Fialkoff, Francine (1992) Romancing the Patron: Romance novels don't get equal review treatment Library Journal 117.21:118 Topic libraries/librarians
Moretto, Shirley Weidenburner, Kathleen (1984) We’ll Take Romance! Library Journal 109.15:1727-1728 Topic libraries/librarians
Sutton, Roger (1985) Librarians and the Paperback Romance: Trying to Do the Right Thing School Library Journal 32.3:25-29 Topic libraries/librarians YA/teenage romance sex/sexuality trash/literary and or intellectual quality
Juhasz, Suzanne (1994) Reading from the Heart: Women, Literature, and the Search for True Love New York: Viking Topic readers psychology Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Jane Austen Emily Brontë Charlotte Brontë Louisa May Alcott Gloria Naylor Isabel Miller Valerie Taylor lesbian romance
Adkins, Denice Esser, Linda Velasquez, Diane (2006) Relations Between Librarians and Romance Readers: A Missouri Survey Public Libraries 45.4:54-64 Topic libraries/librarians readers trash/literary and or intellectual quality