{"id":124,"date":"2014-06-07T17:34:36","date_gmt":"2014-06-07T17:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-2500\/?page_id=124"},"modified":"2022-06-13T01:27:47","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T05:27:47","slug":"databases-libraries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-2500\/databases-libraries\/","title":{"rendered":"Collections &amp; Databases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_129\" style=\"width: 663px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/francobrambilla.com\/artwork\/3416668_Best_Sci_Fi_18_David_G_Hartwell.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-129\" class=\"wp-image-129 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-2500\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/542\/2014\/06\/brambilla-best-sf-18.png\" alt=\"brambilla, best sf-18\" width=\"653\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-2500\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/542\/2014\/06\/brambilla-best-sf-18.png 653w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-2500\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/542\/2014\/06\/brambilla-best-sf-18-300x279.png 300w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-2500\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/542\/2014\/06\/brambilla-best-sf-18-624x581.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Franco Brambilla, &#8220;Best Sci-Fi 18&#8221; ed. David G. Hartwell (2014)<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Visit \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-2500\/encyclopedia\/\">SF Dictionary &amp; Encyclopedia<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-2500\/international-sf-films-and-tv\/\">International SF Films &amp; TV<\/a>\u201d for more resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a id=\"collections-and-databases-top\" name=\"collections-and-databases-top\"><\/a> <strong>Table of Contents:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#collections-and-databases-SF-databases\">SF databases, library collections, and private collections<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#collections-and-databases-academic-presses\">Academic presses publishing sf studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#collections-and-databases-filmed-works\">Databases for filmed works<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#collections-and-databases-written-works\">Databases for written works<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#collections-and-databases-certain-groups\">Databases for works by certain groups<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#collections-and-databases-general-reference\">Databases for general reference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#collections-and-databases-search-engines\">Search engines and directories<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a id=\"collections-and-databases-SF-databases\" name=\"collections-and-databases-SF-databases\"><\/a><strong> A selection of SF databases, library collections, and private collections:<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fantascienza.com\/catalogo\/\">Catalogo Vegetti della letteratura fantastica<\/a> (in Italian)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/eaton.ucr.edu\/\">Eaton Collection of SF &amp; Fantasy <\/a>(UC Riverside)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/spencer.lib.ku.edu\/\">Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction <\/a>(University of Kansas)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/pl.cgi?299227+c\">ISFDB<\/a> (Internet Speculative Fiction Database)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.locusmag.com\/index\/\">Locus Index to SF<\/a>\u00a0(Locus Magazine)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mitsfs.mit.edu\/\">MIT SF Society <\/a>(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ailleurs.ch\/\">Maison d&#8217;Ailleurs, Switzerland<\/a> (in French and English)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontopubliclibrary.ca\/merril\/\">Merril Collection of SF <\/a>(Toronto Public Library)<a href=\"http:\/\/www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk\/index.php?option=com_wrapper&amp;view=wrapper&amp;Itemid=33\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.phantastik.eu\/\">Phantastiche Bibliothek Wetzlar<\/a> (in German)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/guides.lib.utexas.edu\/scifi\">SF &amp; Fantasy Collection <\/a>(University of Texas-Austin)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfadb.com\/\">SF Awards Database<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/sffrd.library.tamu.edu\/\">SF and Fantasy Research Database <\/a>(Texas A&amp;M)<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrc.utexas.edu\/collections\/books\/holdings\/scifi\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bibliotecnica.upc.edu\/en\/brgf\/cienciaficcio\">Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Catalunya<\/a> (in Spanish)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.liverpool.ac.uk\/library\/sca\/sfhub\">University of Liverpool Special Collections <\/a>(England)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"#collections-and-databases-top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong> <a id=\"collections-and-databases-academic-presses\" name=\"collections-and-databases-academic-presses\"><\/a> A selection of academic presses publishing sf studies:<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upne.com\/series\/SFS.html\">Brandeis University Press<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk\/series\/series-12324\/\">Liverpool University Press<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-2500\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/542\/2014\/06\/University-of-Wales-Press.pdf\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-760\">University of Wales Press<\/a>\u00a0(PDF)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weslpress.org\/\">Wesleyan University