Research Journal, Part 9 Finding Information on the Open Web

Using Google advance search I was able to limit my search to censor* and "America", looking for sited that have been updated within the last year, and sites are considered part of the top-level domains.

For my first search I focused on .org 

Rosenburg, Alyssa. "Ten Books That Could Be Kicked Out Classrooms Under Arizona's Insane Curriculum Law". Think Progress.Web. January 2012.  

http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2012/01/18/406198/ten-books-that-could-be-kicked-out-of-classrooms-under-arizonas-insane-curriculum-law/

I felt that this site was creditable because it followed the ASPECT outline very well.  The sources were all over the website and liked to other censorship websites regarding banning of books from schools in America.  I was able to view other websites that supported the information, which gave the cite authority, and the story that I read was written January 2012 which makes the information use able in a paper. 

Second search .gov

Kaufman, Steve. "Does Your School Have The Right To Censor Online Activities?" .US Embassy. Web. March 2012.  

http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/article/2012/03/201203282911.html#axzz1x7RVvSvi

Here is a article maintained by the American Embassy.  The article discusses how schools are able to censor their students on a higher level now more than ever.  Student newspapers are being looked at on a much higher level.  This is a site that I would also use on my research paper because there is creditable information attached to the article like the Student Press Law Center, and literature professors from Georgetown that have had first hand experience with their students 1st amendment rights being infringed on.   Article was written March 2012 so definitely within the Timeliness and I also feel that it displays Sources.   

Third search .edu

Margaret A. Blanchard, The American Urge to Censor: Freedom of Expression Versus the Desire to
Sanitize Society - From Anthony Comstock to 2 Live Crew, 33 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 741 (1992),
http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/wmlr/vol33/iss3/4

 This was the best site by far when seeking a source that displayed all the evaluating keys of ASPECT, the only issue was Time, but when looking for a history of censorship I would use this source.  The source was written in a scholar law journal published once a year by a law school, cited sources on every page, and the document has been reviewed.  A very researched document. 

Fourth search .com

Strickland, Jonathon. "How Internet Censorship Works." How Stuff Works 1 Dec 2008.

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet-censorship.htm

I was actually routed to the site from my previous .edu search, which I really like that by reading a published research paper, I was able to search against the students information to confirm its relevance to the topic of censorship and see if I can also use the cited information for my own research.   This site was a little old on the Timeliness side of ASPECT, but the Sources were very available, and I felt that it had great good coverage on the topic. 

This was a very informative activity.  As for research on my topic I felt that based on the articles that I read through that .gov and .edu were the more substantial in terms of finding all the information that a student would typically need to use a source, and find it creditable.

Thanks,

Megan Fletcher