Banned Books Research Guide

Prepared by: Susan Irving, Joe Price, and Chet Watson
Library Liaison: Cara Marco
(502) 456-6773
libsul@sullivan.edu

Updated April 2007

Finding Books:

Search the library catalog using a specific topic, such as freedom of the press or banned books, or browse the following subject areas below.

To retrieve a listing of items within the Sullivan University library online catalog, click on the appropriate Library of Congress Subject Heading with the corresponding Dewey Decimal number(s), in the box below, then click GO!

Reference Books:

Current Issues : Sullivan-Louisville Reference Non-Circ, R306.0973 c976

Encyclopedia Americana : Sullivan-Louisville Reference Non-Circ, R031 E55 2005

Literature suppressed on religious grounds / Margaret Bald ; Ken Wachsberger, general editor. Sullivan-Louisville Reference Non-Circ R 098 B175l

New Encyclopedia Britannica : Sullivan-Louisville Reference Non-Circ, R031 E55b 2005

Ethics : Sullivan-Louisville Reference Non-Circ, R170.3 E84

The Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture : Sullivan-Louisville Reference Non-Circ, R306.0973 G816

Periodical Search:

Use the periodical search function on the Catalog home page to find periodical titles indexed in our databases. For example, if you have a citation to an article and want to see if it is available full-text in our databases, search for the journal title, and the system will lead you to the correct database.

Periodicals: the following paper-format periodicals in the Sullivan University Library may be searched for articles in this subject area:

Booklist

Chronicle of Higher Education

USA Today

Databases & Electronic Journals:

If you are accessing these databases from off campus, please go to the Remote Access Page tab under the Databases menu. NOTE: You MUST enter your Sullivan username and password to access the remote database passwords. Click here for more help logging in, or check with library staff for more information.

Academic Search Premier: An EBSCOhost® database indexing 4,450 general and specific scholarly /peer-reviewed journals back to 1975 and providing the corresponding full-text/full-image for articles in all academic disciplines. Updated daily.

Relevant journals in this database:

Publishers Weekly

English Journal

American Libraries

College and Research Libraries News

ArticleFirst® Database : This OCLC database contains bibliographic citations that describe items listed on the table of contents pages of journals in the areas of science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. Both popular and scholarly works are covered. No full-text articles are available.

Louisville Free Public Library Databases: Louisville Free Public Library card required to access their databases.

Newspaper Source: An EBSCOhost® database providing full-text articles from 23 national and international newspapers, television and radio news transcripts, and 200 regional U.S. newspapers. Updated daily.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center: Critical Thinking: A full-text database providing differing points of view on current social issues, such as affirmative action, censorship, ecology and mental health.

Sociological Collection : This database provides coverage of more than 500 full text journals, including nearly 500 peer-reviewed titles. Sociological Collection offers information in all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.

Relevant journals in this database:

Humanist

Journal of Academic Librarianship

TOPICsearch: An EBSCOhost® full-text database providing full-text articles related to current events on social scientific, political and economic issues.

Webliography (Internet Resources):

The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000 : Collected by the American Library Association.

Banned Books: A Pathfinder : A detailed and comprehensive research guide created by Michelle Roberts, a Masters of Library Science candidate from the University at Albany.

Banned Books and Censorship: Information and Resources : Resources provided by the Loyola University Chicago Libraries.

Banned Books Links : A collection of links with further information on book censorship, provided by the American Library Association.

Banned Books Online : A section of The Online Books Page that discusses banned books and lists some titles.

Banned Books Project : A blog on the subject of banned and challenged books.

Banned Books Week : A section of the American Library Association website devoted to Banned Books week, including a background area with comprehensive resources.

Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read! : A list of sources compiled at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Instructional Materials and Computing.

Beacon for Freedom of Expression : A project produced by the Norwegian Forum for Freedom of Expression with contributions from the Norwegian National Library. Includes information on the history of censorship around the world, as well as other related topics.

Censored : Provides links that cover many difference areas of the topic of censorship, including organizations involved with the issues.

Forbidden Library : Includes an alphabetical list of banned and challenged books by author and title, as well as other censorship resources.