Press<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#collections-and-databases-top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong> <a id=\"collections-and-databases-filmed-works\" name=\"collections-and-databases-filmed-works\"><\/a> A selection of databases for filmed works:<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/epguides.com\/menu\/sf.shtml\">Epguides.com<\/a> (an index to episode guides for SF\/fantasy TV shows<br \/>\n&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.quietearth.us\/\">Quiet Earth<\/a> (guide to genre film and particularly the post-apocalyptic)<br \/>\n&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.saturnawards.org\/\">Saturn Awards<\/a> (SF awards organization focusing on film and television)<br \/>\n&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/scifanworld.com\/\">SciFan World<\/a> (database cataloguing movies and tv series)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#collections-and-databases-top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong> <a id=\"collections-and-databases-written-works\" name=\"collections-and-databases-written-works\"><\/a> A selection of databases for written works:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasticfiction.com\/\">FantasticFiction<\/a> (\u201cSearch and browse bibliographies of over 50,000 bestselling fiction authors, with the latest books and series information)<br \/>\n&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/variety-sf.blogspot.com\/\">Variety SF<\/a> (A blogspot specializing in SF literature and short fiction)<br \/>\n&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.infinityplus.co.uk\/home.htm\">Infinity Plus: SF, Horror, Fantasy<\/a> (an archive of fiction, interviews, reviews\u2014affiliated with other continually updated sites)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#collections-and-databases-top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong> <a id=\"collections-and-databases-certain-groups\" name=\"collections-and-databases-certain-groups\"><\/a> A selection of databases for works by certain groups:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/simmonslis.libguides.com\/c.php?g=978772&amp;p=7077618\">Feminist SF<\/a> from Simmons College (\u201cA guide to feminist SF throughout the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. This guide will include general background, examples of feminist science fiction texts and critical works that address this subject.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#collections-and-databases-top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong> <a id=\"collections-and-databases-general-reference\" name=\"collections-and-databases-general-reference\"><\/a> A selection of databases for general reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/twa-corbies.pagesperso-orange.fr\/sresi\/bookmarks\/fantasy-full\/1.html\">\u201cThe Ultimate Science-Fiction Web Guide\u201d<\/a> (collection of resources about authors, commercials, e-zines, fantasy, libraries, resources, SF, stories, and worlds)<br \/>\n-Wikipedia (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_science_fiction_television_programs\">SF Television<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lists_of_science_fiction_films\">SF Films<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_science_fiction_novels\">SF Novels<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal%3aSpeculative_fiction\/Science_fiction\">General Portal for Speculative Fiction\/SF<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#collections-and-databases-top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong> <a id=\"collections-and-databases-search-engines\" name=\"collections-and-databases-search-engines\"><\/a> A selection of search engines and directories:<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifisource.com\/\">SciFi Source<\/a> (comprehensive directory of SF sites)<br \/>\n&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfcrowsnest.info\/\">SF Crowsnest<\/a> (Europe\u2019s premier SFF website with a searchable directory)<br \/>\n&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/speculativevision.com\/\">Speculative Vision<\/a> (directory covering all speculative fiction genres)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#collections-and-databases-top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Questions, suggestions, and recommendations:<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These are welcome and may be sent to Arielle Saiber: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">asaiber@bowdoin.edu<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Copyright Information:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe information on this website is licensed under <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\">Creative Commons 4.0<\/a>.<br \/>\nThe images are \u00a9 <a href=\"http:\/\/francobrambilla.com\/home.html\">Franco Brambilla<\/a>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.creativecommons.org\/l\/by-nc\/3.0\/88x31.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"88\" height=\"31\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visit \u201cSF Dictionary &amp; Encyclopedia\u201d and \u201cInternational SF Films &amp; TV\u201d for more resources Table of Contents: SF databases, library collections, and private collections Academic presses publishing sf studies Databases for filmed works Databases for written works Databases for works by certain groups Databases for general reference Search engines and directories A selection of SF [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-124","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-2500\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-2500\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-2500\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-2500\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-2500\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-2500\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-2500\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}