The Reference Department of the Lorette Wilmot Library at Nazareth College
Censorship and Intellectual Freedom
Recommended Library of Congress Subject Headings
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(To be used as subject searches in WebPAC, ROARing Cat, WorldCat, and other library catalogs - e.g. the Public Library's Libra.)
Academic Freedom
Censorship
Freedom of Information
Freedom of Speech
Hate Speech
Intellectual Freedom
Obscenity (Law)
United States Constitution 1st Amendment
Reference Books
Art Censorship: A Chronology of Proscribed and Prescribed Art (1972)
Reference Shelves 700 Cla
Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds (1998)
Reference Shelves 098.1 Ban, Kar
Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds (1998)
Reference Shelves 098.1 Ban, Bal
Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Sexual Grounds (1998)
Reference Shelves 098.1 Ban, Sov
Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds (1998)
Reference Shelves 098.1 Ban, Sov
A Selection of Recent Books from the Library's Circulating Collection
The First Amendment in Schools: A Guide from the First Amendment Center (2003)
Book Shelves/Main Level 342.73085 Fir
Intellectual Freedom Manual (American Library Association, 2002)
Book Shelves/Main Level, 323.44 Int
Libricide: The Regime-Sponsored Destruction of Books and Libraries in the Twentieth Century (2003)
Book Shelves/Main Level 363.3109 Knu
Not in Front of the Children: "Indecency", Censorship and the Innocence of Youth (2001)
Book Shelves/Main Level 303.3760973 Hei
Sex, Literature and Censorship (2001)
Book Shelves/Upper Level 820.93538 Dol
Licensed Library Databases (Nazareth College students, faculty and staff only.)
To view an alphabetical list of the Library's databases, please click here.
Academic Search Elite is a good starting point for any topic. It includes both popular and scholarly periodicals and is mostly full-text.
For news and editorials on current cases, search Academic Universe (LEXIS NEXIS). I recommend you search the News category using the Guided Search menu.
For censorship in the arts, try
(visual arts) Art Abstracts, Art Bibliographies Modern
(music) RILM
(theater) Humanities Abstracts, MLA Bibliography
For an historical perspective, search America: History and Life (chiefly United States history). The New York Times Backfile database may also be useful.
For in-depth legal analysis, search Academic Universe (LEXIS NEXIS). Click on Legal Research. The Law Reviews category will allow you to search law journals.
For censorship of literature, try Humanities Abstracts or MLA Bibliography. For censorship of children's literature, see also ERIC and Education Abstracts.
For censorship issues in the schools - K-12 as well as higher education - search ERIC and Education Abstracts.
For a sociological perspective, try Sociological Abstracts.
Recommended Web Sites
American Civil Liberties Union
American Communication Association
American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom
Annenberg Public Policy Center
Banned Books and Censorship
Blue Ribbon Campaign
Committee to Protect Journalists
Cyber-Rights and Cyber-Liberties
Digital Freedom Network
FAIR: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
Feminists for Free Expression
Foodspeak
Free Expression Network
Freedom Forum Online
Global Internet Liberty Campaign
Index on Censorship
International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX)
National Coalition Against Censorship
PEN American Center
Project Censored
Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontieres)
Student Press Law Center
Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression
Web By Women, For Women
Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press
Updated
Monday, April 19, 2004 4:05 PM