Becknell, Thomas. "Robert Service." In Research Guide to Biography and Criticism, edited by Walton Beacham.

Washington, DC: Beacham Publish ing, 1985. This article provides an overview of the major biography and other studies of Service.

Hamer-Jackson, Celesta. "Robert Service." In Leading Canadian Poets, edited by W. P. Percival. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1948. Written by a personal acquaintance , this brief article provides a whimsical glimpse of Service's early years.

Hirsch, Edward. "A Structural Analysis of Robert Service's Yukon Ballads."

Southern Folklore Quarterly 40 (1976): 125-140. A rather scholarly article that shows the integrity of form and content in Service's Yukon ballads.

Klinck, Carl F. Robert Service. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1976. This is the only full-length biography of Service. It is a clearly written and engaging book.

Olsen, Sigurd F. "The Spell of the Yukon." In Runes of the North. New York: Knopf, 1963. A personal essay in which this popular...