Print Resources ~ Physical and digital books prepared by subject-area experts presenting primary and secondary source information as well as statistics, images, facts, and/or narrative.

Print resources on specific topics may be found by searching the Online Catalog for books.

Some excellent books in our collection on Censorship:

• 025.2 FOE 2002 Banned in the U.S.A. : a reference guide to book censorship in schools and public libraries.
• 025.218 REI 1993 Censorship and selection : issues and answers for schools.
• 379.156 DEL 1992 What Johnny shouldn't read : textbook censorship in America.
• REF 363.31 KAR 1999 100 banned books : literature suppressed on political, religious, sexual, and social grounds.

~ eBooks in Literary Criticism from Gale Virtual Reference Library

~ eBooks in Social Issues from Gale Virtual Reference Library

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Databases ~ Special collections of information prepared by subject-area experts available digitally in a variety of formats. Invisible to search engines such as Google.

~ Click Advanced Search > Enter Books and District 214 in separate search boxes > Change In All Text to Lead/First Paragraph > Click Search.

• Evolution vs. Creationism
• Intelligent Design
• Parental Rights
• Parents and Schools
• School Censorship

Evolution and Intelligent Design

• Evolution and the new creationism: A proposal for compromise
• Judge Rules Against 'Intelligent Design'; Dover, Pa., District Can't Teach Evolution Alternative
• Intelligent design: Scientific theory or religious conviction?
• Teachers Torn Over Religion, Evolution
• United States: Intelligent design rears its head; Evolution and schools

Homosexuality

• Parents seek right to opt kids out of 'sensitive' classes

Parental Rights

• Morality Initiative Criticized At Forum; Many Say Plan Limits Teachers

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~ Example search for articles: Click Student Research Center > Enter banned books and classrooms into separate search boxes > Click search. Use quotes around phrases.

Example search for book reviews: Click NoveList > Title or Author Search > Enter title or author > Scroll down to view reviews or links to other web pages with reviews.

Homosexuality

• The Parent Trap

Sex Education

• Kansas Lawmakers Must Protect Access to Classes
• Kansas approves 'opt-in' sex ed: State is among only four to do so
• State board approves opt-in sex ed
• Parents may lose right to opt children out of sex education

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~ Search examples: Schools and Censorship, Intelligent Design, Sex Education, etc.

Books and Censorship in Schools

• Book Banning Violates Children and Young Adult Freedoms
• Teachers Should Prepare for Book Challenges
  

Creationism/Intelligent Design and Evolution

• Creationism Should Be Excluded from Science Courses
• Creationism Should Be Taught Alongside Evolution
• Creationism Should Not Be Taught in Public Schools
• Evolution and Creationism Both Contribute to Human Understanding
• Intelligent Design Is a Scientific Theory
• Intelligent Design Is Unscientific
• Intelligent Design Movement Undermines the Separation of Church and State
• Public Schools Should Teach the Creationism-Evolution Controversy
• Judge's Decision in the Dover, Pennsylvania ID/Evolution Case

Homosexuality

• Gay Issues Should Be Taught in Schools
• Gay Issues Should Not Be Taught in Schools
• Schools Should Teach about Homosexual Families
• Homosexuality Should Not Be Discussed in High Schools
• Schools Should Stress Acceptance of Homosexuality
• Schools Should Not Stress Acceptance of Homosexuality

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Parents' Rights --see also Sex Education below and other topics

• California's Parental Opt-Out Statutes
• The Left is Censoring Educational Materials
• The Right is Censoring Educational Materials

Religion

• Allowing Religious Expression in School Protects Students' Rights
• Allowing Religious Expression in School Violates Students' Rights

• Public Schools Should Not Teach More About Religion
• Public Schools Should Teach More About Religion

Sex Education

• The Sex Education Debate: an Overview
• The Politics of Sex Education Debates

• Sex Education Should Be Taught in the Schools
• Sex Education Should Be Taught Primarily by Parents

• Sex Education Programs Promote Teen Promiscuity
• Abstinence-Only Programs Reduce Teen Sexual Activity

• Schools Should Emphasize Comprehensive Sex Education
• The Growth in Support for Abstinence-Focused Education
• Most Parents Advocate Abstinence Education for their Children

• Parents Have the Right to Know when their Children Receive Family Planning Services at School
• Parents Should Be Consulted Before Teens Are Given Contraceptive Services
• Teenagers Seeking Contraception Should Be Required to Notify Their Parents
• Teenagers Seeking Contraception Should Not Be Required to Notify Their Parents

~ Literary criticism, biographies, book reviews, and full-text poetry, short stories, speeches, plays and other forms of literature.

Search example for articles: Enter an author's name or click Title Search to enter a specific title; click Keyword to enter "banned books"

Search example for book reviews: 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.

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