Library Home Page > Research Topics pornography This guide is an introduction to the research process that, while not being an exhaustive list of information resources available, should be helpful in getting started in your research about pornography.  Below you will find pointers to suggested research terms about pornography, materials in the library catalog about pornography, websites relevant to pornography, and links to library databases that contain information about pornography.  Please use our email reference service, contact us at (310) 434-4254, or visit us in the library at the reference desk if you need further assistance. Go to:    Suggested Research Terms    Materials in the Library Catalog     Websites    Library Databases Suggested Research Terms One of the really helpful things when searching for information about a topic is a short list of terms related to a topic.  We think the following terms will help with your research about pornography: pornography second term censorship Back to top of page Materials in the library catalog about pornography We have the following materials in the library catalog about pornography: pornography obscenity Back to top of page Websites on pornography The following websites will help you with your research on pornography: Free Speech http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/project/index.html Study guide on free speech includes pro-con points of view, definitions, and other resources. Index on Censorship http://www.indexonline.org/ Index on Censorship is a bi-monthly magazine for free speech. The website shows how free speech affects the political issues of the moment. The Andrea Dworkin Website http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACLU/dworkin/ An online collection of the works of noted anti-pornography scholar, Andrea Dworkin. Innocence in Danger  http://www.innocenceindanger.org/ Sponsored by an international organization that works to end child pornography on the Internet, this website provides some useful statistics about the extent of child pornography and prostitution worldwide. Pornography, Obscenity and the Case for Censorship http://www-personal.umich.edu/%7ewbutler/kristol.html Irving Kristol, a New York University law professor, argues for a censorship in some cases. Back to top of page Library Databases relevant to pornography The following Santa Monica College Library online databases may contain material relevant to pornography.  Databases may include magazine, newspaper and journal articles.  Off-campus users, please note: you must be a Santa Monica College student, faculty or staff member to use these services. Academic Search Premier, MasterFile Premier Academic Search Premier and MasterFile Premier provide full text for over 6200 periodicals including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. Philosophy and Religion Collection Covers such topics as epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy, world religions, biblical studies, religious history. Includes more than 300 full text journals. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection Provides coverage of nearly 550 full text journals, covering topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. National Newspapers (U.S.) Searchable index for recent issues of the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and the Christian Science Monitor. Full-text for newer issues and citations for older materials. More information on coverage Newspaper Source (Regional, National and International) Provides selected full text for 25 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers. Encyclopedia Americana Includes 45,000 articles, plus thousands of hypertext links to web sites featuring additional data. It is updated quarterly. Encyclopedia, Funk and Wagnalls New World Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. JSTOR Back issues of over 300 scholarly journals in a wide variety of disciplines: African American Studies, African Studies, Anthropology, Archeology, Art and Architecture, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, Geography, History, Language & Literature, Latin American Studies, Mathematics, Music, Middle East Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Slavic Studies, Sociology and Statistics. when you are done. Researched and evaluated by: Paula Zeszotarski, Librarian, 16 June 2002 Back to top of page