The Science Fiction Hub: a subject portal for science fiction studies

The SF Hub is an online subject portal for science fiction studies. It aims to facilitate research into science fiction and its related literary genres.

The Project has three components: Indexing the contents of un-indexed periodicals and amateur publications; Compiling web guides; Integration of these resources with the existing catalogue of science fiction books.

The SF Hub is based on the research resources in the Science Fiction Collections of The University of Liverpool's Special Collections and Archives, including the Science Fiction Foundation Collection. Our advanced search tools enables cross searching of published and unpublished sources including books, journals, fiction magazines, fanzines, journal articles and archives at Liverpool University Library. Links to a selection of research tools and sites elsewhere on the Web are also featured.

Project

Academic field

English Language and Literature

Affiliation

University of Liverpool

Project link

The Science Fiction Hub: a subject portal for science fiction studies

Funders

Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

arts-humanities.net

Principal investigator

Dr Maureen Watry

Principal project staff

Dr Maureen Watry; Mr Andy Sawyer

Start date

Monday, April 1, 2002

Completion date

Friday, April 1, 2005

Era

Modern

Source material

The SF Hub is based on the research resources in the Science Fiction Collections of The University of Liverpool's Special Collections and Archives, including the Science Fiction Foundation Collection. The Web guide and accompanying catalogues include records for archival holdings, printed books, periodicals, fanzines, and an index for journal contents.

Data formats

Extensible Markup Language (XML)

Metadata standards

Encoded Archival Description (EAD)

Machine Readable Cataloguing (MARC)