Researching Graphic Novels and Their Teenage Readers

Graphic novels are becoming more prevalent and popular among teenagers and are thus being collected by public and school libraries. This situation contributed to the doctoral researcher's desire to investigate graphic novel collections in public libraries in Australia, what teenagers think of g...

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Main Author: Snowball, Clare
Format: Journal Article
Published: LIBRES 2007
Online Access:http://libres.curtin.edu.au/libres17n1/
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38344
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description Graphic novels are becoming more prevalent and popular among teenagers and are thus being collected by public and school libraries. This situation contributed to the doctoral researcher's desire to investigate graphic novel collections in public libraries in Australia, what teenagers think of graphic novels and whether they read them. This paper discusses the three research methods of the project. One method, the survey of public libraries, has been completed, and some preliminary results of the survey are examined.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-383442017-01-30T14:19:14Z Researching Graphic Novels and Their Teenage Readers Snowball, Clare Graphic novels are becoming more prevalent and popular among teenagers and are thus being collected by public and school libraries. This situation contributed to the doctoral researcher's desire to investigate graphic novel collections in public libraries in Australia, what teenagers think of graphic novels and whether they read them. This paper discusses the three research methods of the project. One method, the survey of public libraries, has been completed, and some preliminary results of the survey are examined. 2007 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38344 http://libres.curtin.edu.au/libres17n1/ LIBRES fulltext
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Researching Graphic Novels and Their Teenage Readers
title Researching Graphic Novels and Their Teenage Readers
title_full Researching Graphic Novels and Their Teenage Readers
title_fullStr Researching Graphic Novels and Their Teenage Readers
title_full_unstemmed Researching Graphic Novels and Their Teenage Readers
title_short Researching Graphic Novels and Their Teenage Readers
title_sort researching graphic novels and their teenage readers
url http://libres.curtin.edu.au/libres17n1/
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38344