Browne Popular Culture Library

The reference collection in the BPCL is a rich, exciting collection of dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc. on various aspects of popular culture.

Three of best to get started with are:

• St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture - popref E169.1.S674 2000 5 vols.
• Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture - popref E169.1.H2643 2002 4 vols.
• Encyclopedia of American Culture Studies - popref E169.1.E625 2001 4 vols.

Below is a brief outline of the topics covered in this collection and what their call number ranges are.

• Almanacs and books of facts - AG - AY
• Paranormal/parapsychology - BF 921 - BF 1461
• Occultism/Alternative religions (i.e. witchcraft, satanism, aliens) - BF 1548 - BL 31
• Symbols - BL603
• Religions, general - BL 2525 - BR 535
• Popular Culture, general - CB 151 - CB 430
• Celebrities/people in the news/pseudonyms/nicknames - CT 120 - CT 220
• Timetables/timelines/history/books of days/Popular Culture/American Culture Studies/latino popular culture/southern culture- D 11 - F 209
• The West - F 591 - F 596
• Places & travel - G 105 - G 151
• Folklore/urban legends/folklife/folk heroes/myths/legends - G 3122 - GR 825
• Fashion - GT 596
• Marriage - GT 2690
• Chocolate - GT 2920
• Holidays/festivals - GT 3925-GT 4985
• Games/recreation - GV 53- GV 188.3, GV 1243 - GV 1263
• Sports - GV 567 - GV 959
• Hobbies/collecting - GV 1201.5 - GV 1235
• Gender - HQ 6017 - HQ 777
• Crime - HV 6017 - HV 6789
• Music - Ms (Note: most of the music materials are located on the 3rd floor)
• Art/graphic design- Ns
• Animation/Cartoons - NC 1325 - NC 1766
• Postcards - NC 1872 - NC 1878
• Antiques/collectibles - NK 28 - NK 9509
• The Arts, general - NX 456
• Media/communication - NX 650 - P 96
• Superheroes/science fiction - P 96 - P 120
• Slang/idioms - PE 1630 - PE 3721
• Phrase/fable - PN 43
• Fantasy/science fiction literature - PN 56
• Fiction - PN 56.4 - PN 682
• Performing Arts, general - PN 1560 - PN 1590
• Radio - PN 1991, TK 6544
• Television - PN 1992
• Film/motion pictures - PN 1993-1998
• Theatre - PN 2012
• Science Fiction/Fantasy/Supernatural fiction - PN 3433 - PN 3435, PN 3448.S45, PS 648
• Historical and Christian fiction - PN 3441 - PN 3448
• Mystery/Detective fiction - PN 3448.D4
• Magazines - PN 4700 - PN 4888, PS 379
  • covers such topics as: fanzines, market, women's, humor, underground, pulps, cult exploitation
• Comics - PN 6707 - PN 6728, Z 1000
• Writers - PQ 7082, PS 129 - PS 374
  • mystery, horror, scifi, western, romance, women's fiction
• Science in popular culture - Q 172.5
• Weather - QC 998
• Cars - TL 1 - TL 15
• UFOs - TL 789 - TL 865
• Television and film production - TR 847
• Gadgets, food, cookery - TX 298 - TX 715
• Zs - this area is a mixture of bibliographies, indexes, and other materials
  • some topics are: celebrity photographs, literary publishing houses, booksellers, film study collections, books of answers, history of books, and any number of the above topics