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Challenged and Banned Books

1.Begin your research at the following ALA (American Library Association) Banned and Challenged Book site:

www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/aboutbannedbooks/index.cfm

 

2.Next, click on the Frequently Challenged Books link in the left-hand column.

www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/index.cfm

Under this heading, you can view a list of frequently challenged books by year, and by authors.

By clicking on Statistics you can view the Challenges by Reason graph.

 

3. Look at the definitions and links on ALA's page below.

 

4.Finding a Related Link:

Go to our academic database:

eLibrary 
 

Use Boolean logic operator, NOT, or AND or use quotation marks to narrow your search.

Think of other search terms you might use.

5.Banned book list with annotations for 2014-2015

2014-2015 Banned Book List