Selected Resources
in
Writ 101-Banned Books
October 21, 2008
Gail Egbers
535-8869
egbersgl@plu.edu
BOOKS: Our computerized catalog provides access to the
materials in our library. Some topics that might be of interest:
Censorship --
United States
Prohibited books
Textbooks—Censorship--United States
Children's literature--Censorship
Twain, Mark,
1835-1910. Adventures
of Huckleberry Finn
FINDING ARTICLES
IN PERIODICALS/JOURNALS:
Periodical indexes and abstracts provide the most efficient subject
access to journals and periodicals. Here are some indexes that may be
useful for this assignment:
| LOCATING
PERIODICALS/JOURNALS:
Use Journals at PLU to
identify the call number
of the journal you need. Journals at PLU will
also help you find full-text journals online. |
REFERENCE WORKS
- Censorship (ref.
Z658.U5C38 1997)
- Censorship: a world
encyclopedia (ref. Z657.C46x 2001)
- Continuum encyclopedia
of children’s literature (ref. PN1008.5.C66 2001)
- Encyclopedia of
censorship (REF
Z657.G73 2005)
- Mark Twain encyclopedia (ref. PS1330.M37 1993)
OTHER INTERESTING
SOURCES
Databases
Books
- Banned in the U.S.A. :
a reference guide to book censorship in schools and public libraries
(Z658.U5F64 2002)
- Companion
To Modernist Literature And Culture (PR478.M6C65 2006)
- In cold fear : the
Catcher in the rye censorship controversies and postwar American
character (PS3537.A426C395 2000)
- Intellectual freedom
manual
(Z711.4.I57 2006)
- Libricide : the
regime-sponsored destruction of books and libraries in the twentieth
century
(Z659.K58 2003)
INTERNET RESOURCES
• Censored (http://georgesuttle.com/censorship/censors-all.shtml)
• Challenged and Banned Books (http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/archive/challengedbannedDONOTUSE.cfm)
• Banned Books Online (http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/banned-books.html)
• Battle of Bawdy Books (http://www.fflibraries.org/Battle_of_the_Bawdy_Books.html)
• Family Friendly Libraries (http://www.fflibraries.org/)
•
Parents against Bad Books in Schools (http://www.pabbis.com/org.html)
• Point/Counterpoint (http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/huckcen/PointCounter.html)
BEYOND PLU
PLU's library may not own all of the
materials you want to use. You may either order them from
Interlibrary Loan
or go to a local library personally. We are
part of a consortium of libraries that includes:
You may use your PLU
ID card to check out materials from these libraries. If you wish
to order from Interlibrary
Loan, be sure to allow sufficient time for
the materials to arrive.
| If
you have questions while doing library research, ask for help at the
reference desk or make an appointment
with me for personal research assistance. My office
hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:00-5:00. |
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