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Peer reviewedPawley, Christine – Library Quarterly, 1998
Challenging the common image of reading as a solitary activity, this article describes the social settings in which young people participated in the print culture of a late 19th-century small midwestern town. Analysis of library borrowing records shows that both adults and youth read "low" fiction, shared titles, and engaged in a common culture,…
Descriptors: Fiction, History, Interaction, Library Collections
Download full textCrowe, William J.; And Others – 1985
This final report of the American Fiction Project (AFP) describes two years of work during which AFP met its goals of: strengthening the Ohio State University Libraries (OSUL) collection of American fiction, 1901-1925; establishing a comprehensive bibliographic file of fiction of the period; and improving national bibliographic access to these…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographies, Databases, Fiction
Peer reviewedSapp, Gregg – RQ, 1986
Describes and evaluates several fiction classification systems from the perspective of how well they answer likely reader queries regarding subjects of novels, and their utility for browsing. The usefulness of subject headings for card catalogs and print and online indexes to enhance topical access to fiction is discussed. (Author/MBR)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification, Fiction
