ENG102 (Goth) 

SCC Library provides many resources in electronic format that can be accessed online by students, staff and faculty from off-campus. Upon clicking on the link to the resource, you will be prompted to enter your MySCC username and password.

If you don't know your MySCC username and password, call us at 480-423-6651 during the hours when the library is open. We can look it up for you.

Books

We the students: Supreme Court cases for and about students. 3rd ed. Chapter 3: Freedom of the student press: all the news the school sees fit to print. (15 pages.)

Speaking up: the unintended costs of free speech in public schools. Chapter 4: Student press rights and responsibilities. (33 pages.)

Databases

Gale Virtual Reference Library
A collection of specialized encyclopedias for finding background information on your topic.

Academic OneFile (Gale)
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
Both contain journal, magazine and reference sources on many subjects.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Viewpoints articles as well as primary documents, journal/magazine/news articles and web sites.

Lexis-Nexis Academic: Legal
Law review articles and case law on a particular legal topic.

Wilson OmniFile: ERIC and Education Full Text
Select the databases ERIC and Education Full Text and find articles on education.

Web Sites

Scottsdale Chronicle: SCC Campus News
Find articles from the editor, Dr. Gehler and more on the recent Chronicle cartoon.

Student Press Law Center
The web site of an advocacy group for student free-press rights.

Google Scholar
Popular search engine's portal for scholarly resources on the Internet.

Welcome to the library research guide for your assignment on censorship and college student newspapers.

Your assignement is to use the latest incident of Chronicle cartoon and the College Board's reaction to it as a springboard to explore the issue and form a conclusion, keeping in mind the first amendment, relevant court cases and other situations, etc. In the end, you have to compose a review of the literature which includes three parts: the law, the student's point of view and the administration's perspective, for your paper.

This research guide is to help you succeed in your research. We will go through a wealth of information resources offered by the library related to your assignment. After your library instruction session, you should find research using SCC's library to be easy and efficient and produce quality results.

Don't forget, if you get stuck, contact a librarian by any of the ways described in the column to the right. We are here for you 24/7. There is really no need to worry!

Happy research!