John Dupuis, Steacie Science Library

Researching Science Fiction

http://www.yorku.ca/jdupuis/sf.htm

• RefWorks can help you manage your footnotes & bibliography on the web.  Easy to use, interfaces directly with work to create footnotes & bibliographies.   If logging in from home, need to use RWYorku group code
  
  
• Library Footnotes & Bibliographies page including MLA citation style guide.

• Academic Integrity & Plagiarism web site.
  
  
• Encyclopedia Britannica -- best general resource
  
  
• Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy -- fantastic resource!
  
  
•  The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
      Scott Ref  PN 3433.4 E53 1993B
  
  
• St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers
     Scott Ref   PS 374 S35 T89 1996
  
  

• Need to use bar code number & PIN from library card to authenticate as York user
  
  
• Information here on logging in
  
  
• Remember: need to type in name of eresource using "by title" link after logging in.
  • ie: mla
    

These online databases can also be found in the eResources Quick Links box on the library home page.

• MLA database -- Indexes major journals.
  • example: delany and triton
  • example: Philip K Dick and Ubik
  • example: science fiction and history
  • example: alternate history
  • example: science fiction or sci fi or scifi or sf
  • example: alienation
    
    
• Expanded Academic -- Good for sf literature and films. Bonus: full text for Extrapolation and other journals.
  • example: Philip K Dick and Castle
  • example: aliens and cameron
    
    
• FIAF's International Index to Film/TV Periodicals -- for articles on sf films
  • example: blade runner
    
    
• Science Fiction and Fantasy Reference Index (Hal W. Hall) -- covers from 1878-1995.
     Scott Ref   Z 5917 S36 S2974 1997
  

• Do a subject search in Yorkline:
  • example: science fiction history and criticism
  • example: science fiction american history and criticism
  • example: Dick  Philip k

• Using Google as a scholarly research tool:
  •  example: Samuel R Delany
    
    
• Wikipedia -- a free, open source encyclopedia.  Surprisingly good sf page.

• Science Fiction Research Bibliography.
  
  
• Locus portal page.
  
  
• Yahoo author page.
  
  
• Locus databases: 84-98, 99, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003.

• Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database -- Online version of Hall books above.

Contact me: jdupuis@yorku.ca or at Steacie Science Library, Room 102E

http://www.yorku.ca/jdupuis/sf.htm

last updated: January 13, 2005.