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Library Research Guide: PATRIOT Act
Librarian's Index to the Internet:
PATRIOT ACT
This is an excellent guide to quality
sites on all issues related to the PATRIOT ACT and "Patriot Act 2"
Pamphlet File on USA PATRIOT
Act--Reference Desk
Come to the reference desk to obtain
print articles on the Patriot Act, many of which are not available online.
Available to be read or photocopied in the Library.
News | Background | Viewpoints | Libraries' Response to the PATRIOT ACT
News Sources--From Library Subscription Databases and the Web
General News | Specific News Stories
Lexis-Nexis Academic: Quick News Search
Search through hundreds of international and U.S.
newspapers, transcripts from television news, policy papers, magazines, and in
the Quick News feature! On campus only
Lexis-Nexis Academic: Today's News
Want to search through just today's headlines?
Lexis-Nexis also gives you the ability to just search through today's news
stories, from the headlines printed this morning to later editions of AP News
Wires. From Guided News, select Today's News at Step One, and then
enter your search terms. Remember to try to be a bit more specific (just
entering "iraq" may give you too many hits!) On campus only
Lexis-Nexis Academic: Western Regional News (for searching ALL California
newspapers)
Your best filter for local coverage in Lexis-Nexis. All ANG
Newspapers (such as the Daily Herald) as well as the San Francisco Chronicle, SF
Weekly, and more are available through Western Regional News. At Step One,
select U.S. News and then at Step Two, select Western Regional News.
On campus only
Alt-PressWatch
Alt-PressWatch is the database devoted to the
alternative presses across the United States. Most often reporting news,
stories, and viewpoints that are covered less often in mainstream media, the
alternative presses are also an excellent resource for reporting local cities'
news and issues from across the United States. Contains newspapers,
magazines, and journals.
Ethnic NewsWatch
Ethnic NewsWatch is the database devoted to the
ethnic, minority, and native presses from across the United States.
Especially rich in newspapers and magazines.
News, Traffic and Weather
The Online Reference Shelf provides your gateway to
quality news sites available online!
GenderWatch
While also containing a number of journals,
GenderWatch also contains a lot of newspapers and magazines that report the news
from the perspective of gender issues.
Google News Search
Rapidly becoming the news search engine of choice,
Google collects in its news index, headlines from around the world from
magazines, news web sites, and more!
Lexis-Nexis Academic: Transcripts
Transcripts from various news sources, some going back to the
1980's-- includes news transcripts from CNN, CNN International, Fox News
Network, NPR, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, CNBC News, Canadian Broadcastin
Corporation, Al-Jazeera and more! On campus only
Specific News Stories
Local Group Set to Fight Patriot Act April 25, 2003
Hayward Library Commission and other community leaders of Hayward call for a
repeal of the Patriot Act's portions that make it easier for federal agents to
search library records and monitor library computer use.
Right to Read: Librarians, Booksellers Take on Feds Over Patriot Act Provisions April 24, 2003
Board: New Laws a Danger April 23, 2003
Mendocinco County Board of Supervisors vote a resolution
defending the Bill of Rights of the U.S. Consitution against the Patriot Act
Patriot Act Ordinance Discussed by Council May 9, 2003
Palestinian Held for a Year May 12, 2003
Patriot Act, Initiatives Disturb Civil Libertarians May 11, 2003 (Article has been removed. Search in Lexis-Nexis)
No Patriot Act Excess, But Critics Unpersuaded May 12, 2003 (Article has been removed. Search in Lexis-Nexis entering the title as a phrase in Quick News Search)
Patriot Act Angers Librarians May 12, 2003
GOP Backs Down on Patriot Act May 9, 2003
Libraries Rally Against USA Patriot Act May 7, 2003
Library Bristles at Patriot Act April 25, 2003
Berkeley Public Library's reaction to the Patriot Act
Arcata Officials Rise Up to Defy Patriot Act April 22, 2003 Article can be found in Lexis-Nexis.
Libraries, Government At Odds Over Patriot Act April 20, 2003
Patriot Act Prompts Outcry by Librarians April 19, 2003
Dublin Makes Statement on USA PATRIOT Act April 17, 2003
Patriot Act
Extension Considered April 10, 2003
Bill Would Exempt Libraries, Bookstores from Patriot Act
March 10, 2003
Article discusses U.S. House Representative's Bernie Sanders' proposed
legislation to exempt bookstores and libraries from the Patriot Act.
Privacy Piracy: Warning Signs to Be Posted at Libraries
March 5, 2003
Article discusses Santa Cruz Public Libraries' decision to post warning
signs of the Patriot Act in their libraries to inform the public at large.
