Digging into databases and books

2.a. Cannell Library Book Catalog

- music censorship

- Rosenthal, Beth. Should music lyrics be censored?. Detroit, Greenhaven Press. 2001.

- Rap music censorship.

- Circulating Book

- ML3918.R37 S56 2012  

- Author is published in scholarly journals, many cited sources, and reference material.  Has written a number of opposing viewpoint books.  

2.b. 

-Censorship in America

-Foerstel, Herbers. Banned in the USA: a reference guide to book censorship in schools and public libraries. Westport, Conn. Greenwood Press. 1994.

- Public Schools Censorship, Textbook Censorship, Literature Censorship.

- WSU Vancouver Z658.U5 F64 1994  

- The author has written numerous books on censorship in America.  A large works cited page referenced at back of book.  

- Material that came up first was subject encyclopedias instead of books.

 

2.c.

I had no idea that this type of database existed.  IT Pro was very easy to navigate through, and gave so many different ways to search for data.  I don't know if I would use it for all my research because I prefer to hold and feel my books, rather than reading online.  I did find information on my research topic of censorship, but it was very focused on Internet filtering.  I would probably not use this search for a research paper on censorship unless my paper strictly focused on Internet censorship.  

The search I used was the advance search with a subject of Censorship, in the additional fields I choose full text that contained the word music.  So far it was the easiest of the databases to search, but looks like the information might be limited. 

2.d.

- I had to refine my search a number of times to find a creditable book.  I searched under Freedom of Speech Censorship.

-Green, Jonathan. Encyclopedia of Censorship. New York, New York. Facts of File. 2005.

- Due to the nature of this book there was a ton of work sited, and reference material.  I would have no problem using this book for a research paper.  

To summarize this unit I would have to say that using the Summit Catalog, and the Cannell Library Catalog were that most useful.  At least I felt my search was done easier than on Google or IT Pro.  Summit Catalog is a college database, so you are going to get the most bang for your buck.  Almost all the books were subject encyclopedias or scholarly journals.  I would feel more that comfortable using the Summit database to obtain research information for a paper.  Also Cannell Library has so many other databases like opposing viewpoints that I also find very helpful when writing a paper.  It helps weed out the bias information, and give you a well rounded perspective on your topic. 

Thank you,

Megan Fletcher