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Zombies in PrintAn excellent and very thorough article from the Oxford Encyclopedia of Literature that goes into depth on the literary living dead but also covers zombies in popular culture.- Zombies and pop cultureThis interview with Sarah Juliet Lauro and Amanda Firestone from the University of Tampa sets up the history behind the popular fascination with zombies.
Academic sources
- Zombie research materialHere is the list of sources that Adrian has found on the topic of zombies.
Databases: Think about what search terms you want to use - try broad, narrow, and different ways of saying something - before heading into these databases.
- EBSCO Books This link opens in a new windowTry searching "zombie" to find many books on different aspects of zombiedom.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowFor academic articles. Try searching "zombie" or a synonym plus one other phrase, for example "popular culture" or "apocalypse." Don't forget authors often write several articles on a topic, so search their names too.
- Proquest This link opens in a new windowProquest is good for newspaper and magazine articles and ok for academic articles. As with JSTOR, try searching "zombie" or a synonym plus another phrase such as "feminism" or "religion."
- Google ScholarSearch your topic in Google Scholar to find academic sources - just be aware you may not be able to access them all.
Creating an annotated bibliography
For this class you should use MLA style citations.
Popular media sources
Don't forget to look at the comments on the articles and posts.
Philosophical zombiesDavid Chalmers, from NYU's Philosophy Department has some thoughts about zombies who lack conscious experience.
Zombies in fiction writingThe Writers Write blog tackles the history and technique of using zombies in fiction and gives some examples.
The History of Zombie ComicsA fairly brief exploration of zombies in comics from the early days to megahits like "The Walking Dead" series.
Toward a Unified Theory of Zombie MoviesAn indepth article about the history of zombie movies and how the undead have been used to as vehicles for deeper messages.
Chronicling the Rise of Z-TVA history of zombies on TV has a substantial section on earlier iterations of the undead on TV as well as on more recent shows.
General popular media sources
- New York TimesAll UHS students can create their own free NYT account. See instructions here.
- SF Public Library databasesWith your San Francisco Public Library card and PIN, you can access many eMagazine and eNews databases.
- HooplaYour SFPL card and PIN give you access to TV and movie documentaries as well as ebooks.
- KanopyUsing your SFPL card and PIN you can access documentaries on your topic.
Some websites
- ZombiepediaAn online encyclopedia concerned with all things undead.
- Zombie Anti-Defamation LeagueThis blog tackles many topics relevant to zombies and those interested in studying them.