Web Links to Accompany Chapter 6: The Library

The Library
Everything you ever wanted to know about the library but were too afraid to ask: http://www.ala.org/

Banned Books
The American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom offers "Intellectual Freedom Toolkits" as well as current and past lists of banned books: http://www.ala.org/
This site takes it one step further. Banned books are indexed by title and author and include the reason for the banning and a link to purchase the controversial book: http://title.forbiddenlibrary.com/

Free Books
Public domain and freeware books including American and English classics: http://www.eldritchpress.org/
And more: http://www.authorama.com/
And a few for your PDA: http://www.handebooks.com

Online Sources of Current Events

LookSmart (http://www.findarticles.com) This site allows you to search from some 5.5 million articles from over 900 publications.

Oxford Analytica (http://www.oxan.com/) Here you will find highly useful links to a wide variety of resources addressing matters of international interest.

Public Agenda Online (http://www.publicagenda.org/) This site, created and maintained by a nonpartisan, nonprofit public research and citizen education organization offers valuable information on major policy issues.

SpeakOut.com (http://speakout.com/) Nonpartisan and free to users, this site provides information into major issues of the day with no slanting and far more depth than you would find from traditional news sources.

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