Catalog records for the George Kelley Paperback and Pulp Fiction Collection may be searched in BISON, the online catalog of the University at Buffalo Libraries, and in WorldCat, the OCLC Online Union Catalog.

Subject & Genre Headings

Subject headings applied to George C. Chesbro's The Cold Smell of Sacred Stone suggest the possibilities for topical access: Mongo (Fictitious character)--Fiction and Private investigators--New York (State)--New York--Fiction. Genre headings are given in an "Other Titles" field falling immediately beneath the Title field, for example, Part of the George Kelley Paperback and Pulp Fiction Collection. Science fiction. Fickling, G. G. The last element, the name, is of the author of the work described.

Genre headings assigned to books, as appropriate, are: Adventure stories, Detective and mystery stories, Erotic stories, Fantastic fiction, Historical fiction, Horror tales, Legal stories, Non-fiction, Science fiction, War stories, and Western stories. And the Notes field includes information on such things as publishing history and awards. Series titles and cover art artist are also noted as available.

Search Strategies

To find Kelley Collection material in BISON, the online catalog of the University at Buffalo Libraries, common search strategies are:

by Author (last name first):
chesbro, george c

by Title begins with:
cold smell of sacred stone

by Subject begins with:
mongo and fiction

by Keywords:
mongo and chesbro

To identify material in a particular genre, combine the keyword Kelley with the appropriate genre heading:

by Keywords:
Kelley and fantastic fiction
Kelley and horror tales
Kelly and detective and mystery stories

Magazines, Newsletters & Fanzines

The Kelley Collection also contains pulp magazines, newsletters and fanzines. Search the Journal section of BISON to identify Kelley Collection periodicals.

by Title begins with:
kelley collection periodical

by Keywords:
kelley and science fiction

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