Subject Guides: Popular Culture: Books, Theses & Dissertations

Ways to Search For Books

HBLL Scholar Search: Keyword searching. Select Books & Ebooks search and perform advance or simple searches for printed books and E-books held by HBLL.

Other Libraries - Try WorldCat: Unified catalog of research libraries and public libraries throughout the world. Includes books, serials, sound recordings, data files, musical scores, and visual materials. Search using Library Catalog commands. Updated daily. Interlibrary loan database. Look up book, and order it from interlibrary loan.

Theses & Dissertations

Search the library catalog for BYU theses and dissertations.

Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window PQDT Global connects scholarship from 4,100 universities in over 60 countries, diverse voices, ideas, and perspectives can be viewed within a singular global context. : Each full text dissertation and thesis in PQDT is fully searchable providing an unparalleled resource for text and data mining analysis making connections that generate new insights.
CRL's Foreign Dissertations Database (Advanced Search) This link opens in a new window Through this growing database, the Center for Research Libraries provides access to over 800,000 foreign doctoral dissertations from more than 90 countries and over 1200 institutions. Search by author, title, institution name, the year the dissertation was defended, language, subject/keywords, and/or translated title.
Electronic Theses and Dissertations - BYU This link opens in a new window
Electronic versions of works submitted to the BYU School of Graduate Studies

Searching Tips

To look for books on your subject, search the Library Catalog using keyword combinations for your topic. Examples:

popular culture AND United States
United States AND Social life and customs
comics AND japan
popular music AND Brazil
minorities in motion pictures
"fan fiction" OR fanfic*

You can also search for documentaries or popular films dealing with popular culture. Example: Super Size Me (2004).

Try searching subject headings as well. Examples:

Advertising
Food
Popular Literature
Press
Caricatures & Cartoons
Fashion
Mass Media
Popular Music
Sports
Comic Books, Strips, Etc.
Motion Pictures
Television
Fan Fiction