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Kannenberg, Gene. 500 Essential Graphic Novels: The Ultimate Guide. New York: Collins
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Miller, Steve. Developing and Promoting Graphic Novel Collections. Teens @ the library series.
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Thompson, Jason. Manga: The Complete Guide. New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2007.

Weiner, Robert G., Randall W. Scott, Amy Kiste Nyberg, William T. Fee, and Francisca
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Weiner, Stephen. Faster Than a Speeding Bullet: The Rise of the Graphic Novel. New York:
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http://www.diamondbookdistributors.com/downloads/Bookshelf_5_GN_101.pdf
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“Starting a Graphic Novel Collection.” BookShelf Magazine #5, n.d.

http://www.diamondbookdistributors.com/downloads/Bookshelf_5_Starting_a_GN_Colle
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Brenner, Robin. “More Than Words: Graphic Novels in Kentucky's Libraries.” KY Department
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Hunt, Jonathan. “Taking Comics From Junk Food To Gourmet Meals”. Children & Libraries:
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Wildsmith, Snow. “Graphic Novel Programming for All Ages and All Budgets.” BookShelf
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Zellers, Jessica. “Readers' Advisory with Graphic Novels, Part One”. NoveList Plus.
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Zellers, Jessica. “Readers' Advisory with Graphic Novels, Part Three”. NoveList Plus.
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Web Sites:

Comic Book DB: http://www.comicbookdb.com/index.php

Comic Book Legal Defense Fund: http://www.cbldf.com/default.asp

Comic Vine: http://www.comicvine.com/

Diamond BookShelf: http://www.diamondbookshelf.com/

GNLIB On The Web: http://www.angelfire.com/comics/gnlib/ (site is in the process of moving)

GNLIB-L: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GNLIB-L/

Graphic Novels for Public Libraries: http://my.voyager.net/~sraiteri/graphicnovels.htm

GraphicNovelReporter: http://www.graphicnovelreporter.com/

Mycomicshop.com (Lone Star Comics Online): http://www.mycomicshop.com/

No Flying, No Tights: http://www.noflyingnotights.com/

The Comics Get Serious: http://www.rationalmagic.com/Comics/Comics.html