Zines

Independent library and archive. Catalog of holdings will be available by the end of 2016, as well as information on where and when you can visit the collection, starting in the spring of 2017.

Housed with the Magazines and Newspapers section of the Faulk Central Branch. Focus is on local Austin or Texas zines

Independent media library focusing on zines and DIY culture. Membership is free and members are allowed to check out zines or hang out during library hours to browse through the collection, read, or work on their own zines.

Zines created by Texans, Southwesterners or other Southerners and/or concern Texas, the Southwest and the South; zines created by minorities across Texas, the Southwest or the South; zines created by TAMU students or former students; and Artzines concerned with printing and/or designed as print art objects.

Collection of zines written by women (cis- and transgender) with an emphasis on zines by women of color. Zines on feminism and femme identity by people of all genders. The zines are personal and political publications on activism, anarchism, body image, third wave feminism, gender, parenting, queer community, riot grrrl, sexual assault, trans experience, and other topics.

Has a large collection of fanzines devoted to popular music and a nice library guide listing many different resources

Collection of zines created by women, girls, and women-identified people begun by Sarah Dyer with over 1,000 zines. Dyer collected zines for her Action Girl Newsletter, a networking publication for women’s comics and zines. The collection has expanded to over 4,000 zines, with a majority dating from 1990-2005. Around 2,600 of these are recorded in this searchable database.

Rare Collection of zines of Cuban social and political issues (Ernesto Chavez Collection).

Collection includes alternative press,inlcuding self-published zines from around the world to support the interests of a nontraditional community

Housed in the DeWitt Wallace Periodical Room at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building with current periodicals and requested in Room 100. Search by title or these subjects: zines, fanzines, underground press and little magazines. The site lists some of the titles in the Collection

Lending library in all zine genres. Run by volunteer librarians. Hosts zine making events and zine release parties.

"Launched in November 2003 in an effort to preserve queer zines and make them available to other queers, researchers, historians, punks, and anyone else who has an interest DIY publishing and underground queer communities."

Strong collection of feminist zines in a library that is dedicated to the history of women in America. Content varies, but many focus on political discussions and contemporary feminist struggles.

Nice library guide to zine resources. A collection of social justice zines among others.

Great website listing resources for making your own zine, books and articles about zines, important zine collections and so forth

Founded in 1996 as part of Hugo House, a non-profit community writing center in Seattle, this is a Zine library with a growing archive of over 30,000 self-published material from around the world.

Special Collections at the University of Iowa is making a concerted effort to collect zines in all formats in order to preserve these materials and make them accessible to wider popular and research audiences. Zines are windows that provide glimpses into fascinating and often-under documented social worlds, worlds that we believe deserve to have their voices rescued from obscurity.