The Collins Library zine collection contains approximately 500 zines dating from 1996 to 2022. The collection is divided into six series. Series 1: Zines, General includes the bulk of our zine collection. These zines cover a variety of topics, and illustrate many different types of formats and designs. Series 2: University of Puget Sound zines, consists of zines created by individual students and student organizations at the University of Puget Sound. Series 3: Zine magazines, includes magazines on zine culture and the independent arts. Series 4: Bound zines consists of bound collections of zines or bound zines. Series 5: Comix Body exhibit zines consists of zines purchased by the library for use in an exhibit titled "Comix Body," which was installed in the University of Puget Sound's Kittredge Gallery in 2018. Series 6: Quarantine Public Library Zines consists of 8-page mini-zines distributed through the Quarantine Public Library (www.quarantinepubliclibrary.com), a project established in May 2020. The zines were printed and offered to guests of the Collins Library exhibit "Changing the Conversation" (August-December 2022).

Zines have been arranged alphabetically and the creator(s), contributor(s), publisher, and copyright information have been included when known. The original format of the zine titles and related information, including unique capitalization, puncutation, and spelling, has been preserved when possible.