General Resources

 

The foundation of our freedom and the place to begin any research is the U.S. Constitution - Table of Articles. 

 

The Free Expression Clearinghouse is an excellent, professional-looking general resource with up-to-date news on current freedom of expression issues (e.g., court rulings, protests,...etc.). Their subject inde x points to information on: Art & Literary Issues; Internet Issues; In the Courts; Activist Events; Congressional Happenings; and Local News. 

 

Frank Quinn's censor.html is an excellent, annotated (!) page of links, including links to Usenet discussion groups. 

 

The library at the University of California, Santa Barabara's links to resources on Intellectual Freedom are categorized under the headings: American Library Association on Intellectual Freedom; C ensorship; Organizations and Associations; Legal and Government Information; Privacy; Censorship and Journalism; and Additional Resources. 

 

If you need to search through a mega-number of resources, the Freedom of Expression Links page is the place to go. Be warned however that this list is long and that only a few links are minimally annotated. 

Censorship

 

The File Room Censorship Archive home page 

 

Censorship Prevention Kit 

Organizations and Associations

 

Office for Intellectual Freedom 

 

Human Rights Watch Academic Freedom Project 

 

The FileRoom - Anti-Censorship Organizations 

Legal and Government-related Resources

 

ACLU: American Civil Liberties Union 

Privacy Issues

 

The Gerber-Hart Library's LBG Libraries, Archives & Virtual Research Collections page, though focused on LesBiGay issues, contains a section of links on "Free Speech on the Internet"--par ticularly as freedom applies to sexual issues--which is worth checking out. 

Intellectual Freedom on the Web

 

EFFweb - The Electronic Frontier Foundation 

 

The Blue Ribbon Campaign for Online Free Speech