Search Strategies
The Key To A Good Search Is Knowing What You Are Looking For:
Use The Following Terms to Narrow Your Search For Challenged, Censored, or Banned Books in Schools:
- Censorship
- Silent-censorship/ self-censorship
- Book banning
- Book challenges
- Book access
- Equitable education
- Genrefication
- Dewey Decimal System
- Diversity in Literature
- LGBTQIA+ Representation in Literature
- ALA Banned Books
- Library Curriculum and Censorship
- Racism in Libraries
- Bias in Literature
- Implicit Bias in Libraries
- Idaho 710
- Reading Advocacy
- FREADOM
- Library Policy
To have specific search terms and the most relevant information retrieved, specific phrases should be used together.
Try The Following Techniques:
- Boolean Operators
- Using AND between each keyword will help narrow the search and results will be more relevant
- Book AND Banning AND Representation
- Book AND Challenges and Racism
- The word AND can be added manually, or under an Advanced Search, users could enter one keyword in each field
- Use OR for similar terms
- Book AND Banning OR Challenges
- Using AND between each keyword will help narrow the search and results will be more relevant
- Date Filters
- It is important to have the most current references-- especially when looking at legislation
- Filter information by date or date range to ensure the most recent data is used