Editorial response from the San Jose Mercury News
Wired News: A Chilly Response to "Patriot II" February 12, 2003
Privacy and Security: A Librarians' Dilema February
2, 2003
Editorial from the San Francisco Chronicle, published on February
2, 2003
ACLU's News Stories on the Domestic Security Enhancement Act (Patriot II)
Librarian's Index to the Internet:
PATRIOT ACT
This is an excellent guide to quality
sites on all issues related to the PATRIOT ACT and "Patriot Act 2"
Chabot College Library's Pamphlet Files
All sorts of articles and documents available for a two hour
checkout at the reference desk!
Berkeley Public Library USA PATRIOT Act Discussion Resources
NOW with
Bill Moyers (on Patriot Act 2)
Facts.com Issues &
Controversies
Provided by Facts and File, this library
subscription database leads to general overviews along with pro and con
arguments to controversial issues. For off campus access, get login and
password at the reference desk.
Ebsco Host Academic Search Elite
Our main multi-subject periodicals database, Ebsco
Host Academic Search Elite searches a collection including around 1,800
magazines and journals. For off campus access, get login and password
at the reference desk.
Project MUSE
Project MUSE is a scholarly journals database and
includes many titles related to international affairs, world cultures, and more!
Full text is available on campus only.
ALA: The USA Patriot Act & Libraries
An excellent resource on the PATRIOT ACT, ALA's
response, response from individual states, links to portals on the PATRIOT ACT,
and more!
State of
the First Amendment Survey
From the First Amendment Center and the American
Journalism Review, click on the reports on the top right.
ACLU's Patriot Act News/Background Page
Domestic Security
Enhancement Act of 2003
From the Freedom of Information Center of the
Missouri School of Journalism (University of Missouri-Columbia)
Pros and
Cons: Library Research Guide
This is our main Library Research Guide to pro and con issues,
available online. Take notice of especially descriptions of our print
resources
CQ Researcher, and Titles in Series we have such as Opposing
Viewpoints, Current Controversies and Taking Sides
FACTS.com Issues &
Controversies
Issues & Controversies gives you good overviews of controversial
subjects, including a good summary of the "for" and "against" arguments.
Also contains editorials. For off campus access, get login and password
at the reference desk.
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Ebsco
Host Academic Search Elite Ebsco Host contains lots of editorials and opinion articles. There is a way to find them using this technique: When getting into Academic Search Elite, on one of the search bars, enter your search terms in the top bar, then on the second bar, enter the following command-- Editorial OR opinion. Will give you mainly articles expressing a columnist's own personal (and often also expert) viewpoints. |
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Alt-PressWatch
The United States' alternative presses often contain stories
expressing all sorts of viewpoints. Combine your search terms with
"Opinion" or "Editorial" to better focus your search. (Example: patriot
act AND opinion)
Ethnic
NewsWatch
The United States' ethnic presses often contain unique
perspectives from the minority and ethnic presses. Combine your search
terms with "Opinion" or "Editorial" to better focus your search. (Example:
patriot actsAND September 11 AND editorial)
GenderWatch
The United States' journals, newspapers, and magazines devoted to
gender issues can also provide unique viewpoint articles. Combine your
search terms with "Opinion" or "Editorial" to better focus your search.
(Example: patriot act AND opinion)
Lexis-Nexis Academic
Search hundreds of newspapers, television news transcripts,
magazines and more! When entering your search, include the word
"Editorial" as one of your search terms ("Opinion" is usually not necessary if
you search in Quick News Search. Editorials, regardless of labeling are
already so marked in this database)
California Journal (in Lexis-Nexis Academic)
For political stories related to California, you can search this
publication on how United States foreign policy may be affecting political and
state decisions at home.
Electronic
Frontier Foundation
Dedicated to rights in the digital/online environment
Analysis of Patriot Act
Analysis of Patriot Act II
Perspective: Ashcroft's Worrisome Spy Plans
Libraries' Response
to the PATRIOT ACT
Also see Specific
News Stories
ALA: The USA Patriot Act & Libraries
An excellent resource on the PATRIOT ACT, ALA's
response, response from individual states, links to portals on the PATRIOT ACT,
and more!
Privacy and Security: A Librarians' Dilema
Editorial from the San Francisco Chronicle, published on February
2, 2003
California Library Association's Response
Santa Cruz Libraries' Resolution on the Patriot Act
This web site was last updated on May 12, 2003. More categories and sites to come.
If you have any questions or want to suggest any additions,
please contact
Norman Buchwald,
Information Literacy and Technology Librarian.
©2003, Chabot College
