When beginning, a good way to obtain background information and ideas to build on your topic area is with reference materials such as encyclopedias, almanacs, and abstracts. Once you have established your topic, state your thesis or theme in a sentence or two. From this sentence, identify the keywords and use them in your search statement.
Library of Congress Subject Headings (for use in online catalogs and WorldCat):
- Banned Books
- Banned Books Week
- Censorship
- Censorship - History
- Censorship - History - 20th Century
- Censorship - History - 20th Century - Juvenile literature
- Censorship - United States - History
- Libraries - Censorship
- Prohibited books
- Prohibited books - Bibliography
- Prohibited books - History
- Prohibited books - History - 20th Century
- Prohibited books - United States - History
- Prohibited books - United States - History - 20th Century