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Tip!
Individual comics creators often maintain helpful blogs and websites related to their work. These include Scott McCloud, Alison Bechdel, and more.
Library Catalogs: Find Books
- UC Library Search This link opens in a new windowUC Library Search is the unified discovery and borrowing system for all 10 UC Campuses. Select the UCLA Library Catalog scope to search holdings of materials owned by the UCLA Library and other UCLA collections, whether online or in print. Does not contain full-text articles or article citations. Select the Articles, books and more scope to search for materials in all 10 UC campuses. More information in this guide.
Find Comics and Graphic Novels
- Powell Library Graphic Literature CollectionLocated in the Powell 2nd floor reading room. You will also find some graphic novels housed at YRL.
- Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels This link opens in a new window
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Online collection of underground and independent comic books and graphic novels. Also contains selected interviews, commentary, theory, and criticism.
- Hoopla (Los Angeles Public Library)Hoopla contains many online e-books, comics and graphic novels. To use it, you will need to get a Library Card from the Los Angeles Public Library.
Find Dissertations
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
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Index to doctoral dissertations from 1637 to the present, with abstracts since 1980. A number of master's theses are also indexed, with abstracts since 1988. Many are available for download in pdf format. UCLA has access to all full text dissertations in the database. Non-UCLA users may use Dissertations Express to purchase digital or print copies of individual dissertations.