BC3 Library: Professional Ethics: Censorship

Databases for Today's Controversial Issues

CQ Researcher
Facts on File Issues and Controversies

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Suggested Databases for Censorship Information

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Collection of academic, peer reviewed, research journals as well as some popular magazines.

MasterFILE Premier This link opens in a new window
EBSCOhost's MasterFILE Premier database is designed specifically for public libraries. Indexes primarily popular and news magazines.

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Vocational and Career Collection This link opens in a new window
EBSCOhost's Vocational & Career Collection is designed for vocational and technical libraries servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public. This collection provides full text coverage for nearly 340 trade and industry-related periodicals.

Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
EBSCOhost's Business Source Premier is the industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. Business Source Premier is superior to the competition in full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.

Westlaw This link opens in a new window
Westlaw is a legal database that includes secondary and primary legal sources. Primary sources include statutes, codes, and case law. Secondary sources include articles from legal journals and the American Jurisprudence legal encyclopedia.

Newsbank This link opens in a new window
Full text articles from over 800 U.S. newspapers including local newspapers like the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Butler Eagle.

New York Times This link opens in a new window
BC3 students and employees can sign up for free access to the New York Times through Butler County Community College's NYT Academic Pass Subscription.
1. Go to http://www.accessnyt.com
2. Search for Butler County Community College from the list of institutions
3. You MUST use your BC3 email when setting up your NYT account
4. You will need to re-register for the NYT annually

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Censorship Web Pages

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Entries:

Famous U.S. Supreme Court Cases involving censorship

How has the Freedom of Speech been interpreted by the Supreme Court? Explore these landmark cases and others to better understand this important constitutional right.

Schenck v. United States (1919)

Abrams v. United States (1919)

Debs v. United States (1919)

Gitlow v. New York (1925)

Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942)

Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)

Cohen v. California (1971)

Island Trees School District v. Pico (1982)

United States v. American Library Association (2003)

Morse v. Frederick (2007)

Censorship Books

Locating Books in the BC3 Library

The BC3 Library has both print and electronic books about censorship. They are all listed in the BC3 Library Catalog where you will find Dewey call numbers to locate books on the shelves (lower level of the library) and links to connect you to e-books. E-books can also be searched separately in our two e-book collections: e-Book Central by Proquest and e-Book Collection by EBSCO.

Browsing the Stacks

The call number for books on censorship is 363.31. Other books about censorship can be found in the 340 section of the library

Related Guides by the BC3 Library

Hot Topics in Censorship

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Style Guides and Citation Help

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL): APA
APA Style Guide and Examples
Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL): MLA
MLA Style Guide and Examples

Accessing New York Times articles

BC3 students and employees can sign up for free access to the New York Times through Butler County Community College's NYT Academic Pass Subscription.
1. Go to http://www.accessnyt.com
2. Search for Butler County Community College from the list of institutions
3. You MUST use your BC3 email when setting up your NYT account
4. You will need to re-register for the NYT annually