in each library subject guide.

America: History & Life
Indexes articles, books, essays in books, and dissertations on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
Communication & Mass Media Complete
Provides access to research in areas related to communication and mass media.
Gender Studies Database
Covers the full spectrum of gender-engaged scholarship inside and outside academia.
MLA International Bibliography
The key database for identifying scholarly books, essays, articles, and dissertations on modern literature in all languages. Also covers cultural studies, folklore, film studies, and linguistics.
Sociological Abstracts
Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.

Zine Resources Online

The Book of Zines
A collection of articles on zine history from a variety of perspectives.
From Staple to Spine: Compendium of Zine-Related Books
This site, created by Aj Michel, features 140 titles of books based on zines, including individual titles, multi-author anthologies around a particular topic, academic works, and how-to-guides.
Zinelibraries.info
An informational site for librarians (or anyone!) who maintains zine collections.
Zine Studies Zotero Group
An interdisciplinary database of scholarship on zines, zine communities, & DIY-publishing cultures.
Zine Web Archive
This site provides a supplement to the physical zine collection at the Library of Congress.
Zine Wiki
An open-source encyclopedia devoted to zines and independent media. It covers the history, production, distribution and culture of the small press.