Banned Books / Censorship
Circulating Materials | Reference Sources
Electronic Sources | Web Sites
Circulating Materials
Banned in the USA: A Reference Guide to Book Censorship in School and Public Libraries - 363.31/Foe
Banned Books, 387 B.C. to 1978 A.D. - 098.1/H/197
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Reference Sources
Banned Book Series (4 volumes)
This four-volume set highlights 400 works that have been censored, banned, or condemned because of their political, social, religious, or sexual content. The entries include a summary, censorship history, and brief bibliography. Authors range from Aristotle through Galileo and into the 20th century with Adolf Hitler and Judy Blume.
Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds (Banned Book series.) - REF 363.31/Bal
Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds (Banned Book series.) - REF 363.31/Kar
Literature Suppressed on Sexual Grounds (Banned Book series.) - REF 363.31/Sov
Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds (Banned Book series.) - REF 363.31/Sov
Banned in the U.S.A.: A Reference Guide to Book Censorship in Schools and Public Libraries -REF 025.213/Foe 2002
This awesome book provides a survey of major book banning incidents, information about the law on book banning, and voices of banned authors, as well as the most frequently banned or challenged books list from 1996-2000.
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EBSCOhost Databases
Choose (with a checkmark) MasterFILE Premier, Middle Search Plus, Newspaper Source, and Primary Search database categories. Click continue. On the Search screen, check the Full Text box and type BANNED BOOKS into the keyword search field. Many articles from magazines, newspapers, and journals will be available for reading or printing, dealing with Banned Book Week, banning/ challenging incidents, and reviews of books.
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Selected Web Sites
Banned Books Online
-- This site provides lists and information on why titles were banned.
Books A to Z: Banned Books and Censorship
-- This site is recommended by the Internet Public Library and contains links to many websites about banned and challenged books. It also provides information and data about censorship issues and the First Amendment, as well as having a list of quotations on the topic of censorship.
Censored: Wielding the Red Pen
-- From the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library (University of
Virginia), this site covers a wide range of censorhip issues and poses thought-provoking questions.
Censorship (Multnomah County Public Library)
-- This library's Online Homework Center organizes topics into support, oppose, and legislation sections and provides website links with annotations for each topic/ section.
The Most Frequently Banned Books in the 1990s
-- This site provides only lists of frequently banned books.
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