Your search for information on Banned Books can include books, periodical articles, online databases, and authoritative Internet resources.

Use the Library Catalog to find books on your topic that are available in the Cerritos College Library.  Books can provide a broad overview of a topic or in-depth information. You can search for books by Author, Title, Subject, or Keyword.

Listed below are some Library of Congress Subject Headings used in the catalog for books relating to Banned Books.  Use these terms to Search by Subject.  Remember, this list is by no means conclusive. 

Prohibited Books
Libraries - Censorship
Censorship

Listed below are some books that may be useful in your research.

Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds
REF Z658.U5 K37 2006

Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds
REF  BL65.C45 B35 2006

Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Sexual Grounds
REF PN56.E7 S68 2006

Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds
REF  Z658.U5 S69 2006

Banned Books 1994 Resource Guide: Celebrating the Freedom to Read
REF Z658.45 D69 1990

Censorship
REFDESK Z657 .C39 2001

The Encyclopedia of Censorship
REF Z657 .G73 2005

Journal and magazines usually provide the most current information on a topic.  Journal articles are more scholarly or professional while magazine articles tend to be shorter and more general.  Newspaper articles, while not usually scholarly or professional, can give you the most current news and some additional facts on your topic.

To find articles on your topic, use one of the online databases listed below.  These databases usually provide full-text articles on almost every topic. Conduct your search in these databases by using subject headings and keywords similar to those you used to locate books.

EBSCOhost

Gale Discovering Collection

Ethnic News Watch

Proquest Newspapers

Project Muse

Gender Watch

The Internet can be a valuable source for supplementing the information you have gathered from books and periodicals. It is important that you evaluate the information you get from the Internet to determine if it is reliable and useful to your research. A few Internet sites that may be useful are listed here.

Office for Intellectual Freedom: American Library Association

 

Banned Books Week

 

Banned Books On-line

 

Books & Authors Banned by Someone, Somewhere, Sometime

 

National Coalition Against Censorship

 

“Grapes of Wrath” Banned in Kern County

 

Censored: Wielding the Red Pen

 

Beacon for Freedom of Expression

JK 09/06; latest Rev CS 01/08

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