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 PATHFINDERS   top
Methuen High School Media Center--Methuen, MA 
Pathfinders are pages that offer students selected resources in a variety of media on a 
topic they are researching. They provide a head start for students as they begin their 
research project.

CENSORSHIP

To find books in the MHS Media Center, open Destiny (the online catalog)
located on the MHS Media Center Web page. Type in the topic you want to search. If you don't already have a topic, you can find some lists of books on censorship by typing in:

Censorship
Free Speech
Freedom of the Press
Contemporary Issues
Obscenity (Law)--United States.
Pornography
Freedom of Speech

Another good place to look for topics is in
REF 303.376 ENC
Censorship (3 vols.)
This set offers excellent articles on all issues of censorship and has an index of issues and fields
of endeavor that have been the subject of censorship cases. This index is an excellent place to 
search for topics.

Some titles we have are:

303.3
NET		 Netzley, Patricia D. Issues in  Censorship. San Diego, CA : Lucent Books, 2000.
323.44
FRE		 Free Speech. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 1994.
323.44
ZEI		 Zeinert, Karen. Free Speech : From Newspapers to Music Lyrics. Springfield, NJ: Enslow, 1995.
363.3
FOE		 Foerstel, Herbert N. Banned in the Media : A Reference Guide to Censorship 
in the Press, Motion Pictures, Broadcasting and the Internet. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998.
363.32 
CEN		 Censorship : Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego, CA:  Greenhaven Press,
c1997

DOCUMENTATION WEBSITE
A Research Guide for Students
http://www.aresearchguide.com
This website has the goal of presenting "the necessary tools for students to conduct research and to 
present their findings." Students have found it to be very useful  when trying to get a handle on 
the process of research and the format for presenting their research.

SELECTED WEB SITES

National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC)
http://www.ncac.org
An alliance of nonprofit organizations based in New York City that highlights news associated 
with censorship. 

Censorship and Intellectual Freedom Page
http://ezinfo.ucs.indiana.edu/~quinnjf/censor.html
A helpful listing of internet sites that address all aspects of censorship. The sites listed tend 
towards an anti-censorship bias. 

Citizen Link: A Web Site of Focus on the Family
http://www.family.org/cforum
A section of the conservative organization, Focus on the Family, which concentrates on 
presenting the conservative viewpoint in various civil liberty issues. Do a search for "censorship" 
in the search box on the upper left hand corner of the page.

ONLINE RESOURCES

Infotrac -- contains databases of magazine articles, a biography, resource, and health and business references.  Try Reference Center Gold, Expanded Academic ASAP, and Biography Resource Center.

bigchalk eLibrary -- online reference center including books, magazines, newspapers, pictures, maps, and TV transcripts.

Massachusetts Newsstand -- newspaper articles from the Boston Globe (1980 -  current), Boston Herald (1991 - current), and ten other Massachusetts Newspapers.

Grolier Online -- 2 electronic encyclopedias-- New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.  Articles in these encyclopedias link you to other articles and also to relevant web sites where you can find more information on your topic.

REMOTE ACCESS

These databases are also available from home. You can gain access to these resources 
from home by going to the Answers...To Go! web page made available from the 
Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System.

http://www.nmrls.org/answers/dbmvlc.html

and enter your public library card number (from Methuen or any MVLC member 
library) where you are prompted for a patron or user number.

CITING SOURCES

 

Using these links indicates the user is leaving 
the district server and that linked material
is not necessarily approved by the district.

Edited by Media Staff
11/14/08
Date last edited
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