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Zines

Collection at Pratt Institute Libraries and general information about Zines
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Pratt Library How-to Guide

A brief guide on how to search for items in the Pratt Library catalog, read a call number, and check out material.

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How to Block Location Tracking with a Bag of Potato Chips

A 5 page guide to creating a Faraday phone pouch out of a potato chip bag.

A Comic Guide to Brewing

Nora, star of the comic book series Tales of the Night Watchman, gives us a guided tour of what it takes to make a great cup of coffee. From drip, to espresso, to Chemex and French Press, she gives you one barista's take on consistently getting the most for your money either at home or at your local cafe.

How to Art Book Fair

How to art book fair features advice on how to plan, participate, and succeed in an art book or zine fest.

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Anxiety Toolkit

A.E.H. lists strategies she uses on a day-to-day basis to help manage her anxiety. She discusses different forms of meditation and ways to break up and manage chunks of time. She emphasizes that she uses the techniques in conjunction with psychiatric treatment and medication. This cut and paste zine is printed on colored pages.

DIY Doula: Self-Care for Before, During, & After Your Abortion

Through comics, drawings, personal essays, games and more we're tackling some of the tough questions, affirming that people can trust their decisions, modeling how to ask for support, and giving tips on self-advocacy.

You Know Sign?

A collection of common phrases with images of hands demonstrating how to sign them.

Wildlifoodin : adventures in eatting [sic] - scavenged wintry lunar cycle - journal - dreams - how to - nutrition

A traditional 'zine' from a resident of the Wildroots Homestead in North Carolina, illustrated with drawings of bird species and edible plants. It serves both as a memoir and a manual.

How to Fall in Love

A collaged zine that includes three steps on how to fall in love.

Radical Domesticity

Thrifty and clever D.I.Y. solutions to cleaning and organizing a home. Issue one contains a table on how to paint exterior surfaces, information on how to fold a fitted sheet, cleaning recipes, and a recipe for vegan mug cakes.

Cite This Zine

Cite This Zine is an informational one-page folding-zine on how to cite zines properly in three formats: MLA, APA, and Chicago style.

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How to Make a Best Friend

Instructions for drawing a dog.

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How to : Survive an Office Job

A collection of six tips for making office jobs more fun.


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