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BANNED & CHALLENGED BOOKS

Banned Books Week (October 5-11, 2025) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held in early fall, it spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools.

Look for banned book displays at our branches.

Alexandria Library
Alexandria Library
Alexandria Library
Alexandria Library
Alexandria Library
Alexandria Library


 

DATABASES


  • Communications and Mass Media
    Nearly 3 million articles on all aspects of the communications field, including advertising, public relations, linguistics, and literature.

  • Information Science & Library Issues
    Updated daily with articles covering all aspects of managing and maintaining information and technology, including usability, cataloging, circulation, business information, and more.

  • Novelist  
    Provides reading recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction, for all ages.Information includes read-alikes, series information, reviews, award winners and more.

  • U.S. History Collection
    Useful to both novice historians as well as advanced academic researchers, the database offers balanced coverage of events in U.S. history and scholarly work being established in the field.

 

Last updated: September 2025