American Civil Liberties Union - Reno v. ACLU
The UCLA site with information about the appeal to the Supreme Court to overturn the Communications Decency Act. The Supreme Court heard the case March 19, 1997. Their decision was handed down June 26, 1997.

Banned Books Online
Regularly updated page on "books that have been the objects of censorship or censorship attempts."

Banned Books Week - American Library Association
ALA's site for the annual celebration of Freedom to Read Week. This also contains a concise explanation of intellectual freedom and its importance, notable First Amendment court cases, links to other Internet censorship resources, quotes, and a list of Banned Book Week sponsors. A good beginning site for information on book banning, censorship, first amendment rights and intellectual freedom.

The Censorship Pages
This excellent site has several sections: Banned Books, the Internet, Articles, Banned Books Week, Quotations, and Discussions. The Banned Books area includes a comprehensive, annotated directory of Web sites on banned books.

Chilling Effects of Anti-Terrorism
This page tracks "the chilling effect that responses to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, have had on information availability on the Internet." The page gives short descriptions of abuses and tracks Web sites that have shut down, have been requested to suppress information, or have self-censored. Searchable.

First Amendment Handbook
Online copy of their basic 1999 guidebook to all areas of media law relevant to journalists. From The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP), a nonprofit organization providing free legal help to reporters and news organizations.

Index on Censorship
Monitors free speech abuses worldwide.

Intellectual Freedom
Providing links to resources relating to intellectual freedom and censorship. Links to organizations and resources regarding censorship and journalism, privacy, and legal issues are included. From The University of California, Santa Barbara Library.

National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC)
Resources include relevant news and other items of current interest, publications, links, activist information, and more. Searchable.

	Debbie Celia, Reference Librarian
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Last update: 8/07