Internet Resources

Banned Books, Censorship

• The Anti-Censorship Center ~ from NCTE, the National Council of Teachers of English.
• Banned Books and Censorship ~ An annotated bibliography of censorship resources available on the web and in print.
• Banned Books Week ~ an annual celebration from the American Library Association
• The Beacon for Freedom of Expression ~ The Beacon for Freedom of Expression project has been designed and produced by the Norwegian Forum for Freedom of Expression in order to bring historical materials about world-wide censorship issues to the general public.

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• Censorship Links ~ from the Office for Intellectual Freedom, American Library Association.
• Challenged and Banned Books ~ Information from the American Library Association.
• Electronic Frontier Foundation ~ "A nonprofit group of passionate people working to protect your digital rights."
• Family Friendly Libraries ~ An organization "interested in changing the way that libraries and librarians look at the idea of intellectual freedom and censorship."
• Free Expression Clearinghouse: A Guide to Free Speech and the First Amendment
• The Free Expression Policy Project ~ "...Provides research and advocacy on free speech, copyright, and media democracy issues...part of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law.

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• The File Room Censorship Archive ~ Contains reported cases of censorship searchable by dates, locations, grounds, and medium.
• The Index on Censorship ~ "One of the world's leading repositories of original, challenging, controversial and intelligent writing on free expression issues."
• Internet Blocking in Public Schools ~ a study from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
• National Coalition Against Censorship ~ "An alliance of 50 national non-profit organizations, including literary, artistic, religious, educational, professional, labor, and civil liberties groups. United by a conviction that freedom of thought, inquiry, and expression must be defended, we work to educate our own members and the public at large about the dangers of censorship and how to oppose them."
• Office for Intellectual Freedom ~ "The goal of the office is to educate librarians and the general public about the nature and importance of intellectual freedom in libraries."

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Book Reviews

• Amazon.com ~ Read reviews from publications such as Booklist, Publisher's Weekly, The New York Times, School Library Journal, The Washington Post, etc. Ignore the Amazon.com reviews as well as the reader reviews.
• Booklist Online ~ "Booklist Online delivers highly searchable and creatively linked reviews, columns, and features."
• EBSCO ~ Click NoveList > Title or Author Search > Enter title or author > Scroll down to view reviews or links to other web pages with reviews.
• Google Search ~ Place “book title” and “book review” in the search field and enter.
  Example: “Diamond dogs” “book review”
  Accessibility of results on campus will vary.
• Literature Resource Center ~ Click Title for Title search > Enter title and click “Exact” > Click 2nd tab over—Literary criticism, Articles, Work overviews > Click the Articles tab > Book reviews are indicated in parentheses next to the article title.
• Park Ridge Public Library Online Catalog ~ Click catalog > Enter book title and click search > Click on the "A Look Inside" tab for reviews.
  

Huck Finn Resources

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ~ from the Online Literary Criticism Collection, the Internet Public Library.
• Finding Jim Behind the Mask: The Revelation of African American Humanity in Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ~ by Leslie Gregory, Florida Gulf Coast University
• Why Huck Finn Belongs in the Classroom ~ By Jocelyn Chadwick, assistant professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is the author of The Jim Dilemma: Reading Race in Huckleberry Finn.

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N. Mellendorf, Librarian. Maine South High School, Library Resource Center, Park Ridge, IL Created: 11/06 Last update:5/12/08