To browse for comics and graphic novels in Buley, go to the PN 6720-40 area on the 3rd floor and the juvenile collection on the ground floor. All titles are in SouthernSearch.
You can also find full-text comics and graphic novels online in Underground Comics & Graphic Novels, volumes I & II
We also have a collection of graphic novels you can look at but not check out in Special Collections on the ground floor.
Use SouthernSearch to locate information in our library. SouthernSearch provides simple, one-stop searching for books and e-books, videos, articles, digital media, and more.
Enter your search terms in the search box provided and click on Search. The default is to search "Everything at SCSU." You can click on the down arrow next to "Everything at SCSU" for other choices such as SCSU Catalog and Collections, Articles and e-books, Course Reserves, and CT State Colleges and Universities.
When searching by keyword use "and" to combine your search terms for more precise results.
Example: Graphic novels and history
You can combine as many terms as you wish using "and" but the more terms you use the less results you will get.
Use "or" to expand or broaden your search. "Or" is generally used with synonyms.
Example: comic books or graphic novels
You can combine as many terms as you wish using "or" and the more terms you combine the greater your results will be.
Use Advanced Search for more search options to limit or focus your search.
Searches will retrieve articles and other materials as well as books. To limit your search to books, use the options on the left after you receive the initial results.
This is a curated list. For more recent additions to the collections, use SouthernSearch.
The 9/11 report : a graphic adaptation
Birth of a nation : a comic novel
Building literacy connections with graphic novels : page by page, panel by panel
The cartoon history of the modern world. Part 1, From Columbus to the U.S. Constitution
Comics, manga, and graphic novels : a history of graphic narratives
Encyclopedia of comic books and graphic novels
The graphic novel: an introduction
Graphic novels : a bibliographic guide to book-length comics
Graphic novels : a genre guide to comic books, manga, and more
Graphic novels : everything you need to know
Graphic storytelling and visual narrative : principles and practices from the legendary cartoonist
Homeland : the illustrated history of the state of Israel
Huckleberry Finn
Hundreds of feet below daylight : the life and death of the mining town of Solomon's Gulch, Idaho as recorded
Inside out : portrait of an eating disorder
The librarian's guide to graphic novels for adults
The librarian's guide to graphic novels for children and tweens
Malcolm X : a graphic biography
Outlaw : the legend of Robin Hood, a graphic novel
A people's history of American empire : a graphic adaptation
The plot : the secret story of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion
The power of comics : history, form and culture
Psychiatric tales : eleven graphic stories about mental illness
Representing multiculturalism in comics and graphics novels
Ronald Reagan : a graphic biography
Students for a Democratic Society : a graphic history
Waltz with Bashir : a Lebanon war story
Will Eisner: champion of the graphic novel
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Call numbers indicate where in the library books are shelved:
Here's a floorplan indicating where materials are shelved on each floor of the library.
Circulating books are checked out at the Check-out desk on the main floor with a valid SCSU ID. Books can be checked out for 28 days with the option to have them renewed if no one else has requested them. Reference books cannot be checked out.
From another CSCU library:
From anywhere else:
If a book is not available from any library in the CSCU System, you can use Interlibrary Loan to request it. The book will be sent to Buley. Ask for the book at the Check Out desk when you receive an email telling you it has arrived. Please call 203 392-7038 for assistance.
Several IT printers on the first floor allow you to scan books or documents. There is a printer located by the IT Help Desk and another printer near the reference stacks. Scanning to your email is free. Copying and printing is 5 cents for a single side black and white page and 8 cents for a double-side page. Color printing is 25 cents for a single page and 40 cents for a double-side page. Assistance with scanning using the IT printers is provided by the IT Help Desk on the first floor.
A book scanner is available on the ground floor of the library. Users can scan to a flash drive for free. You cannot print from the book scanner. Assistance with scanning using the book scanner is provided by the Research Desk on the first floor.
Hoot Loot card holders can add to their account from the Card Value Center in Buley Library which is located opposite the Check-out counter on the main floor.